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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
DVD Description
This item contains two discs - one Blu-ray disc and a second disc that contains both the DVD and Digital Copy.
Region information: The Blu-ray disc included in this set is region free, and the DVD is region 2 and 4.
Award-winning director Joe Wright creates a boldly original suspense thriller with Hanna, starring Academy Award®-nominee Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones, Atonement) in the title role. Raised by her father (Eric Bana of Star Trek), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna’s 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 (Academy Award®-winner Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
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Region information: The Blu-ray disc included in this set is region free, and the DVD is region 2 and 4.
Award-winning director Joe Wright creates a boldly original suspense thriller with Hanna, starring Academy Award®-nominee Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones, Atonement) in the title role. Raised by her father (Eric Bana of Star Trek), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna’s 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 (Academy Award®-winner Cate Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
Special Features:
- Feature Commentary with Joe Wright
- Alternate ending
- Deleted Scenes
- Adapt or die
- Central Intelligence Allegory
- The Wide World of Hanna
- Chemical Reaction
- Hanna Promo
- Anatomy of a Scene: The Escape from Camp G
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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.
The villains are convincely evil, each one in their own way exemplifies as certain kind of sado-masochistic character, from the agency woman who brushes her teeth until they bleed, to the skin heads and malignantly perverse tracker killer (who with his retro track suit appearence and skin head cohorts has a sort of seventies or eighties villainy quality about him) who are employed to trail Hanna.
The acting is done well, the soundtrack and accompaniment is fantastic also, the Chemical Brothers really have provided the perfect sound for the dystopic near future the characters inhabit.
If you liked the Bourne films I would recommend this, I would recommend it as perhaps better infact than the Bourne movies (although the Bourne books were better than their film adaptations).
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.
The villains are convincely evil, each one in their own way exemplifies as certain kind of sado-masochistic character, from the agency woman who brushes her teeth until they bleed, to the skin heads and malignantly perverse tracker killer (who with his retro track suit appearence and skin head cohorts has a sort of seventies or eighties villainy quality about him) who are employed to trail Hanna.
The acting is done well, the soundtrack and accompaniment is fantastic also, the Chemical Brothers really have provided the perfect sound for the dystopic near future the characters inhabit.
If you liked the Bourne films I would recommend this, I would recommend it as perhaps better infact than the Bourne movies (although the Bourne books were better than their film adaptations).
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
An above average thriller with some outstanding set pieces.
To the person above, how about warning people you're about to spoil elements of the plot for them. Not cool.
To the person above, how about warning people you're about to spoil elements of the plot for them. Not cool.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hanna is a tricky film to break and will probably be the complete opposite of what you expect. Anyone looking for another teen assassin in the mould of Kick Ass' Hit Girl will be sorely dissapointed. This is a slow methodical story about an unusual girl who has been trained all her life for combat. She is a blank canvas when it comes to emotions, she has no understanding of social situations and once she is plunged into the real world, she starts to realise there is something different about her.
The story is a mix of drama and thriller with a hint of some sci-fi elements thrown in for good measure. Once the main exposition is over with and Hanna lets herself be captured, the story picks up pace and we start to see a softer side to what is essentially a vunerable young girl. She creates a tentative friendship with another girl which soon sours when Hanna's true abilities are revealed. Pieces of her own puzzle start to fall into place and she realises that she is alone in this world and will have to fight to survive.
The grimy slightly bleached out look of the film serves to create and maintain a cold, isolating atmosphere. You never feel truly comfortable watching this film, it certainly does not draw you in in the traditional sense. The action is handled well and has the usual gritty realism to it without ever being gratuitous or gory. All the actors are well cast, however Eric Banna's character felt slightly under used. The story is fairly basic and you will have probably guessed whats going on at quite an early stage, but it is well written and does not detract from the overall experience.
