Hanna: Blu Ray Review
Hanna
Rating: M
Released by Universal Home Ent
With a soundtrack by The Chemical Brothers, you would expect Hanna
to be something a little bit cool.
And by golly, it is.
The Lovely Bones' Saoirse Ronan is Hanna, whom we first meet in an
icy wasteland as she hunts a deer with a bow and arrow. As she
stands over the body, she tells it "I just missed your
heart."
Within seconds of that, she's being attacked by a man - Erik (Eric
Bana) - who turns out to be her father, training her for potential
assassin work.
When Hanna decides she's ready to head out into the real world and
not the snow covered wastelands of Finland, she's soon on the run
from CIA officer Marissa Wiegler (Blanchett) who'll stop at nothing
to bring her in and down.
As if that wasn't bad enough, Hanna's also got an assassin
(Hollander) on her tale and winds up with a free loving family on
their global road trip...
Hanna is effortlessly cool and stylish - though at times, it feels
a little like that's at the expense of the script. It's almost as
if someone's storyboarded some stunningly great images and ordered
the director to shoe horn them in where possible. That said, while
they do stand out, it's a real point of difference in this thriller
which is welcome.
An absolutely pulsating and blistering soundtrack from the Chemical
Brothers is brilliantly used; one sequence of a break out from a
jail is akin to one of the Brothers' early music videos; it's
frankly at times a welcome assault on the eyes and ears and will
look like nothing else you've seen this year. It's hard to believe
this is from the director who brought us Atonement and it really
does show a skill at work and there's plenty on screen which you
won't forget once the credits go up.
Extras: Some nice extra stuff; interviews and catching up with the
Chemical brothers who made the soundtrack so great
Rating: 8/10
