Cast Saoirse Ronan
Eric Bana
Cate Blanchett
Tom Hollander
Olivia Williams
Jason Flemyng
Screenwriters
Seth Lochhead
David Farr
Director
Joe Wright
Running Time
111 minutes
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity. (Focus Features)
I almost gave it 5 stars but it has some problems first it is totally a case of style over substance. Lots of that style was brilliant, although the fairy tale allegory became kind of mad at the end but the events needed more context to give them added emotional weight. Second Hanna tells people she shouldn't where she is going and returns to places she should know better than to return to. Also Tom Hollander seemed completely out of place in this. It wasn't that he gave a bad performance but the places she ended up going to were surprising and seemed so authentic that when he turned up with a German accent it just seemed wrong whereas his henchman were great.
