Listen: bad sound design CAN ruin a movie. Bad sound design and overbearing, cheap music. ‘Cause the acting is fine, the script (except for one or two moments) is fina and the cinematography is fantastic. But the music. Oy. And the slapped on effects. Double oy.
All that aside, this is a very simple movie. A journey, really, as a young woman raised in a military camp goes out to fulfill her destiny. But will the wise old man (who doesn’t know she’s an assassin) change her point of view? A simple story, at times well told. Points for being ahead of Paradise Now and Day Night Day Night, neither of which I’ve seen.
