Ava is an international assassin, travelling the globe to execute people at the behest of a shadowy organisation of killers-for-hire. She's very good at what she does, though her employer is concerned by her growing interest in why her targets are being assassinated.
Naturally, Ava's career is something she keeps a secret from everyone, including from her sister and mother. She was estranged from them in any case, because Ava's a recovering alcoholic who used to steal and lie to feed her addiction.
As our movie begins, Ava feels it is time to try and mend her relationship with her family ... and her employer feels it is time to lethally "tidy up" the worrying loose end that is Ava's curiosity about the reasons behind her contracts. You might be expecting that these two threads will get tangled, much as similar themes did in Grosse Point Blank, but the actual overlap is actually quite small and the two never really gel together.
Things not quite gelling together is actually something of a theme with the script, actually. A fine cast does their best to make it engaging, and they often succeed on a moment by moment basis, but the connective narrative tissue between events is not the strongest. The film ultimately feels a bit half-formed.
As our movie begins, Ava feels it is time to try and mend her relationship with her family ... and her employer feels it is time to lethally "tidy up" the worrying loose end that is Ava's curiosity about the reasons behind her contracts. You might be expecting that these two threads will get tangled, much as similar themes did in Grosse Point Blank, but the actual overlap is actually quite small and the two never really gel together.
Things not quite gelling together is actually something of a theme with the script, actually. A fine cast does their best to make it engaging, and they often succeed on a moment by moment basis, but the connective narrative tissue between events is not the strongest. The film ultimately feels a bit half-formed.
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