like a 2 hour version of "Alias"

Finally, a spy thriller where you can actually follow the action! Apart from that and a stellar cast, Haywire doesn't have thát many positive things going for it. The story is basic as hell and the second half isn't that exciting. Still, I had fun during the first, and I always enjoy that cartload of 'cool' that Soderbergh manages to inject into most of his projects.

This movie probably doesnt deserve this rating, the only reason for this rating is because of the action sequences by Gina Carano. The rest of the movie was complete let down considering this movie is a Steven Soderbergh movie. Most of the cast is just wasted, the story is below average. The movie starts with a high and its just down hill after that. If you do want to watch this movie, watch it for Gina Carano.

A thoroughly decent, clever(er) entertaining spy thriller, though not much more.

This must be a low point in Soderbergh's career. His style is often more miss than hit, but never before his film was so boring and outright bad. Strange cheap looking visual style aside it might have been an alright b-action movie if not for the parts when actors say something. Dialogs are so bad that even good actors like Fassbender look poor saying them, so its like Carano or Tatum never even had a chance to be bearable.

The good: Gina Carano! Amazing fight scenes. The bad: Very slow pacing. Especially for an "action" movie.

Bothered by Gina Carano's flat affect? Just read her as a robot assassin built by Bill Paxton.

The initial fight between Tatum and Carano was incredibly in your face and had a crazy sense of realism. And then the rest of the movie happened, and that was unfortunate.

A delectable display of ass-whuppery by the amazing Gina Carano, whose expression swings like a pendulum between a mocking-smile-before-I-kick-your-ass face and a Sam Worthington I'm-gonna-look-all-serious-before-I-kick-your-ass face. My only gripe: needed more arm bars.

77.500

Soderbergh has become the Ben Webster of contemporary film making, playing his own jazzy variations over countless action clichés with this one. The music and action flows mercilessly and counters the utter self-awareness which would otherwise drag on. Few will like this, though it is one of the more interesting, recent stylistic experiments.

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Boring as hell, tries embarrassingly hard to be stylish, too many color filters, poor choices of music, idiotic story, and crappy acting. The lead actress is unable to carry a scene, let alone a film, due to her total lack of charisma. Looks like a student film from the 80s from start to finish, including the action parts. While the fights are the best parts of the film, they are by no means 'good' by modern standards. Don't watch.

A thoroughly mediocre presentation by Soderbergh with most of the film possessing the atmosphere and pacing of an episode of Red Shoe Diaries. Substitute soft core porn with a buff Carano kicking ass. The plot is just background noise since everything is an excuse to set up fight scenes in cool european locales. Carano is convincing enough which isn't surprising considering her physical presence and MMA pedigree. At least it's more believable than generic wallflower actress #199 in that role.

A film that doesn't know what audiovisual style and overall tone to go with. On top of that a boring as hell plot, a wasted cast and less than stellar acting. Carano had some pretty good fight scenes though, especially the one with Fassbender and there were a few funny moments but that's it.

Decent, enjoyed the sequenes without dialogues

The action scenes were decent, some cool set pieces, not a bunch of cuts like a Bourne movie, however every other aspect of the movie reminded me of Bourne. The sort of road trip aspect with Scott, a lot of it taking place overseas, the secret agent that the company turns against. As for the plot, it was very uninvolving, forgettable, confusing, and for the most part, boring. The lead actress wasn't that great at acting, but she carried out the fight scenes well enough.

I didn't mind it too much but between fight scenes the film was often a bit of a bore.

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I had know idea what was going on, couldn't care less for the story. Only interesting thing was the girl fighting, for whatever reason.

As the centerpiece, Gina Carano has great physical ability but not enough acting talent and charisma to hold this together. Story wasn't engaging either. Carano is double-crossed. Okay... and?

i expect more!

I found myself into it early on, it built a decent atmosphere, and was shot decently. However, I soon started feeling like the flick was just there. Not unenjoyable, just... there. Throughout the flick, I felt that the sound hampered my enjoyment and didn't feel fitting for what was happening on-screen; action sounds and background noise completely removed in favor of unfitting music is a crime in any movie. The sound editing/mixing was really off, too. Kinda dug the 70's feel. Worth seeing.

