This week I had the chance to attend a screening of Haywire presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC which also came with the added bonus of a long Q & A session with director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11) and the main star Gina Carano.
Here are my brief thoughts on the film before you dive into the fascinating Q & A video:
It looks like Hollywood has found its newest action star in MAA fighter Gina Carano. She kicked so much ass that every fight scene just seemed to get more and more intense. There were no stuntmen which made it as realistic as it could get, providing us an opportunity to see how she could handle herself amongst some of Hollywood’s elite. Her background in MMA and her in-depth training truly paid off for the film. While it was clear that she had never acted before, I think she did a great job of letting her fists do most of the talking.
The movie itself looked really good and I was happy to see that Soderbergh took a different approach with his action film by minimizing the amount of cuts and utilizing a great spy score. He also never used music during a fight scene which made you feel as if you were a bystander at a real fight.
Unfortunately, the the story itself is nothing to rave about and the movie ends up being rather mediocre, or maybe slightly better than that, but it is totally worth seeing just to watch a strong woman take the lead in an action film and actually make it believable.
Now that I’ve had my say, check out the Q & A session below:
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