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Kate

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Woody Harrelson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Miku Patricia Martineau in Kate (2021)
After she's poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
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A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
64K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,627
6
    • Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
    • Umair Aleem
  • Stars
    • Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Miku Patricia Martineau
    • Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
    • Umair Aleem
  • Stars
    • Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Miku Patricia Martineau
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    • 595User reviews
    • 133Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
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    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead
    • Kate
    Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson
    • Varrick
    Miku Patricia Martineau
    • Ani
    • (as Miku Martineau)
    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • Renji
    Jun Kunimura
    Jun Kunimura
    • Kijima
    Michiel Huisman
    Michiel Huisman
    • Stephen
    Miyavi
    Miyavi
    • Jojima
    Mari Yamamoto
    Mari Yamamoto
    • Kanako
    Hirotaka Renge
    • Specialist
    Kazuya Tanabe
    Kazuya Tanabe
    • Shinzo
    Cindy Sirinya Bishop
    Cindy Sirinya Bishop
    • Mother
    Amelia Crouch
    Amelia Crouch
    • Teen Kate
    Ava Caryofyllis
    Ava Caryofyllis
    • Child Kate
    Gemma Brooke Allen
    Gemma Brooke Allen
    • Young Kate
    Hiroyuki Kobayashi
    • Old Wakagashira
    Koji Nishiyama
    • Sato
    Kazuhiro Muroyama
    Kazuhiro Muroyama
    • Taxi Driver
    Shinji Uchiyama
    • Young Yakuza
      • Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
      • Umair Aleem
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Members of Japanese all-female hard rock group BAND-MAID appear in the movie as themselves.
    • Goofs
      Kate is poisoned by Polonium-204, which the movie seems to suggest is more deadly than Polonium-210 (the more common isotope), but this is wrong. Polonium-210 is an alpha-particle emitter, while Polonium-204 is a beta emitter. Alpha particles (helium nuclei) are far more destructive inside the human body than beta particles (electrons). Kate would probably have survived Polonium-204 poisoning, but not Polonium-210.
    • Quotes

      Kijima: Death is the time for beginnings.

    • Connections
      Features Uchu kara no messeji: Ginga taisen (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Vanilla Kyujin' Theme Song
      Written by Sawada Masataka

      Courtesy of Axis Design

    User reviews595

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    7/10
    Everything new is old again
    The world works in a kind of spiral, where everything 30 years ago becomes popular again, with small alterations. Kate is a story of a perfect assassin, betrayed and raising hell in the name of vengeance as poison is slowly killing her. Stylish, with Japanese neo-noir design, involving the Yakuza and greedy Westerners, it is a return to the 90s stories, where lone gunmen (people?) were dealing their own brand of justice in a corrupt and decadent world full of greed and inequality. Of course, the main character is female now, but you've seen this film before, a few times perhaps, and everything is pretty standard.

    What shines trough the bland plot is the acting of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who singlehandedly carries the film through. In fact, every other actor is an extra in the plot anyway, so she either made this film work or not. And it works. Kudos also to Jun Kunimura, who can, with a slight adjustment of body posture and a couple of facial expressions, tell an entire story in a second.

    Bottom line: a predictable story from start to finish, but made well and acted well. Ridiculous body count which could have, with small changes to the plot, be significantly reduced and the time gained spent on storytelling.
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    • Release date
      • September 10, 2021 (United States)
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      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies
      • 87North
      • Clubhouse Pictures (II)
      • Screen Arcade
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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