Before watching the movie, I only watched the trailer, thinking it was another Charlie's Angels-like action movie. However, after I watched the movie, I realized that this movie is not the same as Charlie's Angels.
First of all, the most eye-catching thing in the whole movie is Anna's appearance, especially in her first mission, when she had short white hair at that time, or the feeling of her hair tied up when she did the mission later. It really amazes me, it's very beautiful, and it's very sassy.
Then, after she joined the KGB, the series of task clips were so crisp and refreshing.
It makes me think that this movie, unlike Charlie's Angels, starts with its narrative. Let me give you a plot first, when there is an unexpected situation in the plot, (for example, killing the collaborator of the model company, the head of the KGB is killed, Anna's final resurrection, etc.), and then flash back to the previous story line, tells you exactly what happened to lead to this outcome. This kind of interlude, (or rather, staged flashback?), can give you a great degree of shock while throwing a sense of suspense and keeping you curious about the story. This feeling is so great!
In addition, it is a jump in the plot.
From the beginning, eh? Isn't she a model? Why did you start killing people? Oh, so she was recruited by the KGB...
Later, eh? Isn't she from the KGB? How did you start killing leaders? Oh, so she was recruited by the CIA again...
Then, eh? Wasn't she killed by her female boss? Why did you get up again? Oh, it turns out that she is still working with her female boss...
It is this kind of jump in the plot, coupled with the supplementary editing, that makes this movie a few streets away from Charlie's Angels in terms of the expression of the story. (But it can't be said that it is better than Charlie's Angels. After all, the focus is not the same. Charlie's Angels focuses on fighting and visual effects, while Anna focuses on the embodiment of intentions.)
After that, what attracted me to this movie was Anna's swing in her self-identity and her later choices.
"When I was a kid, I used to play with Russian dolls. I loved opening them up and looking at their beautiful faces. It was a woman within a woman. If there was a doll made out of me, what kind of person would she be? Daughter? Friend? Girlfriend? KGB agent? Model? American agent? What kind of person is she if you take out the innermost doll?", Anna said.
In fact, when I was watching the movie, I had a similar thought, that is, you were both a KGB agent, worked with the CIA, and finally became a KGB double agent? But who are you? She compared herself to a nesting doll, using layers of identities on the outside to wrap her original self, a self who wanted to live a stable life without running around for anything. That's what she wants at the beginning of the story too, (just her boyfriend is too messed up...), she just needs a chance. Later, she did get this opportunity, she met this KGB agent played by Luke Evans, was trained by the KGB and became a KGB agent, but, she failed again, because as an agent, she still If you can't get the life you want, you even have to put dolls on yourself layer by layer in order to pursue your goals. However, the difference is that she is not lost, she is still obsessed with her original pursuit, so, as revealed at the end of the film, she freed herself from all this and lived the life she wanted.
//What are you talking about in this paragraph, I feel like there are a lot of things I want to say, but what I said at the end is not quite right...
Looking at Anna's one-handed operation at the end of the film, I can only say, Anna, it really belongs to you!
All in all, this is a visually and feel-worthy film.
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