"Three bullets."
Hanna presents itself as a very peculiar hybrid of action-thriller and art film. The few action beats are superbly handled, but they are marooned amongst unsubtle fairytale motifs and an increasing number of curious, downright bizarre and occasionally laughable script and directorial choices to which bemused eye-rolling becomes a recurring response. Eric Bana and Cate Blanchette give very strong performances as the leads, and Saoirse Ronan is entrancing as Hanna, the genetically-enhanced assassin discovering the world for the first time on her implausibly globe-trotting mission. The soundscape is intriguing but not always appropriate or supportive of the on-screen action, and there is some fine cinematography of the varied snowy, desert and cityscape vistas. Luc Besson understood the fine balance between style and entertainment in Leon and La Femme Nikita; in Hanna, the self-conscious and self-indulgent trappings make the film quite a tedious chore overall.
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