For many, the series for John Wick is one of the best modern action films of all time. There are also other films that hit a similar notch. One of them even comes from an original John-Wick director and is currently running on Amazon Prime Video in the subscription.
What film is it about? Atomic blonde appeared in 2017. Charlize Theron, who is known from Mad Max: Fury Road, plays the English agent Lorraine Broughton. During the Cold War, she has to find a list of double agents that her late colleague stole a list of double agents.
The film is based on the Graphic Novel The Coldes City and comes from the director David Leitch, who, together with Chad Stahelski, staged the first John-Wick film. You can also see that in Atomic Blonde.
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Why should atomic blonde look? While Stahelski was saying off with the sequels to John Wick, David Kench continued with other action films, but you still notice the style. In addition to the spy thriller atmosphere, atomic blonde relies on styled action with spectacular choreographies.
In addition, Charlize Theron has a strong leading actress who has also trained strongly for her role. Theron (via Business Insider), which plays its role really convincingly, even occurred.
How was Atomic Blonde rated? The film has a critic score of 79 %on Rotten Tomatoes in 365 reviews. With 64 %, the users rate the film a little worse with over 25,000 reviews.
The elaboration of the story is criticized in many reviews that the performance of Charlize Theron and, above all, the action sequences seem to please most users. It also seems to be a good film if you are looking for a similar experience with John Wick.
Atomic Blonde is currently running on Amazon Prime Video in the subscription.
What else did David Leitch do after John Wick? David Leitch remained faithful to the action genre and, as a director, also staged further action strips after Atomic Blonde and John Wick:
Bullet Train in particular was a popular film among fans who, as a book adaptation, staged a real action-proof and also had a good actor with Brad Pitt. Another recommendable action film is sisu: Action fans could enjoy with a new film from 18 at Netflix, but it is not for the faint of heart