Eric Bana & Saoirse Ronan in Hanna. Watch the preview:
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/hanna/51540/main
No this film isn't a Miley Cyrus vehicle although I will admit I watched a few episodes of her TV show while flipping channels. They were entertaining but enough about Hannah Montana....
>>>This Hanna (without the final 'h') was an interesting action thriller starring Saoirse Ronan from Atonement in the title role. The films begins with her hunting a deer in wintry Finland. She feels guilty about her arrow missing her prey's heart allowing it to suffer a slow death and quickly finishes off the job with a gun. (Spoiler Alert - This scene will be repeated at the end but you can see it coming a minute before.) We soon see her performing her martial arts skills with her father Eric Bana who's also responsible for her encyclopedic education. Hanna is no ordinary teenager with her extraordinary survival skills as she seems like someone from another world, and we slowly learn why these two have been in hiding for years.
>>>Meanwhile they are hunted by Cate Blanchette as a nasty CIA boss who knows the secret of Hanna's origin and forced them into hiding for years. Hanna & Dad separate to meet in Germany as now it's their turn to be the hunters. Cate takes her role to heart as the Queen of Mean. Part Wicked Witch, part Ma Barker. You will enjoy this performance probably more than the other two leads but that's not to undervalue them. Villains always have the best parts. This is a balanced trio of good actors meeting the demands of the script: The father as teacher, the student who surpasses the teacher, and the principal who closed their 'school' and wants to eliminate them. Cate's henchmen are as nasty as her if not worse.
>>>There's a fairy tale motif running through the story as well as plenty of action scenes of mortal combat, chases, and torture accompanied by a throbbing score by the Chemical Brothers. The secondary plot concerns the emotional waking of a teenager who has been raised away from civilization and who must learn to adapt with people as Hanna discovers when she tags along with an English family in Morocco on her trek to Germany. Saoirse is convincing here as in her action scenes.
>>>Hanna is a cut above the usual action thriller. Saoirse will amaze you and Cate will give you a good scare.
