Back in early 2010 I posted a deal about this movie coming out, but it wasn’t called Haywire. It was called Knock Out, but it still had all of the big name stars in it.
What makes this interesting to our industry is that it’s main star, Gina Carano, is a real life female mixed martial arts fighter (retired now), and she plays a very lethal security contractor in this film. This is a female lead that really knows how to fight, and could probably defeat all of her male co-stars in the ring, to include many of the males watching this film out there. lol
That is probably why Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh wanted to get her into this film. To try and redefine the classic female action star role–a truly lethal and beautiful lead. Here is the trailer for it below and it looks like it could be a fun movie to watch. –Matt
Looking forward to this one Matt. I read Soderbergh also wanted to film the action/fight scenes so we could actually see what's happening, rather than the quick cuts and edits in most action films.
Comment by Jeremy — Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 7:35 PM
That would be interesting to watch. I am sure MMA fans would appreciate the little details like that.
Comment by Feral Jundi — Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 9:27 PM
Saw it. Loved it. Recommend it.
Comment by Jesse — Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 3:55 PM
3.5 out of 4 for plot development. OK locations seemed to be in old part of "Europe"
2 of 4 for overall comment.
Soderbergh tried too profile her fighting skills too real when compared to the souk location. Cinematic fighting as in Bourne, though fancy, profiled better than Carano's MMA skill though the latter is more realistic. Perhaps funding for the movie showed!
Comment by s. alain — Wednesday, January 25, 2012 @ 10:34 PM
Thanks for the review.
Comment by Feral Jundi — Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 12:12 PM