Rating: 8 out of 10, great movie with a fascinating plot. The story of a genetically enhanced teenager who has spent all of her young life isolated from society in the arctic. She's been bred to be a super soldier by Bana who releases her to gain revenge on CIA villain, Blanchette. My daughter and I often joke about Bana, a very appealing actor who is so often horribly miscast but he's spot on here. He plays a multi-layered benefactor who has his own agenda but at the same time cares for Hanna. Ronan is just flat awesome in the title role as a young girl with all the skills of a world class assassin without any appreciable social skills due to her isolated childhood. The scenes with Ronan and Barden, who steals scenes as the worldly English teenager who befriends Hanna, are superb. You can see Ronan's character yearning for the facility with normality which Barden deals with everyday life. As always, Blanchette is fantastic as the coolly evil villain, this time with a very believable southern drawl. There are very interesting characters moving in and out of the story as Hanna travels across Europe towards the climatic confrontation. One of the creepiest is the Euro-trash German assassin played by Hollander, very memorable. The actions scenes are extremely well done, especially with Ronan, who's very slight but still projected a lot of power. This movie surprised me with the level of emotion they were able to portray while still making a very good action movie.
MVP: Ronan as Hanna, the super-agent hanging out in the angst of a teenage girl
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