recommended

A different way of telling a story

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

When I first read the plot I wasn't really impressed but watched the movie anyways. And again, and again, and again....I must've watched this movie at least 15 times by now and I still love it. Good story, but even better acting (Good typecast!) and even better music (Chemical brothers). Is the story 100% realistic? Nope. But it's good enough to keep audience immersed for the duration of the film. Really intense movie, especially the container scene and the whistle. Love it.

The film got off to a very promising start, with an interesting premise and indications that it would develop into a thrilling and intense ride.Things started to get muddled upon arrival in Morocco, but the earlier promises continued to entice. By the time we arrived in Berlin, all hope for any promised thrills had evaporated, although there was plenty of intensity - mainly from the music score which, in my personal opinion, was borderline unbearable.The visuals also morphed into increasingly (and annoyingly) self-conscious stylisation, with overly colourful lighting - which made the whole thing resemble oversaturated VHS - and set design that belonged more in a Tim Burton fantasy.The visual symbolism was heavy handed and if everybody had taken their clothes off it would not have been unlike a Ken Russell offering.For the final 30 minutes I was praying for it to end.By far the worst of Joe Wright's films.

Basically, Jason Bourne, played by a 15-year-old or so Saoirse Ronan, but less convincing, logical, or entertaining (the pace was often way too slow).The fight scenes involving Hanna were especially unconvincing. The container fight scene at around the 1:14 mark was especially unconvincing and took me out of the movie. The three goons have her, then the teen actress that is Saoirse Ronan grabs and "tosses" the goon aside. It was obvious Ronan (try as she might) wasn't exerting much strength (and the actor playing the goon was doing most of the "self-tossing").(Reading up on the director Joe Wright, one sees that he specializes in drama pieces and has no experience with action movies. This, of course, could have been remedied by a capable crew, assistant directors, stunt team, etc. but evidently these were not available.)As many have noted here, there was too much left unexplained. Or more likely, there was no good or logical way to explain most of it. This *might* be OK in some sci-fi or magical realist film, but Hanna was (like the Bourne movies) depicted as set in the (mostly-)real world.One small example: At the aforementioned fight scene, Hanna has just easily defeated two of the three goons. The only one left is the quirky, whistling guy who's middle-aged, balding, slightly porky, and doesn't seem especially fit. He is running towards her at a comically slow pace and panting. Instead of just easily defeating him as she should be able to, she chooses to escape by jumping into the water.

The best: The direction and the photography in most part of the film. The performances of Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett and especially Saoirse Ronan.The worst: The argument is more simplistic than it seems at first. The action scenes.