This is the latest in the female superwoman/action hero genre (Hanna, Salt). All these characters perform skeins of just-barely-possible stunts while eluding bad guys and continue unscathed on their mission to deliver justice...as they see it. Large numbers of bodies are strewn along the way but no one particularly notices or cares about this collateral damage.
I'm sure these films say something about our times...as we become more oppressed and controlled by forces we can't even name the desire for revenge and retribution will produce more of these wish-fulfillment outlets.
That said this heroine was easy on the eyes and skilled in what she had to do on screen. This was a very professional production but the whole phenomenon is troubling.
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