Ava

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Ava

R

2020

1h 37m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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An assassin becomes marked for death by her own black ops organization after questioning orders and breaking protocol.

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Critics Consensus

Ava seems to have all the components of an entertaining spy thriller, but not even this spectacular cast is enough to salvage the dull, clichéd story they're given to work with.

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Katie Rife

AV Club

09/28/2020

C

Ava is a napping-on-the-couch movie through and through, with recognizable names and a sexy premise but no distinct personality.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

09/27/2020

2.5/4

If the action and espionage elements were executed at the same level as the dramatic and comedic exchanges and the observations about the types of people drawn to this life, Ava might've been a cult classic.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

09/26/2020

One of our most expressive actresses joining two of our most insistent hams in an action movie? How do you screw something like that up? Well, maybe by just stopping at the concept and calling it a day.

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Charles Hartford

But Why Tho?

01/16/2023

7/10

Ava provides an enjoyable and often nuanced story of family drama and international assassins. If you are looking for an easy to watch action flick, that also provides some feeling, this certainly isn’t a bad way to spend an hour and a half.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/19/2022

3/5

While “Ava” may not come together to form the most cohesive movie, it has enough meat on its bones to make for an entertaining escape.

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Steven Warner

In Review Online

06/05/2021

There's exactly one good scene in Ava.

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andrea c

@Charst Jan 29

Terribile thriller di azione in cui il più classico dei sicari infallibili (se pure al femminile in questo caso) lotta contro tutto e tutti con terribili sequenze di azione per sopravvivere e per redimersi. I personaggi di Jessica Chastain e John Malkovic sono tollerabili e potrebbero addirittura essere interessanti se supportati da una trama adeguata; mentre tutto il resto del cast è a dir poco senza senso, tra cui un villain talmente scadente da non avere nemmeno un secondo per dare motivazione alle sue azioni. E parlando di azione, le sequenze in cui la protagonista sconfigge innumerevoli agenti speciali senza batter ciglio, sono a dir poco ridicole e già di bassa qualità se fossero uscite negli anni 80. Un film dall'alto budget e dal risultato pessimo.

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Rob A

@RT76386004 Dec 29

As a big Jessica Chastian fan I admit I'm biased, and this action flick is both formulaic and derivative, but she looks amazing in it and the fight scene at the end with Colin Farrell was great. Thumbs up, for me anyway.

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Ola G

@Ollie1972 Dec 23

We have seen similar films to "Ava" a bit too many times by now. Some worked like the brilliant "Atomic Blonde" while "Ava" does not despite an A-list ensemble cast. This is so generic, boring and the normally great actress Jessica Chastain is so out of her water as an assassin. There's nothing in her performance that makes you believe she is a trained killer. Particularly her action sequences. Even her way of jogging is not convincing. The only scene that actually did work was the fight sequence between John Malkovich´s Duke and Colin Farrell´s Simon. And it was nice to see the lovely Diana Silvers as Camille. That's it.

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Daryl D

@DmacVisuals Nov 30

I am John Malkovich

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Hakun A

@RT63168663 Apr 19

Pretty good movie cinema

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Scott W

@Fr0zen1ne 03/23/2025

This movies story seems poorly written. The actors try but, the story... The premise is a head scratching mess.

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Synopsis

An assassin becomes marked for death by her own black ops organization after questioning orders and breaking protocol.

Director: Tate Taylor
Producer: Kelly Carmichael, Nicolas Chartier, Jessica Chastain, Dominic Rustam
Screenwriter: Matthew Newton
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Voltage Pictures, Freckle Films
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Brief Sexual Material|Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 25, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $464.2K
Runtime: 1h 37m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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