Pass the Popcorn: Hanna

A 16-year-old girl destined to be a killer gets her chance when she's faced with the person responsible for making her that way. Sounds like it could be a fun ride, but the meandering detours from introduction to revenge don't help the pace and story.

Hanna director Joe Wright adds too many stylized camera tricks and slick cuts to make this action flick feel honest. It's probably because the script lacks enough backbone to stand on its own. It's hard to buy the motivations of the father who's trying to protect his daughter and the CIA agent who's trying to kill her. So when the second act starts dragging, the movie starts failing.

While there's some interesting action in Hanna, it falls well short of movies like The Bourne Identity and Mission Impossible.