'Gunpowder Milkshake' is a violent bang for the buck for action lovers.
"Gunpowder Milkshake" weds the spaghetti western with the bright aesthetics of anime, complementing it with an inordinately superb cast for such a frivolous movie, offering a strange blend of over-the-top violence and dark comedy. The end product is a lot of fun, which might explain why its French distributor is already working on a sequel.
It's a classic exploitation combination: girls with weapons, but it's all about how they use them. In this scenario, the primary assassin, Sam, is played by Karen Gillan (from the "Jumanji" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" series), and she is a highly deadly individual who murders the wrong guy by accident.
These incidents affect Sam's connection with The Firm, a secretive organization led by Paul Giamatti's character. "They send me when they need someone to clean up their mess," Sam explains in voiceover.Sam, on the other hand, causes a mess of her own by murdering the son of a rival cabal, prompting the cabal's head to seek vengeance. Simultaneously, one of Sam's missions goes astray, leaving her as the unwilling guardian of an eight-year-old child (Chloe Coleman), adding to the challenge of surviving when the bad guys decide to "send everybody" after her.
What should I do? There's also a surprise visit from Sam's long-lost mother, Scarlet ("Game of Thrones'" Lena Headey), and the equally murderous aunts who reared her, played by Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, and Michelle Yeoh.Navot Papushado, an Israeli filmmaker and co-writer, appears to have seen a number of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie films and brings a similar dynamic to the proceedings in terms of kinetic violence sprinkled with absurdist humor. Sam's confrontation with a group of assailants in a bowling alley, for example, racks up the score as well as the gore.
A couple of those battle sequences, admittedly, linger on and on, reflecting the increasingly frequent mentality in such material that anything worth doing is worth doing over. Allowing the actors to sink their teeth and then some into these murderous roles, with particularly good banter/chemistry between Gillan and Headey, even if the latter is technically too young to play her mother; and nice touches like playing Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" as an accompaniment to one action scene, are among the compensating factors.
Netflix acquired the US rights to the film, and its drive to churning out titles has resulted in a varied creative track record, spanning a wide range of genres. While this type of no-frills action film has its limitations, "Gunpowder Milkshake" stands out by delivering exactly what it promises: a thoughtless delight packed with a lot of bangs for the buck, at least for those undeterred by the outrageous body count.
In the United States, "Gunpowder Milkshake" will release on Netflix on July 14. It's an R-rated film.
These incidents affect Sam's connection with The Firm, a secretive organization led by Paul Giamatti's character. "They send me when they need someone to clean up their mess," Sam explains in voiceover.
Sam, on the other hand, causes a mess of her own by murdering the son of a rival cabal, prompting the cabal's head to seek vengeance. Simultaneously, one of Sam's missions goes astray, leaving her as the unwilling guardian of an eight-year-old child (Chloe Coleman), adding to the challenge of surviving when the bad guys decide to "send everybody" after her.
What should I do? There's also a surprise visit from Sam's long-lost mother, Scarlet ("Game of Thrones'" Lena Headey), and the equally murderous aunts who reared her, played by Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, and Michelle Yeoh.
Navot Papushado, an Israeli filmmaker and co-writer, appears to have seen a number of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie films and brings a similar dynamic to the proceedings in terms of kinetic violence sprinkled with absurdist humor. Sam's confrontation with a group of assailants in a bowling alley, for example, racks up the score as well as the gore.
A couple of those battle sequences, admittedly, linger on and on, reflecting the increasingly frequent mentality in such material that anything worth doing is worth doing over. Allowing the actors to sink their teeth and then some into these murderous roles, with particularly good banter/chemistry between Gillan and Headey, even if the latter is technically too young to play her mother; and nice touches like playing Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" as an accompaniment to one action scene, are among the compensating factors.
Netflix acquired the US rights to the film, and its drive to churning out titles has resulted in a varied creative track record, spanning a wide range of genres. While this type of no-frills action film has its limitations, "Gunpowder Milkshake" stands out by delivering exactly what it promises: a thoughtless delight packed with a lot of bangs for the buck, at least for those undeterred by the outrageous body count.
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