Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

Directed by

Navot Papushado

Genre

girls with guns, thriller film

Country

Germany, France, United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 1,170 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young hitwoman goes on the run with a little girl she saved. She teams up with her mother and some old colleagues to fight off rival assassins.

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What happens

Gunpowder Milkshake is a 2021 action thriller film directed by Navot Papushado, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ehud Lavski. The film stars Karen Gillan as a young hitwoman who must team up with her estranged mother (Lena Headey) and her former colleagues (Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, and Angela Bassett) in order to save a young girl (Chloe Coleman) from rival assassins sent by the grieving father of a man she killed on orders from the head of the HR department of The Firm, Nathan (Paul Giamatti). The film's production was announced at the American Film Market in 2018. Casting announcements were made throughout 2019, starting with Gillan in January, and principal photography took place from June to August 2019 in Berlin. It is a co-production between The Picture Company, Babelsberg Studio and StudioCanal's German branch with the participation of French television channels Canal+ and Ciné+. Gunpowder Milkshake was released in the United States on July 14, 2021, by Netflix with a simultaneous limited theatrical release. It was released theatrically by StudioCanal in France on July 21, and in Germany on December 2, 2021. The film received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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