Atomic Blonde's reviews
Media reviews
Screen Crush
Charlize Theron is the hero we need right now: As devilishly self-serving and smooth as Bond, as physically dynamic and stoic as Wick, Lorraine is confidently equipped to join the legacy of great movie action heroes and she doesn?t need your permission to do it.
Indiewire
Oscillating between the relentless energy of ?John Wick? and the dense plotting of a John Le Carré novel, Atomic Blonde never quite finds a happy medium between the two. But when Theron goes back to kicking ass, nothing else matters.
The Hollywood Reporter
It's no rival for le Carré when it comes to the old cross/double-cross stuff; but a surfeit of style and a tasty supporting turn by James McAvoy help fill the time between fight scenes, which ? this being a film by the stuntman/codirector behind John Wick ? are pretty much the whole point.
Variety
Virtuosic kick-ass filmmaking can be its own reward, but to paraphrase ?Idiocracy,? you still need to care about whose ass it is, and why it?s being kicked.
The Playlist
When even momentary flourishes of action this good remind us how poorly filmed and choreographed most modern action films are, it is hard not to recommend Atomic Blonde on that basis alone.