![]() ![]() Bottled Heroic Resolve: Kate forces a doctor to mix a few shots of stimulants so she can stay on her feet while dying from poison.Bittersweet Ending: Kate eventually succumbs to the poison, but she still manages to kill Varrick and save Ani.And he ends up effortlessly beheaded by Kijima in a duel of swords. He contracts out to Varrick, sends his own men to their deaths without a second thought, and flees with his tail between his legs whenever Kate sets her sights on him. Big Bad Wannabe: Renji wants to pull a coup on Kijima, but he's such a Dirty Coward in every way.While Reiji is responsible for her poisoning, Varrick manipulates her into killing unrelated Yakuza and both consolidate their forces at the end to square up against Kate and Kijima. Big Bad Duumvirate: Varrick used Kate at Renji's request so Varrick could join the Yakuza.Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted, Kate spends the film getting progressively more banged up, not to mention visibly sicker with radiation poisoning.Badass Adorable: Ani has this reaction after hiding Kate's injuries behind a cute T-shirt and sunglasses.At Least I Admit It: Renji dismissively tells Kijima "You're no samurai", and at least he knows that they're both just thugs. ![]() Any misses during the story are chalked to up to the fact that she's currently dying. Always Accurate Attack: Kate brags that she hasn't missed a shot in twelve years.Three guesses where they shoot each other in the end. Agonizing Stomach Wound: In a flashback, Varrick tells Kate that a gut shot hurts more, and is a good way to tell the target It's Personal.The film was released on September 10th, 2021. Before she dies, she goes on a final mission to get revenge on her killers and also befriends the daughter of a past target. Kate, an assassin, is poisoned and has 24 hours left to live. This story originally appeared on Ars Technica.Kate is a 2021 Netflix action thriller film starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Miku Martineau, and Woody Harrelson. Kate will probably take her revenge, which should teach the mysterious mastermind a lesson about giving a highly trained assassin a slow-acting deadly poison, thereby ensuring said assassin has plenty of time to retaliate. Even when the odds are 20 to 1, a confident Ani assures the villains that they are outnumbered and are all going to die. Just a total killer babe." We get plenty of footage of Kate in action to demonstrate that Ani's assessment is largely correct. "You're like that person in a nightmare," she enthuses. Frankly, Ani is more than a little taken with her new ally. "Somebody knows," Kate replies, and she sets her sights on young Ani (Miku Patricia Martineau) for information.Īni does seem to know who's behind the poisoning and offers to help. It's none other than "the grand honcho of the yakuza," who lives in the shadows and "never surfaces … ever," Varrick tells her. She tells her handler, Varrick (Woody Harrelson), that she was poisoned and asks who the target was for this job. By the time Kate checks in with a doctor, she only has 14 or 15 hours to exact revenge. The Kate trailer opens with Kate on a job that goes horribly wrong when she misses the kill shot. And the film has influenced countless more, such as the 2006 film Crank , in which Jason Statham plays a British assassin who has to keep his adrenaline levels spiking to counteract being given a deadly poison. (starring Dennis Quaid), and the 2017 film Dead on Arrival. (Due to someone not renewing the copyright on time, the film is in the public domain.) It has inspired three direct remakes: 1969's Color Me Dead, 1988's D.O.A. The basic premise of Kate is a familiar one it's essentially a twist on the classic 1950 film noir D.O.A., in which a man-a seemingly ordinary accountant and notary public-walks into a police station and says he has been poisoned, with only a few days left to live and discover who murdered him. Gunpowder Milkshake ended up feeling flat, predictable, and like an exercise in style over substance. But as with The Old Guard, nothing really jelled, and as much as I love Karen Gillan, she seemed ill-suited to the role. Just last month, Netflix served up the disappointing Gunpowder Milkshake, which had a stellar cast and all the right elements, including some impressive fight choreography. Theron was terrific, but the film itself was uneven. First, there was 2020's The Old Guard, in which Charlize Theron leads an immortal group of mercenaries on a mission of revenge. The streaming service seems to be casting about for a female version of the hugely successful John Wick franchise, but it's harder to pull off than it looks. ![]() Ars is owned by WIRED's parent company, Condé Nast. This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. ![]()
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