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

The very first and very last word of the movie are the same: "Shit." The hero says it at the beginning, and the arch-villain at the end.

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Goofs

During the fight scene between Gina Carano and Michael Fassbender, the gun between the mattresses can be seen sticking out halfway when he throws her on the bed, but when she reaches for it moments later she needs to dig for it under the mattress.

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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

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Dark Shadows (2012)

User Reviews

Nothing new, but likeably cool!

Once again, I stepped into a movie with zero expectations, and was pleasantly surprised. People told me to avoid "Haywire" but I found it reasonably entertaining.

First off, I was amazed by the number of likable actors that are in the movie - Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton (where has he been hiding?) all star in co-roles. I don't know the main actress in the movie but she did a fine job, and apparently did all her own stunts.

Flick has been un-fairly compared to Angelina Jolies "Salt." Why? Because it stars a woman kicking guys ass's perhaps? I guess their plots are kind off similar too, but "Salt" was an over the top action movie. Outside of a couple of movie-style fights "Haywire" feels more realistic, but where it really succeeds is in its style. It works as a cool thriller that I found myself smiling at because off the way it tells its ex-assassin-getting-chased-again plot. Although maybe not everyone will give it a thumbs up, I will because I enjoyed it.