Kate (2021)

★ 6.6 1h 46m 1,686 votes IMDb

Action Thriller

A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Age 41 · Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She's best known for her movie roles as Helena Bertinelli / Huntress in Birds of Prey (2020), John McClane's daughte...

Miku Martineau as Ani Age 21 · Toronto, Canada Miku Martineau (born Miku Patricia Martineau, 13 September 2004) is a Canadian actress, voiceover artist, and singer. She gained prominence for her role as Ani in the film Kate (2021) and has since ap...

Woody Harrelson as Varrick Age 64 · Midland, Texas, USA Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime...

Tadanobu Asano as Renji Age 52 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Tadanobu Asano, born Tadanobu Sato (born November 27, 1973) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita...

Jun Kunimura as Kijima Age 70 · Kumamoto, Japan Jun Kunimura (國村隼 Kunimura Jun, born November 16, 1955 in Kumamoto, Japan) is a Japanese actor known for his role as boss Tanaka in Kill Bill Vol. 1 from Quentin Tarantino or Ikemoto in Outrage from...

Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

Cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Miku Martineau, Woody Harrelson, Tadanobu Asano, Jun Kunimura, MIYAVI, Michiel Huisman, Mari Yamamoto, Hirotaka Renge, Kazuya Tanabe

StarsNtheDarkness 8/10 Oct 03, 2021

I found this to be an incredibly fun and beautifully shot film. Who cares if it’s John Wick-esque? It’s not like he invented the genre. Mary Elizabeth Winsted was freakin’ awesome and I totally wanted to be her. The colors, the lights, the fight scenes? Excellent. Sometimes a movie is just supposed to be entertaining…it doesn’t have to change the course of cinema history to be good. I mean, people give this 2-stars and then rave over Malignant? Take that with a grain of salt. On second thought, just take the shaker.

jw 7/10 Oct 06, 2021

The keywords already tell you the story outline, so I skip that.

Most of this movie is fan service - a lot of (female) Max Payne (the real one, not the awkward 2008 dud); of Agent 47, a bit of John Wick, a nod to Leon ("all of them")... not too a complicated story, well-choreographed and filmed violence, nice modern Japanese atmosphere:
I got what I expected, a satisfying action flick. And that's probably what Netflix ordered for us, "Because You Watched".

But what made it really worth seeing this movie for me were a couple of minutes of actual acting.
Winstead is great at her Terminator/MaxPayne/Leon/Wick/McClane-Show, and when she's allowed to act, she proves worth being the lead.
But when Jun Kunimura turns up, he expresses so much in a little time, that was what really sold this movie to me.
(Also, solid supporting performances. Kudos.)

Overall: not as bad as critics say. Stylish Entertainment.

Manuel São Bento 5/10 Oct 12, 2021

Action films with long, uncut, well-choreographed fighting sequences starring a couple of well-known actors seem to be one of the newest Hollywood trends. Kate is yet another entry in the exponentially growing list of action flicks boasting extraordinary stunt work but lacking compelling character work and an original story.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Birds of Prey) proves her worth in the combat department, carrying the otherwise dull movie on her shoulders. Unfortunately, the remarkable actress isn't strong enough to elevate what's just another female assassin derivative narrative that viewers have witnessed countless times before.

Rating: C+