The protege

Year of release : 2021

 

Run time : 1h45min

 

Genre : Action

 

Cast : Maggie Q, Samuel L.Jackson, Michael Keaton

 

 

The movie starts with Samuel L.Jackson's character, a hitman,who finds Maggie Q's character when she was a child,after her whole family was murdered. He took her from Vietnam and trained her to become an assassin .

Now,30 years later, they work together and they make a hell of a team.

 

Samuel L.Jackson has a bad cough and we think that's what's gonna kill him but one night,as Maggie goes to visit him,she finds his maid and him killed.

She starts investigating,as to who and why would kill him.

 

What I liked about the movie was the dialogue and chemistry between Maggie Q and Michael Keaton ( still the hottest Batman ever .In my opinion).I really loved how they responded to each other,their flirt when they met,their quick responses..which continued whenever they met.

 

I also liked the soundtrack.

 

What I hated - the fact that the writer / director didn't create a romance between Maggie and Michael and kept them together.

The two meet in her bookstore as Michael says he wants an expensive book for his boss,but we find out later he was doing recon work,but still,he was intrigued by her.

 

The movie was filmed in Romania, my country,and I just would like to say that I loved how the Romanian actors played,they were all great,they made me proud.

 

I liked the fighting scenes,the actors were all great, but the movie kinda bored me.

 

The movie is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, AMC on Demand, Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, Google Play, Microsoft Store, Redbox, YouTube.

 

Rating : Could have been a contender !