Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Miku Martineau

Woody Harrelson

Tadanobu Asano

Jun Kunimura

MIYAVI

Michiel Huisman

Mari Yamamoto

Hirotaka Renge

Kazuya Tanabe

Cindy Sirinya Bishop

Amelia Crouch

Ava Caryofyllis

Gemma Brooke Allen

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Koji Nishiyama

Kazuhiro Muroyama

Shinji Uchiyama

Byron Bishop

Kimio Yamada

Ryo Tanaka

Hanazumi

Masahiro Kanemaru

Takuya Sano

Nobu Watanabe

Genki Yamasaki

Patrick Newall

Apparekoizumi

Geoffrey Guiliano

So Nozawa

Takayuki Yamamoto

Andrew Macdonald

Eoin O'Brien

SAIKI

Miku Kobato

KANAMI

MISA

Elysia Rotaru

Darin Fujimori

Kwang Bin

Bando Hirohichiro

Ryuyo Kawamoto

Ryotaro Fujiyama

Katsuyoshi Kojima

Yuya Shirakawa

Mav Kang

Ulf Pilblad

Akihiko Sai

AKANE

Audrey Fisher

Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir

Nathan Barr

Sandra Montiel

Michael G. Selby

Dominic Watkins

Matt Levin

Miyuki Kitagawa

Siranat Ratchusanti

Charlie Revai

Lauren Thomas

Björn Mayer

Katsuya Imai

Lyle Vincent

Anchittha Phongchub

Jonathan Eusebio

Tim Pedegana

Anthony J. Vorhies

David Leitch

Liza Richardson

Taylor W. Rockwell

Deborah Antoniou

Gabrielle Puneky

Spencer Sano

Akihiro Haga

Prachya Pitapho

Sorawat 'Tony' Akarawatcharangur

Stanomir Dragoş

Hiroo Minami

Daniel Birt

Luka Antonić

Sivakorn Suklungkarn

Leah Vautrot

Peter Brown

Jakapan Wongsasuep

Saharat Bunsatitiya

Kasi Faengrod

Kazuko Shingyoku

K.C. Colwell

Miho Suzuki

Nana Miyamoto

Sharon Miller

Jenny Jue

Liz Krause

Scott Allen Morgan

Georgina Pope

Bryce Anderson

Gun Bhoktavi

Nirachara Wannalai

Seng Kawee

Alan Rankin

Anna Behlmer

Eric Robinson

Gael Nicolas

Andy Koyama

Samantha Banack

Xiao'ou Olivia Zhang

Luke Groves

Nana Fischer

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Anisha Gibbs

Matt Absher

Fenilconic

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Umair Aleem

Bryan Unkeless

Kelly McCormick

Kenji Sato

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Thriller

Kate

Clubhouse Pictures

87North Productions

Screen Arcade

United States of America

English

日本語

japan

assassin

radiation

poison

revenge

female assassin

tokyo, japan

vengeance

I found this to be an incredibly fun and beautifully shot film. Who cares if it’s John Wick-esque? It’s not like he invented the genre. Mary Elizabeth Winsted was freakin’ awesome and I totally wanted to be her. The colors, the lights, the fight scenes? Excellent. Sometimes a movie is just supposed to be entertaining…it doesn’t have to change the course of cinema history to be good. I mean, people give this 2-stars and then rave over Malignant? Take that with a grain of salt. On second thought, just take the shaker.

The keywords already tell you the story outline, so I skip that.

Most of this movie is fan service - a lot of (female) Max Payne (the real one, not the awkward 2008 dud); of Agent 47, a bit of John Wick, a nod to Leon ("all of them")... not too a complicated story, well-choreographed and filmed violence, nice modern Japanese atmosphere: 
I got what I expected, a satisfying action flick. And that's probably what Netflix ordered for us, "Because You Watched".


But what made it really worth seeing this movie for me were a couple of minutes of actual acting.
Winstead is great at her Terminator/MaxPayne/Leon/Wick/McClane-Show, and when she's allowed to act, she proves worth being the lead.
But when Jun Kunimura turns up, he expresses so much in a little time, that was what really sold this movie to me.
(Also, solid supporting performances. Kudos.)

Overall: not as bad as critics say. Stylish Entertainment.

Manuel São Bento

Action films with long, uncut, well-choreographed fighting sequences starring a couple of well-known actors seem to be one of the newest Hollywood trends. Kate is yet another entry in the exponentially growing list of action flicks boasting extraordinary stunt work but lacking compelling character work and an original story.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) proves her worth in the combat department, carrying the otherwise dull movie on her shoulders. Unfortunately, the remarkable actress isn't strong enough to elevate what's just another female assassin derivative narrative that viewers have witnessed countless times before.

Rating: C+

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Kate( 2021)

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A review by StarsNtheDarkness

Written by StarsNtheDarkness on Sun Oct 03 2021

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