![‘Atomic Blonde’ might be a dumb movie, starring a not so dumb blonde: Academy Award winning actress Charlize Theron. This is not another Oscar moment for her. If you’re looking for some gritty, mindless action then this is your flick. Photo Credit: Focus Features](/images/resized/images/news/2016/121_jul22/8_100_100.jpg)
Rating: «« out of 4 stars
Running Time: 115 min.
It has been a decent month at the movies, with several solid titles being released over the past week. Atomic Blonde isn’t the best of the bunch and suffers from a lack of emotional investment in the character, but it does provide a few excellent moments of popcorn thrills and a charismatic lead, which help elevate it over a fairly humdrum plotline.
Set in 1989, Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is a British agent with MI6 sent to Berlin to investigate the murder of another agent. She’s met by station chief Percival (James McAvoy) and informed that the killing may have had something to do with a list of spies and double agents...