we've seen it all before and you're not going to get much in the way of original plot, but what you WILL get is a grindhouse of a good time with some bleak and wickedly sharp humor, screen-popping visuals and some pretty great fight choreography
thanks to the excellent lead performance from Mary Elizabeth Winstead, it almost succeeds, but the film is so married to its predictable beats and outcomes
following the same formula as this summer's other bland female empowerment films ("Gunpowder Milkshake" and "The Protege").. "Kate" is predictable, somewhat triggering, and boring, filled with uninspiring action sequences
even the title character feels like an extension of star Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s other vengeful assassin character from "Birds of Prey"; All these familiar elements come together to form a movie that’s fitfully entertaining
by Richard Roeper [Chicago Sun-Times ]
by Molly Freeman [ScreenRant ]
