Hanna

Last night we watched Hanna.

2011 Starring Saoirse Ronan as Hanna and Eric Bana as Erik Heller.  Also Cate Blanchett as Marissa Wiegler (for some reason her accent sounded super strange coming out of her mouth.)

Rated PG-13
Budget:  $30M .... that's a lot of money!!

So, the synopsis given on IMDB is:
"A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives."

Also, "Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity. Written by Focus Features"

It's given 6.9 out of 10 stars.  Now, keep in mind, there are some real people votes in there too.

So, what do I think?  Out of 10 stars I think I would give it 8.

I thought it was really good, filled with lots of action.  And Saoirse is a gorgeous girl and wonderful to watch.  The reason I give it an 8, it's hard to follow in the beginning.  I wasn't quite sure what was going on.  Who was doing what for what reasons.  But I think it's intentional.  To keep you guessing.  The plot does reveal its self as it goes.  It seemed really long but it was only 111 minutes.  Although, as I was watching I was thinking that it was one of those movies where you didn't really mind that it seemed long.  Know what I mean?  I didn't want it to end really.  

I really liked the fact that Hanna is one of those people who doesn't consider how other people feel too much.  You know when you're watching a movie and the good guy is running from the bad guys and one of their friends gets in trouble and the good guy goes back to save them and you keep telling them to just go?  Well, Hanna doesn't have that problem.  Which... is a problem, but I don't want to give away too much if you haven't seen the movie.

It's a pretty violent movie, if I had to rate the violence of it I would say it was a 7 out of 10.  Not as bad as some I have seen, but I certainly wouldn't let my 4 year old watch it.  But now that I think about it, there wasn't a whole lot of profanity.  Which is kinda cool.  Lots of killing, but not a lot of cussing.  Isn't that refreshing.  Of course, it is PG-13.  I was kind of shocked when I saw that after seeing the movie.  With all the violence.
Anyway.  I thought it was well written and thought out.  I loved to watch Hanna learn about human emotions and interactions that she just didn't know about.  

**SPOILER ALERT The fact that you don't find out WHY she doesn't know all this stuff, that she was pretty much an engineered baby makes it all the more interesting.  And scary.  how long do you think it will be before we have little Hannas running around?  I was glad she found out why she was the way she was before her "father" was killed.  But sad that she didn't have a chance to make up with him before he died.
**END SPOILER

Also, I loved the fact that the first line and the last line of the movie was the same.  

If you like action movies, I would definitely recommend this one.  I would probably tell my mom not to watch it, as she doesn't like to watch all the violence these days.  I love to watch something with a strong female kicking butt and taking charge, and Hanna absolutely does this.



Thanks for reading!!  I hope you enjoy the movie!!