Anna
U/A: Action, Thriller
Cast: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Lera Abova, Alexander Petrov, Nikita Pavlenko, Anna Krippa
Director: Luc Besson
Rating:

Luc Besson's revisit to the world of action and espionage thrums with a racy tempo, agile momentum and razor sharp action but the complexities inherent here are so confusing that it doesn't make for a compelling experience. Sasha Luss re-teams with her Valerian director, Luc Besson, to play a mild-mannered, strikingly beautiful model who transforms into a feared government assassin.

Luc Besson hasn't had an easy run at the worldwide Box-office - what with Lucy, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and The Family, losing steam soon after their release. Given the 'MeToo' complications 'Anna' was embroiled in, coupled with almost zero promotions and a much delayed limited release, not much was expected from this thriller. But that's not to say that Luc's armoire of thrills is lost in entirety. In fact, with Anna, he does appear to have established a limited comeback to form. The choice of subject is déjà vu territory no doubt but the valorous action and respectable tech specs give this film some much needed momentum.