Haywire (2011)

A set-up goes south. This is kind of a Mission Impossible meets Jason Bourne mash up. One thing I've never understood with this kind of story is why the company would try to make one of their best field agents into the goat? I mean don't they watch movies? Didn't they read the Evil Overlord handbook? It ALWAYS turns to shit on them and its no different this time. This is actually a very smart bit of film making.. it moves briskly so you get more action than suspense and casting Gina Carano, who has actual fighting experience (besides being just smoking hot), in the lead only lends to the films credibility. I always feel a tweak when watching some 85 pound super model or ballerina kick the hell out of a room full of 200 lb killers (I'm not saying it isn't fun to watch, but the suspension of realism gets stretched pretty thin).. well you don't get that here. Aside from excellent choreography, Gina has the build of a fighter and the fact she actually knows what she's doing is clear to see. She has an impressive array of veteran players in support that really leads me to believe her agent is the devil herself to land Gina in this role as her first big screen showing. Hard to go wrong with this one. Highly Recommended.