![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Kate invests far less heavily into the culture and history of its setting than it does the emotions of its killer protagonist. ![]() Mary Elizabeth Winstead prepares a mean haymaker in Kate. It’s a muscular and charismatic performance, and undeniably the most interesting thing that Kate has to offer. Be it through a small, shuddered breath or a perfectly timed scream of rage, the actress ensures that everything Kate does feels emotionally motivated and authentic, even when she’s firing bullets into the hundredth unlucky henchman sent her way. This character is tired and angry - and for good reason - but Winstead never lets Kate become an emotionless killing machine. She invests in the character so heavily that it becomes impossible to look away from her performance, which becomes more layered and human as Kate’s body is ravaged by the poison slowly killing her. Coming off her recent, similarly dynamic and vengeful performance as The Huntress in last year’s Birds of Prey, Winstead proves her mettle as a legitimate action star with Kate. It’s during this extended sequence that Kate is at its most thrilling, visually controlled, and inventive.įrom long Steadicam tracking shots that follow Kate as she infiltrates the facility to aerial shots that pivot and whirl in time with Kate’s movements and spins, Nicolas-Troyan employs a number of unexpected camera angles and cutting techniques throughout, investing the scene with an energy and style that the rest of the film largely lacks.Īll that said, it’s Winstead’s lead performance that ultimately lifts Kate out of total mediocrity. Mary Elizabeth Winstead storms in, shades ready, in Kate. That includes a fight at a Japanese restaurant/social club, which sees Kate single-handedly taking down an assortment of yakuza bosses and goons across a series of identical, black-and-white rooms and corridors. Indeed, while Winstead’s Kate approaches each of the film’s action sequences with equal ferocity, only a few set pieces stand out. The film, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan ( The Huntsman: Winter’s War) from a screenplay by Umair Aleem ( Extraction), delivers on that promise, albeit to varying degrees of success. It’s a simple premise, opening the door for Kate to follow its titular protagonist through an unending stream of gunfights, chases, and massacres. Armed with a desire for revenge, several doses of heavy painkillers, and a hankering for lemon soda, Kate sets out on a quest across Tokyo in search of the yakuza boss she believes sentenced her to death. Played in the film by a surprisingly ruthless and enraged Winstead, Kate is the last person you can imagine crossing. ![]() But if you’re Kate, you’re going to spend those precious final hours on a blood-soaked rampage, in search of the person who poisoned you. Most of us would probably opt to spend it with our families or do one thing we’ve spent years wanting to try. Let’s say you’ve been poisoned and have 24 hours left to live: What do you do with your last day? In her day she was very unique and head strong, not unlike Lucille Ball who was turned down so many times she started her own production company and you know how that went.Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the titular assassin in Netflix’s Kate. But clearly she was from an extremely dysfunctional abusive family so I find it interesting she describes it as an idealic childhood. I can't imagine how tempting it is to take advantage of people who just beg for it and take advantage of every foot hold you can find as a woman back then. There were other tougher women in the industry who came before Kate. My point is, much of this film is speculation and gossip and must be taken with a grain of salt. I've witnessed first-hand my friend being called gay when he was far from it. But having a famous friend in the industry, I've seen more than my share of fans who begged to be used, just like Luddy. As an actress, I thought she was very tom boyish and seeing her always-present side-kick it doesn't take a genius to know only someone in love with you would follow you every where and be at your beck and call. I'm not particularly a fan but Kate was a good friend to my best friend - a controversial man in the entertainment industry before his passing. I see review after review complain the narration was bad but I thought it was really good as well as a nod to the producers' for making such an effort. I think this film is probably most interesting to those who don't feel they already know everything there is to know. ![]()
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