Atomic Blonde

"Talents can be overrated."

2017 1h 55m EN

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6.4

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Synopsis

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An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

“Talents can be overrated.”

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Cast

Charlize Theron
Lorraine Broughton
James McAvoy
David Percival
Eddie Marsan
Spyglass
John Goodman
Emmett Kurzfeld
Toby Jones
Eric Gray
James Faulkner
Chief "C"
Roland Møller
Aleksander Bremovych
Sofia Boutella
Delphine Lasalle

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Leitch
Writers: Kurt Johnstad, Todd Harris
Languages: Swedish, English, German, Russian
Countries: Germany, Hungary, Sweden, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Swedish, English, German, Russian.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Germany, Hungary, Sweden, United States of America.

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CAST

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266+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Leitch, shot by Jonathan Sela. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Leitch directs. Jonathan Sela behind the camera. Tyler Bates scores. Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Germany, Hungary, Sweden, United States of America. Dialogue in Swedish, English, German, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Swedish, English, German, Russian.
4International production across 4 countries: Germany, Hungary, Sweden, United States of America.
5266+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by David Leitch, shot by Jonathan Sela. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Charlize Theron and James McAvoy and Eddie Marsan carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Talents can be overrated.".
11IMDB entry: tt2406566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "berlin, germany", "undercover agent", "undercover", "germany".
13Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jonathan Sela
Original score: Tyler Bates
Editing: Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
Production design: David Scheunemann
Costume design: Cindy Evans
Makeup / hair: Enzo Angileri
VFX supervisor: Michael Kulzer
Sound: Jonas Jansson
Stunt coordinator: Dave Lovano
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $100,014,025
Return: 333% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Atomic Blonde (2017)

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Gimly2017-07-27
★ 8/10
I have seen it said of Atomic Blonde that it is hollow piece wrapped in an attractive shell. I would respond by saying that "attractive" hardly does the shell justice, it's absolutely fucking gorgeous. Otherwise though that sounds about right. No, in all seriousness, the plot itself is more than fine. Even the absolute worst aspects from any individual part of Atomic Blonde, no matter how much you pick them apart, more than pass the litmus test for minimum acceptable standard. It truly is a case of style over substance, and that is something that I can understand the complaint for. But it's style over substance, not style instead of substance. At no point did I feel that the story was cobbled together as an excuse to get to the next setpiece. The story was what it was (a pretty genuine throwback to the espionage thrillers of the late and post-Cold War era) and the aesthetic, the music, the design, was simply how that story was chosen to be delivered. And a brilliant choice at that. Walking in, I was already certain that I was going to like the film, because even if it was just an extended version of the trailer, then it appealed enough to my personal tastes that I was in for a good time. Walking out, I knew that taking everything beyond those factors into account, I didn’t just like Atomic Blonde, I loved it. Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favourite.
Dark Jedi2018-01-30
★ 10/10
This is a good solid cold war spy story with plenty of action. I have to say that I liked this movie a lot. I expected a fairly shallow over the top action flick with a sexy but not very bright kick-ass chick as the main protagonist. To my surprise I got something quite a bit more than that. Sure the movie is quite “Hollywoodish”, it is supposed to be a action movie after all, but it is surprisingly well done and Charlize Theron is great as the sexy, not at all stupid and very much kick-ass chick. As a bit of a twist the story is told in the form of a debriefing at the MI6 headquarter. This type of storytelling can be a bit miss or hit since, unless the writer is good at it, it has a tendency to spoil the movie and the events already when the movie starts. I would say that in this one they got it right. The movie is frequently quite dark and gritty which of course is fitting with the former East Germany setting. To my great delight they did not stoop to the usual dark, almost black and white, boring type of footage that you too frequently get. Instead the dark and gritty scenes are filmed in a “darkish” blue hue and the scenes actually have a lot of color in them. The story is a fairly standard spy-is-given-a-mission-behind-the-wall-and-it-all-goes-to-hell one. As a story goes it is really not much to write home about and it has the usual plot holes and illogical twists. What makes this movie good is how it is implemented. As I have already mentioned Charlize Theron is great in her role. She is sharp tongued, hot and kicks ass. Unlike many protagonists in movies like this one she not only administers pain but she receives it as well. Actually the movie starts with scenes of her showing off bruises all over her body (yes all of it). To fill out the picture we get some brutal, and I mean brutal, KGB agents, the traitorous colleague, the defector and a few other characters. Together they embark on a roller coaster ride of spy work, chases, (brutal) ass kicking etc. All of it very well done as far as I am concerned. It is not the silly fx loaded blow-everything-up kind of action but instead up-personal-beat-them-up action. I have to say that I quite liked the end of the movie as well. The twist at the end was maybe not the biggest surprise of the year but I definitely liked it. I really do not like movies that fizzles out with a bunch of loose ends and objectives not achieved. This movie is, to my great enjoyment, not one of those. To me this movie was really good. Certainly better than I expected.
rozmiarek2021-09-04
IN MY DREAMS I AM LORIANNE BROUGHTON, IN REALITY I AM MONA LISA VITO. OH WELL A GIRL CAN DREAM. CHARLIZE THERION IS ICEY COLD PERFECTION.