Haywire (2011)

A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writer:

Lem Dobbs

Stars:

Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Ewan McGregor

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gina Carano	...	Mallory Kane
Michael Angarano	...	Scott
Channing Tatum	...	Aaron
Debby Lynn Ross	...	Diner Waitress (as Debby Ross Rondell)
Michael Douglas	...	Alex Coblenz
Antonio Banderas	...	Rodrigo
Ewan McGregor	...	Kenneth
Julian Alcaraz	...	Victor
Eddie J. Fernandez	...	Barroso
Lluís Botella Pont	...	Helpful Guy (as Lluís Botella)
Aaron Cohen	...	Jamie
Max Arciniega	...	Gomez
Anthony Brandon Wong	...	Jiang
Michael Fassbender	...	Paul
James Flynn	...	Hotel Clerk

Storyline

Freelance covert operative Mallory Kane is hired out by her handler to various global entities to perform jobs which governments can't authorize and heads of state would rather not know about. After a mission to rescue a hostage in Barcelona, Mallory is quickly dispatched on another mission to Dublin. When the operation goes awry and Mallory finds she has been double crossed, she needs to use all of her skills, tricks and abilities to escape an international manhunt, make it back to the United States, protect her family, and exact revenge on those that have betrayed her.

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Plot Keywords:

rescue | revenge | punched in the stomach | swat team | shot in the stomach | 

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Taglines:

They left her no choice.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

USA Ireland

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

20 January 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Knockout

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,425,370 (USA) (20 January 2012)

Gross:

$18,934,858 (USA) (16 March 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media, Irish Film Board

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gina Carano's voice was altered for the film, giving her character a deeper-sounding voice.

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Goofs

The Irish police sirens heard in the chase sequence are American-style sirens with a continuously rising and falling tone, instead of the two-tone sirens actually used by Irish police.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mallory Kane: Shit.
[deep breath]
Aaron: [sitting down] What the hell are you doing out here? I had to drive all night. I'm hungover as shit. And you're really starting to cut into my vacation time, so can we go please?

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Connections

References Wonder Woman (1975)

User Reviews

Unbelievably unpleasant

I don't understand how people like this movie and saying it's a work of art. The main character don't even have much characteristic, the surprise turns are not even surprising. We know from the very beginning who set her up and keep asking why is she even after Kenneth to begin with. Why does an agent go to mission with real name and everybody knows about her family history, who her dad is, where he lives, what he does, and still make a nice scene with him when they want her dead. It doesn't even look like an action movie, action scenes make you feel ashamed for their quality. The storyline is hilariously stupid. I am absolutely disappointed by my time being wasted, can't even understand how McGregor, Douglas, Banderas & Tatum agreed to play in a movie like this. You watch it and then you would be like "What the hell?!"