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Haywire

Play trailer Poster for Haywire R,  2012,  1h 32m,  Action/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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80% Tomatometer 198 Reviews 41% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative for a government security contractor. Her missions take her to the world's most dangerous areas. After Mallory successfully frees a hostage journalist, she's betrayed and left for dead by someone in her own agency. Knowing her survival depends on learning the truth behind the double-cross, Mallory uses her black-ops training to set a trap. But when things go awry, Mallory knows she'll die unless she can turn the tables on her adversary.
Haywire

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Critics Consensus

MMA star and first-time actress Gina Carano displays ample action-movie chops in Haywire, a fast-paced thriller with a top-notch cast and outstanding direction from Steven Soderbergh.

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David Edelstein New York Magazine/Vulture Jan 8, 2013
Steven Soderbergh continues his occasional practice of using actors as found objects in his perfectly enjoyable formula action-thriller Haywire. Go to Full Review
Rafer Guzman Newsday Jan 8, 2013
Mixed martial-arts star Carano puts major muscle, if minor acting ability, into this enjoyable action flick. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Jan 27, 2012
3.5/4
Dobbs and Soderbergh have a good feel for this genre, and seeing how things play out and watching Mallory exact her brutal, full-impact revenge is a total joy. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Feb 16, 2026
2.5/4
Despite its dreamboat-heavy cast, this isn’t a big-screen episode of Spartacus or a sequel to Gladiator, although its leading player was then best known for TV’s American Gladiators. Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Oct 17, 2024
3/5
Soderbergh taps into the intrigue and coolness he's been good at in the past, but adds a new level of velocity thanks to Carano. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand May 6, 2023
Steven Soderbergh’s drive-in assassin action movie by way of a sleek art-house conspiracy thriller. Go to Full Review
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Rey S Oct 12, 2018 Lots of action and fighting. Worth seeing. Lots of big names. Thriller.
Kylo G Sep 28, 2018 Considered, measured, controlled and precise, but a bit lifeless.
Poe W Sep 15, 2018 its gritty practical approach.. Haywire Haywire is a plot driven action thriller about a spy who seeks revenge after a mission goes down and is hunted down by her fellow companions. The choreography of all the action sequences are jaw dropping that is lethally performed which leaves the audience in an awe of it. The crisp of the feature isn't kept alive through pummeling their way out of the track, but the thrilling ride it offers in that limited span. Chess like slick moves, characteristics of the characters and scoreboard mentality game is what keeps these characters not only intriguing and mysterious but pragmatic. As always, Soderbergh's pace is eerie, but he surely knows when to chew things and take it slowly and when to fasten and narrow it into one big punch. The background score can be daft at certain moments but is finely edited with decent cinematography and sharp sound effects. The chase sequences are smarter than we usually get and so are tricks and treats that is constantly imputed in each aspects of it, to keep the audience tangled in its cruel cold bubble. At a certain point somewhere in its middle act, there aren't any verbal content and is purely relied upon the detailed physical screenplay. As the script enfolds, it gets juicier than ever and with Soderbergh behind the camera, it is definitely not short on execution. Carano at the heart of it, may not be the anticipated actress, but surely delivers eye popping physical sequences that one has not yet encountered and the guest actors like Douglas, McGregor, Tatum, Banderas and Fassbender holds on to their part tightly. Neat and clean visuals, live locations and gut wrenching sturdy action sequences are the high points of the feature. Haywire is not a game changer but definitely redefines the genre by offering some real concrete material to the audience that is horrendous for its gritty practical approach. See more
Rey S Jun 21, 2018 If I could give it zero stars I would. Bloody awful film.
Abraham R Apr 15, 2018 Original take on fights, odd looking yet interesting characters, Gina Carano, so yeah.
Albus S Dec 10, 2017 Not as good as the reviewers made it out to be.
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Movie Info

Synopsis Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative for a government security contractor. Her missions take her to the world's most dangerous areas. After Mallory successfully frees a hostage journalist, she's betrayed and left for dead by someone in her own agency. Knowing her survival depends on learning the truth behind the double-cross, Mallory uses her black-ops training to set a trap. But when things go awry, Mallory knows she'll die unless she can turn the tables on her adversary.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Producer
Gregory Jacobs
Screenwriter
Lem Dobbs
Distributor
Relativity Media
Production Co
Irish Film Board, Relativity
Rating
R (Some Violence)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 20, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$201.7K
Runtime
1h 32m
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