Hanna Movie Review

Hanna Movie Review

Yesterday, I sat down and watched the movie Hanna. There were only two good actors in the movie. The first one  was Saoirse Ronan (you remember, the lil girl from War of the World and the Lovely Bones), as the leading role. The second was Cate Blanchett as Hanna's mortal enemy Marissa Wiegler. Basically, Hanna was the last of some experimental super soldier children. It was part of Marissa's mission to discontinue Hanna. When Hanna was just a child her mother was slain. She survived thanks to her escort Eric, who had a change of heart and decided to help Hanna and her mother.

The movie begins with the education of Hanna. Under the tutelage of Erik (who is the worst male actor in the history of acting), Hanna is trained to be the perfect killer. The movie draws a parallel between the first scene of Hanna killing a deer and her Final Battle with Marissa. In both cases, her arrow missed the heart. She only felt guilty about not doing a clean kill. Both animal and CIA agent where bleeding to death by the time that Hanna managed to find them and finish them off.

Something about Hanna's education reminds me a bit of Voltaire's Emil. In both stories, a child is raised in the forest and prepared for the real world. When Hanan finally entered the world the thing she liked best was music (mostly because her mother was a singer). She is captured and kills the stunt double of Marissa. Thinking herself safe, she bonds with an American family. Its a good thing they where Americans. Otherwise, they would have ended up like the clown/magician agent in London. CIA agents never torture US citizens (in theory not in practice, hehehehehe).

I don't know... Something about the movie alluded to Hanna's blood relationship with Marissa. Both maidens where cold hearted  killers. Also Hanna's grandma kept telling the agent that she could not understand what it was like to loose a child. Marissa neither affirmed not denied this fact. Plus,both maidens had the same eyes. Perhaps, it was Marissa's DNA that was added in the mix. Thus, all the proto- super soldiers where like Marissa. When the program died it was the duty of the donor to terminate the subjects. This also would explain her infatuation with Hanna.

This is a perfect example of how a movie should be made. They do not give us all the answers.  Our perspective is the same as that of the agent and the oblivious Hanna. Both personages had so much in common... Like mother like daughter. Oh, before I forget, the torture used on the magician is based on the martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Basically, one shoots arrows through a person's body avoiding all the vital organs. It is an excruciatingly painful way to die. This torture also supplied Hanna with the arrow she needed to win (though I am not so certain about the physics behind that last shot). In any case, this wonderful action thriller is 5 star worthy.

 

Description: Review of the Hanna Movie • About: These story of a lonely super soldier girl • Accountable Person: Fernando Blanco • Author: Teresita Blanco • Awards: None • Content Location: hollywood movies • Content Rating: 5 • Contributor: Fernando Blanco • Copyright Holder: Teresita Blanco • Copyright Year: 2012 • Creator: Teresita Blanco • Editor: Fernando Blanco • Genre: Sad • Headline: Hanna Movie Review • Keywords: actors, blood, CIA, DNA, EU, experiment, hanna, hollywood movies, hunter, killer, lonely, lost innocence, movies, mystery, Saoirse Ronan, spies, super soldier, thriller, torture, US, • Mentions: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett • Provider: Me • Publisher: Blogger • Publishing Principles: Teresita Blanco • Source Organization: Phi Stars • Version: 7 • Item Reviewed: Poems • Review Rating: 5 •