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With a career built on prestige period dramas like Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, Joe Wright has given Hanna, his first foray into the action genre, the same mannered house style--turning a potential career left-turn into something of a busman's holiday. Saoirse Ronan plays Hanna, a home-schooled teen assassin who can take out out a pack of government agents like she's making a wish. She is being prepared by her black-ops father (Eric Bana) for a showdown with the CIA spy-catcher (Cate Blanchett) that murdered her mother and forced them into the icy wilds of northern Finland. When the time comes, Hanna re-enters civilisation with wide-eyed curiosity--she's never encountered music, TV or even a light switch before--and, as designed, these petals of innocence only intensify the moment when her sabre-toothed killing skills are unleashed to a thumping score by The Chemical Brothers. But just as the film is about to settle, Bourne-style, into the familiar tracks of an identity quest, Hanna veers off in search of a different kind of self-knowledge, and the middle third of the film is a folksy coming-of-age travel diary in which Hanna, drifting through the Moroccan countryside, experiences music, friendship and the open road. Fortunately, the slower scenes are carried by a strong cast: Saoirse Ronan has a wraithlike physical charisma, while Tom Hollander (The Thick of It) is pure venom as the Euro-trash sadist employed to hunt her down. The film's action-packed final lap, set in the ruins of a Brothers Grimm-themed amusement park, feels like all the corruption and cruelty of the world being reduced to wreckage at the bare hands of a willowy teenage girl. --Leo Batchelor
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Hanna turned out to be a brilliant watch for many reasons. It was a funny, actions packed, looked great and had a pumping sound track by the Dust Brothers, now better known as the Chemical Brothers.
As the name suggests the story revolves around Hanna. A young girl raised in isolation who has been government trained to kill. Eric Banna plays the father, who turned rogue agent and escaped with her to save her from a life as a government assassin.
However, Hannah comes of age and wants to experience the world outside the woods for herself and a chain of events are set off that see Hannah travel round the globe trying to escape the clutches of head of programme, Cate Blanchett.
The acting is solid throughout from all of the 3 main cast members and the look Nd feel of the film is distinctly German and industrial. Chemical Brothers' sound track adds to the German feel of the film and the action comes thick and fast and handled brilliantly.
What was a real surprise though, was how well the rest of the film was handled though. Scenes of Hanna trying to make friends and make sense of the world outside that which she had known all her life was both touching, poignant and at times down right funny.
The parts of her travelling across Europe with experiencing everything life had to offer for the first time were handled with sensitivity and, I thought, real understanding. Yet at the same time, scenes of her kicking arse where brutal and unflinching.
Hanna was a thoroughly enjoyable film that ticked all boxes and I thought it was a very descent attempt at giving a familiar theme (The genetically modified killer) a slightly new twist.
As the name suggests the story revolves around Hanna. A young girl raised in isolation who has been government trained to kill. Eric Banna plays the father, who turned rogue agent and escaped with her to save her from a life as a government assassin.
However, Hannah comes of age and wants to experience the world outside the woods for herself and a chain of events are set off that see Hannah travel round the globe trying to escape the clutches of head of programme, Cate Blanchett.
The acting is solid throughout from all of the 3 main cast members and the look Nd feel of the film is distinctly German and industrial. Chemical Brothers' sound track adds to the German feel of the film and the action comes thick and fast and handled brilliantly.
What was a real surprise though, was how well the rest of the film was handled though. Scenes of Hanna trying to make friends and make sense of the world outside that which she had known all her life was both touching, poignant and at times down right funny.
The parts of her travelling across Europe with experiencing everything life had to offer for the first time were handled with sensitivity and, I thought, real understanding. Yet at the same time, scenes of her kicking arse where brutal and unflinching.
Hanna was a thoroughly enjoyable film that ticked all boxes and I thought it was a very descent attempt at giving a familiar theme (The genetically modified killer) a slightly new twist.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By D. Burgess
Format:DVD
Im so disappointed! This could have been so good.
It starts off fantastically; it's different to everything I've ever seen, it's fresh and exciting. I was literally buzzing with how good I thought this film was. There is a point where she gets on a chug boat on a canal in France, hoody up and she's off to Germany - at this point I was excited about how the film was about to get really going and building towards a great end.
However - and this is where the disappointment comes - the film dips somewhat from here. I find the children's fantasy play house and the Alton Towers theme a very poor section of the film. Then the clip of Hanna when she reunites with her "Dad" and finds out the truth about everything is far too short then the whole ending seems very rushed. It's as if the writers had a six month deadline and spent five months and twenty-five days on the story up to the boat on the canal scene, and then had five days to write the ending.
After how good the start and middle to this film was, I am immensely disappointed in how it ends. Could have been a great; but it isn't!
Six star start and middle; one star last third. :(
It starts off fantastically; it's different to everything I've ever seen, it's fresh and exciting. I was literally buzzing with how good I thought this film was. There is a point where she gets on a chug boat on a canal in France, hoody up and she's off to Germany - at this point I was excited about how the film was about to get really going and building towards a great end.
However - and this is where the disappointment comes - the film dips somewhat from here. I find the children's fantasy play house and the Alton Towers theme a very poor section of the film. Then the clip of Hanna when she reunites with her "Dad" and finds out the truth about everything is far too short then the whole ending seems very rushed. It's as if the writers had a six month deadline and spent five months and twenty-five days on the story up to the boat on the canal scene, and then had five days to write the ending.
After how good the start and middle to this film was, I am immensely disappointed in how it ends. Could have been a great; but it isn't!
Six star start and middle; one star last third. :(
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By haunted
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
"Hanna" isn't the run of the mill thriller I expected but I definitely enjoyed it.
