Ava

Name: Ava
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 25, 2020
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Colin Farrell, Common, Diana Silvers, Efka Kvaraciejus, Geena Davis

2020

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: September 25, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Colin Farrell, Common, Diana Silvers, Efka Kvaraciejus, Geena Davis, Ioan Gruffudd, Janelle Feigley, Jess Weixler, Jessica Chastain, Joan Chen, John Malkovich, Nadezhda Russo

Summary: Ava (Jessica Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

Director: Tate Taylor

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 26, 2020

If the action and espionage elements were executed at the same level as the dramatic and comedic exchanges and the observations about the types of people drawn to this life, Ava might've been a cult classic. Read full review

Katie Rife

Sep 25, 2020

Ava is a napping-on-the-couch movie through and through, with recognizable names and a sexy premise but no distinct personality. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Aug 27, 2020

There’s a stranger, spikier, more unnerving film to be pulled from the sleek genre carapace of Ava, a film less interested in what makes a contract killer tick than in the superhuman Swiss-watch regularity of her ticking in the first place. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Sep 27, 2020

As the plot grows increasingly convoluted and borderline laughable, Chastain is steady as she goes, playing a character who’s worthy of a film franchise in a movie nowhere near deserving a sequel. Odds are we’ll never see Ava again, and that’s a shame because, with a better script and more inspired direction, she could have been a contender. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Aug 26, 2020

Chastain is utterly convincing in another tough-as-nails role. If audiences stick with the movie, it's largely thanks to her movie-star charisma, which almost compensates for the increasingly ridiculous plot. Malkovich and Farrell seem to understand they are A-list talent in B-movie roles, and relish the opportunity. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 9, 2020

Here’s a tip. Try not to bore us so much next time. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Sep 26, 2020

What’s onscreen — choppy, lifeless, predictable action scenes jutting up against unbaked, middle-school-theater-production-level family drama — is quite damning in its own right. Read full review

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HealingToolbox

Nov 21, 2020

Much better than reviewed, this movie appears to suffer from severe critic-itis, where familiarity breeds contempt for narrative and entertainment value. This is basically Atomic Blonde 2.0. Jessica Chastain watches Charlize Theron produce and star in Atomic Blonde. She says, "I could doMuch better than reviewed, this movie appears to suffer from severe critic-itis, where familiarity breeds contempt for narrative and entertainment value. This is basically Atomic Blonde 2.0. Jessica Chastain watches Charlize Theron produce and star in Atomic Blonde. She says, "I could do this; and maybe, do it better." I suspect the bad-ass female Bond-spy-assasain--done with any integrity--starts with Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990), perhaps the most likely pop-culture origin of the Marvel movies Black Widow. Then we have Hanna (2011) and Atomic Blonde (2017) among a few others. Ava (2020) is in this line. It betters Atomic Blonde in its character development and sequel set-up. It falls short of Atomic Blonde in fight chereography. Jessica generously gives the best lines and good scenes to her supporting cast--not often done. Geena Davis has the most surprising character arc of the film. Jessica chose her scritpwriter with care, All Matthew Newton's scripts are about real people with real emotions--not Michael Bay cardboard cutouts. Ava is about people also, bettering Atomic blonde on this count also. Colin Farrel and John Malkovich are at their best, not phoning in their performances. The end has Jessica in an interesting feminine twist on Terminator unlike anything in recent memory and nothing like Cameron's female terminators. Nicely done I say. Good narrative set-up for a sequel.… Expand

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SiriusYellow

Dec 6, 2020

I really liked the proposal of the film, besides showing a lot of action it still develops the character well, Ava really "kick asses"

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Shawnmallory

Dec 12, 2020

Always love Jessica! Good pace, and kept you involved. It was great to see Gina Davis in this as well.

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nameless

Nov 30, 2020

Wow, there are some really good scenes and acting in this movie and the pacing is good. Wow, there are some really really bad scenes in this movie and the ending is the worst. If you can watch it, so you can fast forward through the bad stuff (you will know immediately what I'm talkingWow, there are some really good scenes and acting in this movie and the pacing is good. Wow, there are some really really bad scenes in this movie and the ending is the worst. If you can watch it, so you can fast forward through the bad stuff (you will know immediately what I'm talking about, it is so obvious) and then know the last 10 seconds are the worst... it is a enjoyable ride.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Jan 20, 2021

(Mauro Lanari)
Jessica Chastain self-produces herself to give more personal and family intimacy to a character similar to that of Reeves and Theron, John Wick and Joan Wicka, but the result remains below expectations.

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kickstrt71

Dec 25, 2020

Not a believable character. Main character cant even hold a gun correctly. Unrealistic, unauthentic.

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MaxPayneIsGod

Mar 7, 2021

Hoooooollllly S***
This, this, film, is the biggest pile of stinking s*** I have seen in a looooong time.
I'll break it down like this: The story is S*** The acting (from EVERYONE) is S*** The writing is S*** The fight scenes are S*** The concept has been done around 1,000,000x before andHoooooollllly S***
This, this, film, is the biggest pile of stinking s*** I have seen in a looooong time.
I'll break it down like this:
The story is S***
The acting (from EVERYONE) is S***
The writing is S***
The fight scenes are S***
The concept has been done around 1,000,000x before and each time done better.
Anyone who gave this a positive review, at the same time must've been stunned at the marvel of a talking screen in their living room.
If you watch this after reading this review you need to institutionalize yourself now.… Expand

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

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