Canary Black

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Canary Black

R

2024

1h 43m

Action

Drama

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A top CIA operative, Avery Graves, is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want. Betrayed at every turn, she must rely on her cutting-edge training and primitive fighting skills in a deadly race to deliver a ransom that could trigger a global crisis.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

As visual wallpaper it’s serviceable enough, providing a constant backbeat of blam-blam gunshots and explosions, mostly at night.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 26, 2024

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Canary Black is recognizable as an action movie but it’s neither thrilling nor dramatic enough to qualify as entertainment.

Oct 25, 2024

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Despite some slick and stylish action sequences, this globetrotting high-tech spy thriller is hampered by a formulaic plot that never musters much intrigue or suspense.

Nov 8, 2024

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

The movie's epilogue suggests that its makers think there's enough life in these characters for a sequel. But the stakes will need to be raised if any series is to maintain interest.

Nov 4, 2024

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Alex Maidy

JoBlo's Movie Network

Do yourself a favor and skip this one unless you are looking for a movie that reuses the same insult of calling a strong female protagonist a bitch over and over again as she tries to save the world.

Rated: 3/10

Nov 4, 2024

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Despite the familiar genre elements, the movie is entertaining and manages to maintain interest, especially for those who enjoy thrillers without too many pretensions. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Nov 3, 2024

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Mike M

Clearly just a vehicle to watch an ageing Beckinsale doing gad gadot high kicks with heels on and chasing a heavily armed gang through a James bond villain warehouse at night with nothing but a never- run- out- of- bullets pistol. Hard to fathom why this movie was made.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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Fred U

The movie has plenty of plot holes and inconsistencies to drive a truck through. Even the basic plot line doesn’t make much sense: a high-level bad-ass CIA spy ( Kate Beckinsale ) gets pressured into stealing some world-ending secret file by going on a rampage through the CIA, without having a plan how to turn on her enemies and while insisting she is not a traitor? Adorable. Still, the movie has some surprise twists, that, without the holes and failure of the basic plot, actually could have made for a great movie: say, akin to Atomic Blonde. It overall has that vibe, being filmed in Croatia. Kate Beckinsale does a decent job as the action heroine ( well, except for the failure of the basic plot line ), one would want to see her doing it again ( and the final minutes set up a sequel and that‘s be ok with a well-written plot ), and there are some really cool and imaginative action sequences. So, entirely serviceable as entertainment for the evening, but no need to watch again as I did with Atomic Blonde to understand some hidden layers: the hidden layers here are just plot mistakes. Writers, get a grip! This isn’t hard.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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Adrian D

Bit of a waste ot Kate Beckinsall's talent here. Lots of action, but nothing compelling here. The ending sets it up for a sequel but somehow I'm hoping it never gets one, unless they find better writers and a better Director.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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HillRat 4

I watched it because I really like Kate but this movie is brutally bad everything they saying negatively is absolutely true. I would say in my opinion it's Her worst movie ever.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Chris C

Horrible movie and usually Kate is a good actress but this has to be her worst acting yet, it's like she forgot how to act and was just doing the scene to be done with it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Ron H

I enjoyed the movie. Not low budget at all. Acting was excellent. Plot moved at a nice pace. I say watch the first 10 minutes and decide. That’s what I do.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Pierre Morel

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Kate Beckinsale

Avery Graves

Saffron Burrows

Elizabeth Mills

Ben Miles

DCIA Nathan Evans

Arben Bajraktaraj

Henrick

Andrei Lenart

Niklaus

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Synopsis

A top CIA operative, Avery Graves, is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want. Betrayed at every turn, she must rely on her cutting-edge training and primitive fighting skills in a deadly race to deliver a ransom that could trigger a global crisis.

Director: Pierre Morel
Producer: Jeff Elliott, Carsten H.W. Lorenz, Sébastien Raybaud, Renee Tab, Christopher Tuffin, John Zois
Screenwriter: Matthew Kennedy, Matthew Kennedy
Distributor: Prime Video
Production Co: Anton, MP Film Production
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 24, 2024
Runtime: 1h 43m

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