At the start of the movie we see 15-year-old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) and her father (Eric Bana) living off the land in a snowy wilderness. It seems he has taught his daughter every survival technique necessary to survive in such a harsh environment.
It also seems that she is being prepared for a particular task and eventually her father leaves her alone to be found by the "authorities". However they have made arrangements to meet in Berlin in the near future. He seems very confident that she will be able to make this appointment and that she will be able to perform a particular task in the meantime.
Hanna asks to see a particular CIA agent (Cate Blanchett) when she is taken into custody. This agent seems familiar with Hanna and her father. Telling you much more of the story would spoil it.
Initially the story follows a straightforward thriller arc but it takes quite a few diversions along the way. It is possible to describe it as the story as being a fairytale of a "very special" girl being pursued by an evil witch.
The soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers is excellent, particularly in a couple of the action sequences, which are filmed like music videos.
Be prepared to be confused along the way but you should enjoy the ride!
At the start of the movie we see 15-year-old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) and her father (Eric Bana) living off the land in a snowy wilderness. It seems he has taught his daughter every survival technique necessary to survive in such a harsh environment.
It also seems that she is being prepared for a particular task and eventually her father leaves her alone to be found by the "authorities". However they have made arrangements to meet in Berlin in the near future. He seems very confident that she will be able to make this appointment and that she will be able to perform a particular task in the meantime.
Hanna asks to see a particular CIA agent (Cate Blanchett) when she is taken into custody. This agent seems familiar with Hanna and her father. Telling you much more of the story would spoil it.
Initially the story follows a straightforward thriller arc but it takes quite a few diversions along the way. It is possible to describe it as the story as being a fairytale of a "very special" girl being pursued by an evil witch.
The soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers is excellent, particularly in a couple of the action sequences, which are filmed like music videos.
Be prepared to be confused along the way but you should enjoy the ride!
27 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By Lark
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
I've no idea why this film has had such poor reviews from some viewers or has turned out to be so polarising but it would appear to be one of those features which you either spectacularly love or loath.
I have to say I absolutely loved it. The plot is simple enough but while parallels can be drawn with the Bourne films' identity crisis motif it is a very different feature. Jason Bourne/David Webb was an adult who was engineered into some sort of super soldier by participating in a strange government behaviourist-psychological mind control experiment. Hanna is younger, ignorant of being a legacy of a similar project and living in the wilderness, there is no need to recover memories or resolve a crisis of identity. Instead the driving force in leaving the wilderness is a desire to experience life more fully and directly than what can be told from the sources available at hand to her and her mentor/watcher.
There are so many excellent themes in this film which are only partically touched upon due to time, pace and requirement to progress the plot onwards to its conclusion. They remain none the less excellent. For instance the interactions between Hanna as a socially isolated and consequently socially maladapted person with the precocious child of bohemian liberal parents. The scene where she is in awe of electric light and then overwhelmed by all the disturbing noise created by the TV, telephone, kettle and other mod cons in concert.... Read more ›
I have to say I absolutely loved it. The plot is simple enough but while parallels can be drawn with the Bourne films' identity crisis motif it is a very different feature. Jason Bourne/David Webb was an adult who was engineered into some sort of super soldier by participating in a strange government behaviourist-psychological mind control experiment. Hanna is younger, ignorant of being a legacy of a similar project and living in the wilderness, there is no need to recover memories or resolve a crisis of identity. Instead the driving force in leaving the wilderness is a desire to experience life more fully and directly than what can be told from the sources available at hand to her and her mentor/watcher.
There are so many excellent themes in this film which are only partically touched upon due to time, pace and requirement to progress the plot onwards to its conclusion. They remain none the less excellent. For instance the interactions between Hanna as a socially isolated and consequently socially maladapted person with the precocious child of bohemian liberal parents. The scene where she is in awe of electric light and then overwhelmed by all the disturbing noise created by the TV, telephone, kettle and other mod cons in concert.... Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Bit confused
When I first saw the movie trailer, I didn't particularly want to watch it. Despite it's good reviews and it's interesting story line, something ahout it just made me want to keep... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Laura Hartley
5.0 out of 5 stars
"A film you won't regret"
In some circumstances, a rare amount of people might see this film as a bad purchase because of the plot. In my opinion, they are wrong. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Samantha
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad
The reviews for this film were not that great and I can see why but in the end, I thought it was an entertaining film and liked how even though Hanna is an assassin, in the end,... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Frequent Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great - pity there was no sequel
I had hired Hanna and was entertained enough to want to view again. Amazon had it at a great offer, cheaper than my original rental, so I bought. Arrived next day. Read more
Published 1 month ago by BelfastBob
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
I absolutely love this film never heard of it before but it is great and great value for the price
Published 1 month ago by Jodie Bennett
4.0 out of 5 stars
not bad
this was a fairly decent movie although it wasn't as good as its reviews and probably wont watch again.thanks anyway
Published 1 month ago by Mr. M. Owens
2.0 out of 5 stars
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Hanna is directed by Joe Wright and written by David Farr and Seth Lochhead. It stars Saoirse Ronan, Eric Banna, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng and Cate Blanchett. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Spike Owen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Suspension of disbelief
OK it is a action movie and often the genre is full of fantastical scenarios, but this one really does take the biscuit. Read more
Published 1 month ago by maximus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great film
Brilliant cast with a great story. Couldn't recommend this film more if I wanted to. Buy it, plus it looks great on Blu-ray too.
Published 2 months ago by Mr. J. R. M. Whiteaker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Okay but not amazing
Watched the trailers for this a good while ago and though this looks brilliant but as always all good intentions of going to the cinema fell by the wayside due to other priorities. Read more
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