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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

9/11/2021

Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

Sam (Karen Gillan) is following in her absent mother's footsteps as a gun for hire. On her most recent job, one of the bodies left behind was the son of someone with the ability to enact vengeance for his death. With an orphan in tow, Sam makes her way to the three women her mother trusted most.

The vibe here is Baby Driver -- hyper-stylized and dangerous, but with a dash of fun. The problem is Gillan, who seems too focused on keeping emotion off her face and any trace of accent out of her voice to be in any way effective as a sympathetic character. But man -- the fight scene while her arms were "dead" was fantastic.

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