Hard-hearted Hanna…
Hanna (2011) dir. Joe Wright, w/ Saorise Ronan (Hanna), Eric Bana (Erik), Cate Blanchett (Marissa), Tom Holland (Isaac)
Hanna is a young teen-ager who has been raised in the wilds of Finland by her father in isolation because the CIA is after them. Her father had been trying to get away with Hanna’s mom when she was killed. He escaped with Hanna and raised her in isolation to take care of herself under all circumstances. Determined to rejoin human society, Hanna turns on the beacon which will alert the CIA to their presence in Finland. She and her father split up and agree to meet in Berlin. Captured, Hanna finds out that she has been genetically manipulated to have heightened senses, but reduced emotional reaction, so that she could become something of a super-soldier, one of many to come.
The film is great to watch, but you really can’t start to think of it logically. Why does Erik have the tracer that can be turned on? He doesn’t want to return to civilization, so why keep the box? And we don’t know what happens to the family that befriends Hanna — are they killed? We don’t know. And is there more to her genetic makeup? There is a sense that her genetic mutation will take its toll on her — but we don’t know whether that is the case or not. She pretty much Googles her genetic question — and I don’t know how much information that Wikipedia has about secret CIA genetic experiments — maybe we’ll find out if there are more Wikileaks.
Performances by everyone are quite good, and the editing is quite good. The music, which has a minimal techno-pop quality is also quite engaging.