Joe Wright is really starting to make a mark on the industry. Atonement showed the deft skill he has with a camera and how he sets a scene is second to none. A stand out moment in this flim is where Eric is walking from station and is followed by some agents looking to bring him in. Its one beautifully maintained continous shot with no cuts even when the inevitable short sharp fight kicks in. This trick he pulled of too a similarly impressive standard in the aforementioned Atonement.
This film could have gone down a more traditional route and ripped of the likes of Bourne but it sticks to its gun and plays out slowly and surely. It does steal some techniques from the bourne films, but that does not detract anything from its own merits. Its a film worthy of a watch and will definately divide its audience. It wont hug you or comfort you or reward with happy moments but it will make you think. The most a film should hope to do is get people talking and this will certainly do that with endless debates as to why you did or didnt like it.
The story is a mix of drama and thriller with a hint of some sci-fi elements thrown in for good measure. Once the main exposition is over with and Hanna lets herself be captured, the story picks up pace and we start to see a softer side to what is essentially a vunerable young girl. She creates a tentative friendship with another girl which soon sours when Hanna's true abilities are revealed. Pieces of her own puzzle start to fall into place and she realises that she is alone in this world and will have to fight to survive.
The grimy slightly bleached out look of the film serves to create and maintain a cold, isolating atmosphere. You never feel truly comfortable watching this film, it certainly does not draw you in in the traditional sense. The action is handled well and has the usual gritty realism to it without ever being gratuitous or gory. All the actors are well cast, however Eric Banna's character felt slightly under used. The story is fairly basic and you will have probably guessed whats going on at quite an early stage, but it is well written and does not detract from the overall experience.
Joe Wright is really starting to make a mark on the industry. Atonement showed the deft skill he has with a camera and how he sets a scene is second to none. A stand out moment in this flim is where Eric is walking from station and is followed by some agents looking to bring him in. Its one beautifully maintained continous shot with no cuts even when the inevitable short sharp fight kicks in. This trick he pulled of too a similarly impressive standard in the aforementioned Atonement.
This film could have gone down a more traditional route and ripped of the likes of Bourne but it sticks to its gun and plays out slowly and surely. It does steal some techniques from the bourne films, but that does not detract anything from its own merits. Its a film worthy of a watch and will definately divide its audience. It wont hug you or comfort you or reward with happy moments but it will make you think. The most a film should hope to do is get people talking and this will certainly do that with endless debates as to why you did or didnt like it.
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Good fun
Not the most realistic of films, but not hard to adjust to. If you like action films with a bit of a story, but still some good chase / fight scenes, then, you should see this. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Night_Hawk
Hanna: She's touching, terrifying, trained and totally tremendous.
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... Read more
Published 17 days ago by The Truth
A thriller or a fairytale?
"Hanna" isn't the run of the mill thriller I expected but I definitely enjoyed it.
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Published 20 days ago by haunted
different but very good
not what I expected from the trailer - but a very good film with a great plot. The film work is bordering on pure artwork with some fantastic settings and lighting creating amazing... Read more
Published 23 days ago by nuttydon
Three star film with a five star Saoirse Ronan
Another one from my Amazon wish list to be bought when it's cheap enough which I'm glad I did finally get round to seeing. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Ian Williams
Another case of a misleading trailer
I think this film is the straw that broke the camels back for me, as far as watching movie trailers go. It's a good film, but not what i was expecting. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Beavis
You have to watch it to make your own mind up.
The fact that so many people have gone to the trouble to either rate it or slate it has to be a reason to watch the film. Read more
Published 28 days ago by whitbylad
"..TOP THRILLER...AWESOME!!!!.."
This is a remarkable movie with a fantastic story and a great cast, Saoirse Ronan who plays Hanna is a fantastic actress and really steals the show, the music for the movie was... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
Not too bad but sloppy directing.
I really enjoyed the first part of this film where we are shown Hanna's father teaching her to fight and anticipate attacks. Read more
Published 2 months ago by E R Slaughter
Dark, Moody, Brilliant
Oh dear! What do people want out of a film these days. If you are expecting a crash, bang, wallop, action movie (Bond, Salt, Bourne etc)Forget it! Read more
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