Jason Bourne meets Red Sparrow. Anna is a KGB trained assassin who is placed in the Paris fashion industry as a model for cover. Her life goal is freedom, to be left alone. But of course someone with her talents will not be let go. So this had the possibility of being another generic spy/assassin thriller. But Luc Besson plays with the timeline in extremely effective ways. We jump forward and backward to paint a cause and effect picture that both makes sense and reveals twists and turns that would be plainly seen in linear time. And after the first few time jumps, I gave up trying to mentally keep track of linearity and let the story unfold. Nicely done.
4 stars (out of 5)
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