Boring.leeway.thumbsdown
Except for the nice view (Carano) this flick has little to offer. I guess if you catch it when it turns up on TV...and there is nothing else on any of the other cillion channels, it might be worth your time.
I thought it was like a female version of the Bourne movies with the filming of the movie mirroring the Ocean's movies with the flashbacks showing more story of how things came together and the locations they were in, as well as some of the music reminded me of the Ocean's films. Which doesn't shock me as much as the guy who directed this movie, also directed the Ocean's films. Though, while I did think it was like a female version of Bourne in away, but by all means I don't think it was a good as the Bourne movies were. Haywire's story was less compelling, but the action scenes was great enough to keep my attention in the film.
I have this film as one of my guilty pleasures. It's a really solid B-movie - but that is its failing.
The positive:
- Gina Carano is incredibly alluring. The camera loves her. Scenes where she's just being focused on with no action keep you riveted. A very beautiful woman. And she's exceptional in the fight scenes, much as you'd expect from an MMA fighter.
The flaws:
- Soderbergh - an excellent director in usual circumstances. This feels like he gave control to someone else and then just signed it off.
- The ADR. It doesn't mesh as the right tone throughout the film. I'd like to see a cut with Gina's voice and see why they felt the need to replace it.
- the chase scenes are a little overlong with little suspense.
This is far from a perfect film. It has a very solid cast. Carano was learning on the job and she has good points and bad points. But it could have been much better. I have however seen it 3 times that I can recall and I do enjoy it.
7/10
Well, I enjoyed this movie...
I rarely say this about anything but this movie is perfect.
Very uninspiring, if not outright terribly bad, cameraworks. It's cool that the action scenes don't use shaky cam, but almost every other scenes are unnecessarily long (like the one where she walks on hotel corridor and the one on road). Chases have no sense of thrill/urgency at all with only one camera shooting her run for a very long time. The accompanying music is also very flat, doesn't leave any impression on the scenes.
The writing is simple in its premise but convoluted in execution. Dialogues are cheesy and Gina Carano isn't really the greatest actor. The spotlight of this movie is Gina Carano's impactful fight scenes (of course since she is an MMA artist). However the bad cameraworks and music directing from start to finish fails to capture her dynamics and wastes Gina's talent. Like one critic says, it feels like Gina is trapped in the film.
If you come across someone recommending the film as a good action movie, don't hear them like I did. They're just hipsters.
Haywire left me feeling let down. I had high expectations for the film, but the acting was sub-par, and all the fight scenes seemed to be choreographed the same way. While the action scenes were impressive, the lack of variety in the fight choreography made them feel repetitive.
Love Channing Tatum in this movie! Very good movie to me!! #haywire
This is far from Soderbergh’s best work but I have a soft spot for it. Gina Carano plays a badass spy for a private agency who slowly finds out she’s the target of a hit by her own company. She kicks ass for 90 minutes just to survive.
Carano is not the greatest actress & the plot gets incredibly convoluted when it doesn’t need to, but when the butt-kicking gets in full swing it’s a real thrill ride. It’s a relatively low-budget film but Soderbergh works with what he’s got, and the absence of any huge-budget effects grounds the whole thing in reality.
Haywire is the perfect title. It’s mad, chaotic, end-to-end fun.
https://benoliver999.com/film/2017/08/20/haywire/
It was cool and it was good for a one time watch. She did a great job in her fight scenes. Well thoughtout and precise decision making. I like that in an action movie. I don't like idiotic wild messes that make no realistic and logical sense. I enjoyed it. I must say.
pretty weak but gina looked great as always
So disappointing for a Soderbergh movie...
Review by Paladin5150BlockedParent2021-02-23T05:35:37Z— updated 2022-02-17T06:23:07Z
Yah! What a difference 8 years can make as far as some folks opinions of you goes. Not ONE of the negative commentators on this DEBUT film from untrained and untested (as far as acting at least) would say shizz to her face, as, they KNOW what they probable result would be. But Keybored warriors gonna keyboard, so continue to type away while you stuff yourself with Twinkies and Mountain Dew in your Mom's basement, while the grown-ups get on in the real world.
Steven Soderbergh saw Ms. Carano's fight with the steroid pumped Chris "Cyborg" Justino, and, in spite of her (questionable) loss, said, "this woman can be an action star", then called her up and asked if she wanted to make a movie. Gina being Gina of course said sure why not. First time out of the gate, and YOU have to carry the movie. It is an ACTION Movie, not "Shakespeare in Love", so, the producers surrounded her with known, bankable, stars, kept the dialog simple, and shot the story around set pieces designed to let Gina do what Gina does best, that is, kick azz and chew bubblegum, and, fortunately for us, she ran out of bubblegum.
It was a framework to see if she had the skills to hang with the big boys and carry a movie, We've seen MUCH worse, from Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Statham, Willis, Jovovich, et al, and they received less vitriol than was directed at this enterprise.
I enjoyed it for what it was when it was first released, and, due to the recent online silliness, I decided to give it a re-watch to see if my opinion had changed. It hasn't, and, in spite of the cancel mob, it looks like she's not gonna go down without swinging, and may take out a few of the big boys gunning for her on her escape to freedom.