A sparce thriller, with impressive moments & significant flaws. The first thing you notice about Carano, apart from the fact that she could clearly hurt you badly, is that she's not anywhere near as good an actor as she is fighter! Soderburgh steals the irritating music from his "Oceans" movies for much of the film, but thankfully most of the action is not scored, & is all the better for it. The conspiracy plot is effective, but holds no surprises, & Tatum shits all over every scene he's in.

lacked the edge to make it interesting

There are maybe two decent fights in 'Haywire,' a disappointingly formal concoction from Steven Soderbergh who turns up the snooze factor by delicately extracting the grittiness from the project and sanding down the violence. Mixing 'Salt' with the vibe of 'Ocean's 11,' the plot is simultaneously convoluted and simplistic. The dynamite cast is wasted. But it is Gina Carano who gets the short end, because she seems like a real talent that a good film of this nature could have been built around.

Has some gorgeous scenery, good tension, a bit of a distracting soundtrack (a little too Kill Billish for a very similar revenge plot), and the choreography is pretty intense. Just felt like it was missing some major component, like emotion of any kind.

i love soderberg's formal experiments, and having lem dobbs back certainly don't hurt. the action scenes are fantastic and gina carano may not be a traditionally good actress but she has crazy screen presence

I thought the fight scenes were well thought out and Carano performed admirably. The story was a little to plain Jane for this talented cast though. Still I was entertained.

Fun action movie. The lead character is great and the realism with the gun play made it a decent movie.

A thrilling action movie with the unassuming feel of an indie film. The fights are extremely well choreographed and shot, and the supporting cast is a nice "who's who" of great actors. You don't even really need to know the details of the plot. Just have fun with it.

Really disappointed. I expected good things considering the talent involved. The movie gets props for trying to do something a tad different than the normal action-thriller, but I felt like a lot of it didn't work. The chases were lame, I didn't feel the music fit the atmosphere and even the MMA type fight scenes didn't have the energy they should have. Mediocre acting and script as well. It had the makings of something amazing buried in there but failed.

The only thing that bothered me about this movie was the soundtrack to be honest. Otherwise, it was an incredibly refreshing experience for someone who is often disgusted with action movies. Then again, one should always remember that Soderbergh rarely has a misstep and this movie certainly isn't one.

Damn, that Carano/Fassbender fight scene might be my favorite fight scene in a year or more! Totally kick ass. The movie also has a hilarious final line.

Carano is attractive, can fight and act (passably at least). However, she lacks the charisma of a great movie star, imo, which didn't give the film the umph it needed. Soderbergh decisions to forgo a film score in some of the fight sequences as well as using more natural sound effects didn't help.(The use of video (HD?) didn't work well, too, imo--although it looked goodl.) The film isn't dumb like many action films, but it's not terribly interesting either. (probable score: 66)

This is one laidback action flick. Carano has the presence and instincts of a genuine star, and Soderbergh has crafted a zippy, fast-paced vehicle for her. The problem is that the whole thing’s just so light and inconsequential. It’s fun to watch Gina beat the hell out of virtually every male in the cast in what looks like real time, but there’s not much in the way of suspense to go along with all the girl-on-guy butt-kicking.

a great action movie 10 out of 10

Not great. Bit of a shame really, because I think it had the potential to be much better. Gina Carano gives a convincing performance even when not kicking ass, but her character, along with everyone else's, and the story are left painfully underdeveloped. The tangled web of intrigue isn't all that tangled, and the ending feels like a bit of a cop out. As a throw-away action film there's too much thinking, for a thinky thriller it's too slow. Not terrible, but must try harder.

I didn't go into 'Haywire' expecting a master class in acting, but the first scene still does a great job of setting the bar as low as possible. Yet, the acting isn't the worst part of the film. To keep the mystery a mystery, you're told nothing of use until the final minutes. No misdirection. No hints. Just random information that doesn't mean a thing until the end. The reason to watch are the fight scenes, but even with the short run-time, it's not worth waiting for the plot to show up.

