Anna is a
spy film with no thrills and a tiresome plot. Watching it reminds you of
another Luc Besson movie, Lucy (2014).
The sad thing here is that Lucy was fun. In Lucy, the action was
fast-paced, intense, and engaging. The plot wasn’t complex, but it was simple
with well-choreographed fight scenes.
What’s there to
like about Anna? Is it the boring and bland plot, or the action scenes
that lack the heart-pounding excitement every action scene needs? If you’ve
seen the trailer and expect something cool like I did, get ready to be
disappointed.
This is a movie
about a KGB agent trying to get out. Instead of giving us a focused, determined
character like Hanna (2011),
we get Anna—a supposed female badass whose screen time is more devoted to
unnecessary sex scenes than to building a compelling plot. Another annoying
thing about this movie is that it’s way too long and feels like a drag.
Anna has a dark
past that led to her recruitment into the KGB. There, she’s assigned to work as
a model while carrying out high-profile assassinations, using her beauty as a
weapon. Her handler, Alex, has a secret desire to head the KGB—a dark ambition
we don’t learn about until Anna gets into trouble with the CIA and is tasked
with killing the KGB head. Alex sees this as his opportunity to climb the
ranks. Meanwhile, Anna wants out of the KGB. She’s been promised freedom by
both the KGB head and the CIA, who want her help.
I’ve seen better
spy films, and I wish I could forget this one. The movie isn’t doing well at
the box office, and after sitting through it, I can see why. I expected better
from Luc Besson, but even the best filmmakers have their off days. Anna is
a mistake, and Besson’s idea of this movie is lost to me the viewer, as it is
filled with so much fluff and never seem interested in going straight to the
point. I like Besson, and I hope his next movie live up to the high standards
he’s set for himself as a filmmaker.
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