Ava (2020) film Review

 

Ava (2020) Film Review

 If you lived in my era you would notice women are getting many more leading roles.  Some folks don’t like it but I could care less.  I enjoyed this film starring Jessica Chastain and John Malkovich.  The story centers around Ava (Chastain) an assassin for a black ops organization.  She is best of breed as Duke puts it (John Malkovich) her handler.  I enjoy both these characters in the film who obviously have a strong bond like father daughter.  Ava is the best but begins to let her conscience get to her after years of blindly following orders and begins asking targets why they are being targeted breaking protocol.  Duke tries to protect her but things go badly and Ava becomes the target and thus the real excitement begins.  If you read my reviews you know I don’t like to give too much info so I’ll leave it at that.  I rarely watch trailers because I want the film to be a complete surprise.  I remember watch The Greatest Showman with my family on the big screen and after 5 minutes or so I said to my wife “I didn’t know this was a musical”.  It was a wonderful surprise and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

It seems a common theme that agents are betrayed by their own people when they become a liability or learn to much.  It reminds me somewhat of Bourne Identity and a Road to Perdition feel when Ava comes after her own leadership for reasons I won’t disclose.  I hope you enjoy it.  Thanks for reading my review.  Mark