#Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

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Kate (2021)

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Kate (2021, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan)

03/03/2024

Kate is a 2021 film directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan.

The film was released on the Netflix platform starting from September 10, 2021.

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Movie Review | Kate (Nicolas-Troyan, 2021)

I threw this on because I was sick and wanted to zone out to something unchallenging like Mary Elizabeth Winstead with a sick hairdo and cool bomber jacket (with the flap collar, not the ribbed collar) kill people in a John Wick knockoff. What I learned watching this is that it’s also a bit of a Crank knockoff, albeit one pitched at a lower energy and less giddily amoral level. For you see, MEW has to keep injecting herself every couple of scenes to stay alive because she got poisoned after banging a guy who looks like Ellis from Die Hard. The lesson here is to never, ever have sex with anyone ever under any circumstances. Anyway, MEW does her share of punching, kicking, stabbing and shooting people in coherently, sometimes creatively shot fight scenes, so on those modest terms I enjoyed this. I must however note that I could have used some juicier sounds during the fight scenes. With the CGI blood and the lack of good crunch and squish sounds, the hits rarely felt as gnarly as I’d like.

This has the added novelty of being set in Japan and mostly at night, so we get plenty of neon colours for visual spice (this has the same aesthetic as the light up parts on a gaming PC), although I should note that a purportedly colourful modern movie still looks dimmer on the whole than the average movie from a few decades ago. However, as far as the Japanese element goes, this compares favourably to earlier American movies, which tended to be way more racist. Like you’d get the hero go on a racist rant, make somebody eat their watch, threaten somebody with a dildo, okay, I’m just describing Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects. Here, it’s the Yakuza characters who are racist against a mixed race child, so we’ve come a long way.

I should however note that the kid is really fucking annoying. For example, within a few minutes of meeting MEW, she calls her a “cancer bitch”, which is a horrible thing to say to somebody who has cancer, or even if they don’t. MEW ends up saddled with the kid for her bulk of the runtime, which makes some scenes a challenge. Listen, I’m not saying it would have been better if MEW had killed the kid. That’s a horrible thing to say, and need I remind everyone that murder is WRONG. So I would never say that. But MEW was shooting a lot of bad guys, and there were stray bullets flying around… so the kid should have left and gone somewhere safe and exited the movie. There, I’ve fixed the movie in a less reprehensible way.

Anyway, MEW is a nice and sturdy lead and there are some pretty good action scenes, and some nice supporting work from Jun Kunimura, Tadanobu Asano and Woody Harrelson. But when shots weren’t being fired and fisticuffs weren’t being had, I found this a little ponderous when it aimed for drama. I think it would have done better to take more after its inspirations and kept this stuff to a minimum. But I should also note that I was sick and therefore more prone to zoning out in my weakened state, so perhaps this will work better for others.

On a final note, MEW is obsessed with a soft drink called Boom Boom Lemon. I learn after some googling that this is not a real soft drink but inspired by one called C. C. Lemon, which is manufactured by Suntory. I don’t recall having seen this sold here, but you can get Marble Pop and other East Asian soft drinks here, so I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for it.

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"Kate" (2021) Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (Action/Crime/Thriller)

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KATE (2021) dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

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The Huntsman: Winter's War - (2016) dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

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Price: [price_with_discount] (as of [price_update_date] - Details) [ad_1] Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna. Rated ‏ : ‎ U/A (Parental Guidance) Language ‏ : ‎ English Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19 x 14 x 3 cm; 110 g Director ‏ : ‎ Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Dolby Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 54 minutes Release date ‏ : ‎ 3 August 2016 Actors ‏ : ‎ Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Studio ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01H39G6QW Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal Studio Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 110 g [ad_2]

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March 2024

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Kate (2021)

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KATE (2021) dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

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Kate (2021):

“ A female assassin has 24 hours to get vengeance on her poisoner before she dies. “

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Second movie that I’ve watched it this week, and it’s not any better than the previous one. I love action movies, and this one seemed promising but... no. I love Mary Elizabeth Winstead, but this is definitely not one of her best movies. This whole film feels clumsy. The action scenes are questionable and the lore is mediocre. It has some cute moments, and that fourth gif is badass, but overall I don’t really like this film.

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Mondo is celebrating today's release of Kate on Netflix with a poster by Utomaru. Limited to 170, the 18x24 screen print costs $50. It’s scheduled to ship in January.