I don't normally approve of Steven Soderbergh, and frankly I don't here either. While it is true, Steven Soderbergh directed this movie, I feel compelled to suggest that the true brilliance of this film is from writer Lem Dobbs and from lead actress Gina Carano. Sure the movie is directed competently, but both the story and the film are about character:Mallory Kane's vengeance.
Mallory Kane is played by Gina Carano, a Mixed-Martial-Artist. Before acting, she fought against others...like really fought. Yes, she is attractive; yes, she is sexy; is she butch? only a little in pertinent places. For the most part here fighting style and her opponents are very believable. Could she take down Ewan McGregor in a fight? Absolutely!
Her story of vengeance is justified and sound. She's not out for revenge. She's not out to satisfy her blood-lust. She's out to give what's coming to those lying double-crossers. It's easy to empathize with her: she was wronged, and now she's correcting it.
While one of the naive officers refers to her as Wonder Woman, I have to admit, I believe she would make the perfect Wonder Woman, provided she can pull off the acting portion of the character. It's hard to tell from this one performance and would depend on the character variation that is written.
Like action? Like women kicking ass (especially guy ass)? Like fun?!? This film is great...just don't think of it as a Soderbergh movie...
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