This is a non-stop action film with a realistic female lead. This is by far one of the best action movies in years. It draws comparison to the Bourne films and the Millenium films. There is a high degree of violence against the female lead, if you cringe at seeing a guy try to beat a woman to death you should not watch this. Personally I think its about time. This character would beat the heck out of Bourne. She is Awesome I loved this film!

Soderbergh directs his little heart out as usual but except for some very good fights there's really nothing very engaging or original going on.

One could say HAYWIRE is but a slight variation on the "rogue spy" storyline we've seen before, and in some ways, one would be right. But HAYWIRE is exceptional in so many ways: Steven Soderbergh's finely tuned direction, the thrilling action, David Holmes' great score, and Gina Carano--incredibly beautiful, tough, and self-assured; a truly powerful heroine. She gets able support from a top-notch cast. Lem Dobbs' script is just fine, but it's the handling that makes it top-grade entertainment.

A very nice action thriller. Gina Carano is the lead, and does a decent job. She's pretty one note, but the rest of the actors do most of the heavy lifting in regards to emotion. The fights are intense and realistic, having no music playing or jump cuts to cheapen what feels like actual ass-kicking. Well done Mr. Soderbergh.

The movie Soderbergh's built around MMA fighter Carano - who doesn't have more 2 do than b the ultimate bada-s but still holds her own acting-wise & has got sexy screen presence 2 burn - plays like a throwback 2 the more dour espionage thrillers of the 70's. Which means some of the pacing's slow but the web of who's double crossing whom & why is still plenty engrossing. The fight scenes - which is really y we're here - r also refereshingly shot w/ an eye towards clarity & no cheating jump cuts.

The main problem for me was the soundtrack which just didn't fit the style of the movie at all, think exactly the same as Ocean 11, which works well with people swaggering in and out of casinos but less well with what is supposed to be a gritty and brutal action film. On top of that every action scene felt the same, the characters where uninteresting, the plot generic, acting poor, dialogue lacking. Nothing about the movie bar a very few moments clicked with me at all.

Terrible plot, no dialogue, poor acting and pathetic looking stunts make this film a waste of money. Bargain bin soon.

Soderbergh's direction and Carano's convincing physicality help to overcome a second rate action/thriller script. The action sequences are truly the highlight here, as Carano's ability allows for a visceral feel without resorting to frenetic editing.

I have never seen someone jump while punching so many times.

Less playful than Soderbergh's other thrillers, but a good time, nonetheless. Carano holds her own against an impressive cast that is often wasted with a pretty so-so screenplay. That being said, Haywire is raw when it needs to be and the action scenes are more than believable.

Best action film in long time, keeps you off balance and guessing without getting absurd. The ending was the only exception, not exactly tying up loose ends, with an eye on a sequel perhaps. Excellent cast including her lethal hotness, newcomer, Gina Carano.

This film is stylishly executed and starts with a promising frame story. Unfortunately it ultimately boils down to straight forward revenge with the expected array of diabolical villains. I did appreciate the action scenes, they definitely have a refreshing edge to them, and Carano's performance is a huge part of that. The dramatic elements are flat, which I would attribute that to the style and script rather than the performances.

The story as a movie was pretty failure. It just did not work. But Gina Carano's physical work was stunning. She looked good, she fought good and she was pretty amazing with all the running and jumping and climbing. I'd like to she her more.

A more sluggishly paced, competently shot "Bourne", with a 35 C bra size. Tatum was awful as usual, guy couldn't act his way out of a police lineup.

A mechanic thriller by Soderbergh, full of his well-known tricks -- you know, lots of jazzy clips about betrayals and people talking about betrayals --, but Gina is here to offer something more: a physical persona that easily takes care of everyone who's trying to get her with some MMA moves.

Great action scenes, joined together by a somewhat boring plot. I'm sure there's plenty more to come.

the fights were fuckin' rough, but that's it. boring and shallow otherwise with an amateur kind of look.

The story leaves a lot to be desired but Miss Carano is definitely worth the price of admission.