The Protégé 2021

Made for vengeance

6.583 / 10   913 vote(s)
R
Action Thriller

Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.

Homepage https://protege.movie
Release Date 2021-08-19
Runtime 1h 49m
Directors David Tattersall, Martin Campbell
Producers Boaz Davidson, Avi Lerner, Arthur M. Sarkissian, Arthur M. Sarkissian, Trevor Short, Moshe Diamant, Moshe Diamant, Andrei Boncea, Christopher Milburn, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell, Valentin Dimitrov, Robert Van Norden, Gabriel Popescu, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Yariv Lerner, Dragoş Buliga, Luke Daniels, Lonnie Ramati, Gareth West, Daniel Negret, Bruno Wu, Claiton Fernandes, Vladimir Fernandes, Balan Melarkode, Euzebio Munhoz Jr., Simon Williams, Rob Van Norden, Bernard Mazauric, Kyle Stroud, Thayer Juergens
Writer Richard Wenk

Entertaining if not also kind of forgettable action-thriller. The three leads, Maggie Q, Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson, have some bad-ass scenes and there are some suspenseful scenes, but as a whole, didn't really think it's all that different from what has been seen before. In fact, I think 2018's Anna might've been a tad better.

The finale also was perplexing. They make a big deal on how hard it was to get onto an island yet they (Maggie Q and Jackson) just are there, no scenes on how.

That said, I did think Maggie Q and Michael Keaton were great together and Martin Campbell's direction was fine, although did far better work on GoldenEye and Casino Royale.

I think this is fine as a rental. Don't know how much replay value it has. 3.25/5

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