PREVIEW: Kate (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), Miku Martineau (film debut), Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers), Michiel Huisman (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society), Tadanobu Asano (Mortal Kombat), Jun Kunimura (Ichi the Killer), Miyavi (Kong: Skull Island), Kazuya Tanabe (The Outsider)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman: Winter’s War), director; Umair Aleem (Extraction), writer; David Leitch (John Wick), Kelly McCormick (Atomic Blonde), Patrick Newall (6 Bullets) and Bryan Unkeless (I, Tonya), producers; Nathan Barr (The Last Exorcism), composer; Lyle Vincent (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night), cinematographer; Sandra Montiel (Uncorked) and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (Contraband), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Kate (Winstead) is a lethal assassin who learns that she has less than 24 hours to live after being mysteriously poisoned. With nothing left to lose, she goes on a manhunt through the streets of Tokyo to exact revenge on her enemies, while also forming an unexpected bond with Ani (Martineau), the daughter of a past target…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead gets a worthy action vehicle with this neon-drenched shoot-em-up, all while being constantly on the verge of death for its majority.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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