Hanna (2011)

A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.

Director:

Joe Wright

Writers:

Seth Lochhead (screenplay), David Farr (screenplay),

Stars:

Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Saoirse Ronan	...	Hanna
Eric Bana	...	Erik Heller
Vicky Krieps	...	Johanna Zadek
Cate Blanchett	...	Marissa Wiegler
Paris Arrowsmith	...	CIA Tech #1
John Macmillan	...	Lewis
Tim Beckmann	...	Walt
Paul Birchard	...	Bob
Christian Malcolm	...	Head of Ops
Jamie Beamish	...	Burton
Tom Hodgkins	...	Monitor
Vincent Montuel	...	Camp G Doctor #1
Nathan Nolan	...	Camp G Doctor #2
Michelle Dockery	...	False Marissa
Jessica Barden	...	Sophie

Storyline

Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her 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 (Ms. Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | training | finland | revelation | teenage girl | 

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Taglines:

Adapt or Die

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Focus Features [us] Official Facebook

Country:

USA UK Germany

Language:

English French German Italian Arabic Spanish

Release Date:

8 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hana

Filming Locations:

Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,135,782 (UK) (6 May 2011)

Gross:

$40,247,512 (USA) (1 July 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Features, Holleran Company, Sechzehnte Babelsberg Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Erik's arrival in Germany and fight in a passage underground below the ZOB bus station was done in a long take. It took less than ten attempts to get it right.

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Goofs

The aircraft that Hanna sees flying over the cabin was a Lockheed C-130 Hercules. These aircraft have turboprop engines which use the exhaust of gas turbines to turn the propellers and that sound almost like a normal jet engines with a bit of a buzz from the propellers. The scene in question, however, clearly features the sound of piston engines.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hanna: I just missed your heart.

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Crazy Credits

Words are spoken during the credits. At the end of the first song: "Music: A combination of sounds with a view to beauty of form and expression of emotion". And after the end credits: "Schlaf weiter" (sleep on).

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Connections

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Atasa Doul Kayalan"
Written by Fatima Tihihit

User Reviews

Beautiful. Don't let the negative reviews repel.

I really wanted to watch this film but I didn't have the time when it was in theatres. So I recently treated myself to the Blu Ray copy. I decided to check the user reviews before watching it and was very surprised by the amount of negative feedback. The reviews were almost hate posts! So, I put the disc in with mixed expectations and afterwards, I sat, glued to the credits thinking "what was their problem?!" Truly a beautiful film. Don't set out expecting an action packed bad-ass picture (I think that was the problem with most of the negative reviewers). Though not as frequent as your everyday action film, the action scenes are just as exciting as ever. If you liked the fighting techniques in Taken, imagine a teenage girl pulling off moves just as hardcore, if not more. The visuals and sounds of the film are nothing short of artistic. I give it an 8 out of ten. Not the best film of 2011, but definitely not the worst.