‘Atomic Blonde’ Trailer: Charlize Theron Goes To Berlin, Kills Everyone
By Jacob Hall/April 11, 2017 8:04 am EST
Enter Atomic Blonde, the new film from David Leitch, which finds Theron playing a spy sent on a deadly mission to Berlin during the Cold War, where she has to, you know, kill everyone.
I saw Atomic Blonde at its world premiere at SXSW and I had a great time with it. This is the kind of action movie that values style over substance, but the style is so slick and so entertaining and pulled off with such bravura by the cast and crew that it’s hard to complain. Even when the film gets bogged down in its plotting, you know that there’s another bone-splitting action scene right around the corner. And until the bullets and fists start flying, you can just enjoy Theron glowering as she changes into outfit after outfit, usually with a mood-setting ’80s song blasting on the soundtrack.
The centerpiece of Atomic Blonde, the moment that everyone will be talking about when the movie hits theaters, is a lengthy fight scene set in an apartment building where Theron battles a group of assassins to the death. As I wrote in my review, it’s unlike any action scene I’ve ever seen:
Atomic Blonde is set to open on July 28, 2017.
