Canary Black

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Canary Black

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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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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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Rob V

I watched hoping it would be a good action movie. It just disappointed me. Kate Beckinsale can kick ass, loved her in the Underworld movies but in this movie her face doesn't look the same and she definitely doesn't move as smoothly as she did in the Underworld movies. Seeing her jump from one floor to the next in high heel boots and not even flinch is so unrealistic. Come on anyone in those boots would break an ankle, leg or foot landing down from those heights. Her fight scenes weren't very good either, sluggish and slow moving. She definitely didn't really sell me on how much of a bad ass she is supposed to be. Much like the Jessica Alba Netflix movie, I'd give this a pass unless you have absolutely nothing better to do or watch. 1 and a half stars because it's Kate Beckinsale no matter how much she messed up her face...lol

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Ian S

Rogue spy running around on covert ops in heels, an edgy (hair dyed blue) chain smoking IT assistant and a high-up risking all to help her or are they? Done so much better before, this film lacks any thrills or surprises, it offers nothing to the genre.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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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

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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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