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Hanna (2011)

Hanna poster
Directed by
Joe Wright
Genre
action film, girls with guns, thriller film, survival film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 3,705 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl raised in isolation by her ex-CIA father is trained to be a lethal assassin. She goes on a mission across Europe while a ruthless intelligence officer hunts her down.

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What happens

Hanna is a 2011 action thriller film directed by Joe Wright. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as the title character, a girl raised in the wilderness of northern Finland by her father, an ex-CIA operative (Eric Bana), who trains her as an assassin. Cate Blanchett portrays a senior CIA agent who tries to track down and eliminate the girl and her father. The soundtrack was written by the Chemical Brothers. Hanna was released in North America in April 2011 and in Europe in May 2011. It received positive reviews from critics with praise for the performances of Ronan, Bana and Blanchett as well as the action sequences and themes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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