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Gunpowder Milkshake

R Released Jul 14, 2021 1h 54m Action Mystery & Thriller Crime Drama TRAILER for Gunpowder Milkshake: Trailer 1 List
60% Tomatometer 170 Reviews 48% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings
Sam (Karen Gillan) was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal. But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl -- Emily (Chloe Colemaan). With a target on her back, Sam has only one chance to survive: Reunite with her mother and her lethal associates: The Librarians (Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and Carla Gugino). These three generations of women must now learn to trust each other, stand up to The Firm and their army of henchmen, and raise hell against those who could take everything from them. Read More Read Less
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Though it runs dangerously close to being a pure sugar rush with no substance, Gunpowder Milkshake is a brutal blast that will absorb audiences into its neon-infused universe.

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Gunpowder Milkshake has some decent action sequences, but for the most part, this has all been done before -- and better.

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Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard In a landscape that remains dominated by the likes of Zen knucklehead John Wick, Sam and her gruesome gang are alright with me. Rated: 3/5 Oct 8, 2021 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) Tiresome stuff. Rated: 2/5 Sep 19, 2021 Full Review Linda Marric The Jewish Chronicle Perfectly serviceable, if not terribly original. Rated: 3/5 Sep 18, 2021 Full Review Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle Gunpowder Milkshake is most entertaining when Laurent Demianoff’s fight choreography takes precedence over any dialogue. Jul 19, 2024 Full Review Jillian Chilingerian Offscreen With Jillian With so many stellar talents in this film, most of them don't get to showcase their talents until the end. Aug 22, 2023 Full Review Zach Pope Zach Pope Reviews The film is not just one of the best ACTION FILMS of 2021, but just flat out one of the most entertaining. It’s fantastic tone, vibrancy, blood/guts & of course all of the fantastic ladies here. Karen Gillian owns this film. Jul 26, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gareth v Aside from a few moments, this comes across as a reject shop version of John Wick. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/28/24 Full Review Daniel B Acción impecable en una historia que nos hace reflexionar sobre las decisiones impulsivas que hemos tomamos y que ahora nos afectan en nuestro presente. GunPowder Milkshake es genial. Tiene todos los componentes para ser una gran película de acción, una trama simple centrada en la venganza, un diseño de producción impecable y con suma personalidad, extras que se entregan en cada toma y que le dan un dinamismo brutal en cada una de las cientos de escenas de acción en montajes fenomenales. Una trama que expone de forma interesante el concepto de la venganza, viéndola más cómo un obstáculo en cuanto a resentimiento y resolución en vez de como una solución al conflicto, (el factor de cientos de películas de acción), el darle ese giro al concepto de la venganza que hemos visto que se ha estandarizado en Hollywood cómo una norma en él género, para mi es lo que le da su propia identidad. Una película que a pesar de volcar todo su foco en un desenfreno de acción se da el tiempo de ser introspectiva con sus personajes, aunque sea de forma superficial, la película se encarga de dotar de tridimensionalidad las acciones tanto de las protagonistas cómo de los antagonistas de la cinta, en la que hacen una sutil crítica rome sistemas “patriarcal” con “La Firma”, este poderoso grupo de hombres que desde un punto de superioridad minimizan las acciones que la protagonista ha hecho para ellos. Una Película que gracias a lo poderoso tanto de su discurso cómo de sus golpes logró diferenciarse en un género que muchas veces discriminamos cómo reiterativo y simplista. Una historia súper entretenida de ver. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Liam T Simply an awful film. Music, dialogue, acting, humour, and action scenes are all lacklustre and pretty dull Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/20/24 Full Review Pongo K The movie tries to be more sophisticated than what it is. A lot of blablabla. Thin plot. Stupid caracters. There are many better movies to see. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/24/24 Full Review Bucky R Unwatchable. A dumb movie for dumb people. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/24 Full Review David S This was surprisingly good for me.. had a Wick feel about it, I really enjoyed it 👍 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sam (Karen Gillan) was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-woman. She uses her “talents” to clean up The Firm’s most dangerous messes. She’s as efficient as she is loyal. But when a high-risk job goes wrong, Sam must choose between serving The Firm and protecting the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl -- Emily (Chloe Colemaan). With a target on her back, Sam has only one chance to survive: Reunite with her mother and her lethal associates: The Librarians (Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and Carla Gugino). These three generations of women must now learn to trust each other, stand up to The Firm and their army of henchmen, and raise hell against those who could take everything from them.
Director
Navot Papushado
Producer
Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman
Screenwriter
Navot Papushado, Ehud Lavski
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
The Picture Company, Cine+, StudioCanal
Rating
R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 14, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 14, 2021
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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