Super Scarlett is super entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (16 September 2014)

(67%) A spectacularly entertaining sensation with doses of "Limitless", "Under the skin", "X-men" and "Transcendence", just to name a few. Johnansson is utterly terrific throughout, and this really does prove that she is more than capable in a leading role in an action movie. While Besson has saved one of his more interesting scripts for himself to direct, and he does a wonderful job with a plot and structure style that could have gone badly wrong. At 90 mins the movie is surprisingly satisfying because the pacing is sublime, and from the very start this is efficiently thrilling. There are a few minor niggles here and there that mostly come from its own high ambitions that it sets itself, but overall this is a summer hit to remember.