The Protégé
2021
⏱️ 109 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ActionThriller
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.
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User Reviews
October 16, 2021
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**
Crew
Director
Martin Campbell
Writer
Richard Wenk
Producer
Andrei Boncea, Dragoş Buliga, Luke Daniels
Production
Millennium Media, Arthur Sarkissian Productions, Campbell Grobman Films, Fourteen Films, I Road Productions, Ingenious Media, Seven Stars Entertainment, Signature Pictures, Frame Film, Nu Boyana Film Studios, Lionsgate
Keywords
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