This was supposed to be the female version of the Bourne series. MMA fighter Gina Carano makes her debut as an action star. It turns out that realistic fight scenes by themselves don't make a great film. Carano plays an ex-military black ops sort of character who works for (presumably) the government. It is never really clear who she works for, and it turns out that she is not very clear on that issue either. When a couple of unrelated jobs are suddenly related (the someone she rescued becomes the someone killed), Carano finds herself the target. So she runs, plans, and then goes on the offensive. The storyline is not bad and has potential for this genre of film, but it is not implemented well. With a title like Haywire I expect all kinds of craziness to happen. Instead, we only get regular craziness that is altogether expected in a black-ops, rogue-spy sort of adventure. Carano has potential, but I guess like with all actors, you have to have the right material. Even so, still better than Mission Impossible.
3 stars (out of 5)
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