Canary Black
Canary Black
Genres Action ,Drama ,Thriller
Directors Pierre Morel
Writer Matthew Kennedy
Country United Kingdom
Votes 11258
IMDBID tt20048582
Runtime 101
Languages English
Release 24 Oct, 2024
Cast Kate Beckinsale ,Rupert Friend ,Saffron Burrows ,Ray Stevenson ,Goran Kostić
After an assignment in Tokyo, the dangerous CIA assassin Avery "Ave" Graves returns home in Croatia to celebrate her marriage anniversary with her beloved husband David Brooks. Ave is a lonely woman that was raised to be a CIA operative since she was a teenager by her chief and friend Jarvis Hedlund, the only person she trusts besides David. Out of the blue, David is kidnapped, and the kidnapper orders her to retrieve the Canary Black file that is hidden in the tooth of a CIA prisoner. She lures Agent Maxfield, who is responsible for the prisoner, but she does not find any file in the tooth. Now she is chased by the CIA that believe she is a traitor and has the Black Canary file; by the criminals who abducted David, since they also believe she has the file; and the Croatia Secret Service that has team up with the CIA to capture her. Meanwhile the clock is ticking, and David's life is in serious danger, and Ave needs to retrieve the Black Canary to save him.
MovieGuys
I can't find much to recommend in Canary Black. Following the by now well known DEI formula this is another girl boss flick that see's out heroine take on athletic men, twice her size and defeat them (must be the biology defying power of equity). That however, is not this flicks only shortcoming. Its loaded down with absurd contrivances. Batting a triggered mines warhead out a window like a softball, without any harm befalling our pristine heroine. Add to that, fighting in high heels against opponents who, weirdly, typically attack one at a time and odd little too convenient things, such as having a knife strategically placed in a car to cut plastic ties (plastic hand cuff style restraints). Acting is fine. I don't mind Kate Beckinsale and I have a lot of time for Ray Stevenson (who has sadly passed) and was fantastic in the series, Rome. In summary, Canary Black operates on a sliding scale from basic to downright ridiculous, with little in between.
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