Adapt or Die.

Just another DVD to fill the remaining days of holiday. Tonight's choice is Hanna, starring Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones, crappy film by the way), Eric Bana (Troy) and Cate Blanchett (long list of quality movies) with Joe Wright (Atonement!!!) directing. Should be good entertainment, I'm expecting good action too. It's not released in Indo and haven't been released in Singapore, so hell yeah.

The story is about Hanna (Ronan) who's being trained by her father Erik (Bana) to fight and adapt, or die in the deep forest somewhere in Europe. She's trained to be the perfect soldier for one mission. The purpose of the mission is to kill one who's named Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett) whose past implicate with Hanna's family and existence.

This is a very simple film, really. I mean the plot is just that simple, but it is very stylish indeed. Especially taking places in various locations in Europe, the tone is very.....European. It's not your normal shoot-bang-revenge movies, its more human. The way Hanna discovers technology and electricity it's heart-breaking really. Seriously smooth acting shown by Saoirse Ronan and those martial arts moves were done well. Her performance in The Way Back also stole the movie, she's gonna be a great actress one day. Eric Bana is aging but never looked better. Cate Blanchett here reminds me of Irina Spalko of the latest Indiana Jones film, maybe because of her hair. But she is one of the actresses who could play both protagonists and antagonists well. I have always had in faith in Joe Wright since the superbly wonderful and heart-breaking Atonement, although The Soloist didnt match Atonement's quality it's still good. Wright proves he doesnt only excel on drama but also action/thriller. Every action scene hits the mark. Not to forget the kick-ass score by The Chemical Brothers, i'm lost for words for it, on download as I'm writing. Hanna: rated B+