Her bosses
had a plan for her—seemingly, they set her up to fail.
But in the
end, she followed her own plan,
and
succeeded in a plot with a triple twist.
Hello Friends,
I went along to see the movie because I was curious
about the story of a female super spy in “Atomic Blonde”. I wondered how the
spy thriller genre would adapt to fit sexy, blonde mop top, Lorraine as the lead
character.
Lorraine Broughton, is very capably played by actress,
Charlize Theron. The British M16 agent, is sent on an assignment to Berlin to
recover a list of double spies which is stored on microfiche. The movie dives
into Cold War history from the 1980’s, when a concrete wall divided the city of
Berlin into east and west areas. After the second World War, West Germany was
controlled by America, Great Britain and France. The Soviet Union or Russia
controlled East Germany. The Berlin Wall stopped people from passing from one
side to the other without a permit.
As soon as Lorraine arrives at Berlin Airport to
start her assignment, the fight for her survival begins. She’s directed into a
car for a lethal ride. She has a choice to kill or be killed. The action and
violence escalates from this point in the movie. Many times, I looked away from
the fight scenes, which were too brutal for me.
However, Charlize Theron gave an outstanding
performance, and the film showed some of the effects of thuggish fighting on
the body.
The emotional tone of the Lorraine Broughton
character was smart, sassy, ruthless and a cold-blooded killer, which was her
defense against a group of corrupt men who attempted to murder her at every
opportunity.
Lorraine had some softer moments when she was
picked up at a bar and seduced by Delphine Lasalle, a female, French agent. Delphine
eventually provided Lorraine with some incriminating photographs of another M16
double agent.
Kicking butt in her stilettos, Lorraine gets battered
and bruised. But she gets the job done with a
plot that twists around the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Here’s the movie trailer, and a warning on the
violent action.
The music soundtrack was a trip back to 1980’s
pop songs with bands I haven’t heard playing for a long time. In the movie, the
people’s protest rallies at the Berlin Wall showed some punks, and I remembered
a generation of teenagers and social movements made of punks, skinheads, grudge,
Doc Martin boots and chain jewelry. Rebels who rejected society’s values and
leaders at the time.
The effect of the neon lit scenes and typography
brought back memories of British band, WHAM’s—“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”,
and the fluorescent fashion of their boppy song.
“Atomic Blonde” is powerful and violent, raw and
stylish. Super spy, Lorraine Broughton, is unique as a lead character, at this
point in movie history.
Jitterbug,
put the boom-boom into someone’s heart,
and have a good weekend.
I’m off to listen to some WHAM & George
Michael music.
♥ Ashlyn
Atomic Blonde Movie Poster
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