Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Haywire (2012)
Steven
Soderbergh’s “Haywire” exists for one reason: To show mixed-martial arts fighter
Gina Carano kick the snot out of such Hollywood heartthrobs as Channing Tatum,
Michael Fassbender, and Ewan McGregor. She does this exceedingly well. The
fight scenes are fast, feel brazenly real, and contain none of the CGI’d wirework
gunk that turns most female vigilante flicks into fetishized trash. I’m looking
at you, “Underworld.” When Tatum pummels Carano in the opening scene, the sight
is shocking. Carrano gives back, brutally. Alas, the action is all that’s worth
noting as the story (by Lem Dobbs, who wrote Soderbergh’s “Limey”) is a
merry-go-round of betrayals so outlandishly unbelievable and confusing, I gave
up tracking details and dialogue. Speaking of, and I pray I never meet Carano,
but her delivery is tepid, with at least half her words red-flagged as
post- production re-recording. She has a tough screen presence, but so much of
this film is awkward talk that it feels long at 93 minutes. In a sequel, Carano
must fight Liam Neeson. Fact. B-
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