Haywire

Haywire is a hard hitting action flick directed by Steven Soderbergh. Steven is pretty known for his work with the Oceans movies and the film Traffic, and his style is clear as a bell in Haywire. Hard hitting action sequences with a fluid and traveling plot that keeps the audience on its toes throughout the whole film. The film is also the first big hit for new female action star Gina Carano and she doesn't fail to please by preforming hard hitting fight scenes that get the heart pumping. Haywire has a star studded cast from acting legend Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, and Antonio Banderas; add Steven Soderbergh to the mix and Haywire should have been the action movie of the spring season.

There's just one problem.....

With the Oceans movies, with Traffic, there was always a sound foundation of a plot. Danny Ocean wants to steal millions from Vegas, America wants to stop the drug traffic from Mexico to the Us, whatever the case maybe; Soderbergh began with a basis of a plot and then built upon that. Haywire is nothing like that. Haywire begins almost in the middle of the plot and back tracks, but then bounces forward suddenly as it progresses towards the end. It is very easy to become confused as to who's fighting who and why, to how did we get here and where do we go from here? By the end of the film there is a point made and the circle does come around, but audiences do have to sit still and follow each step if they want the entire film to make sense.

Haywire is a masterfully directed fight scene, but as a movie, it falls short with the plot. By the time the end comes, the audience finds itself not really caring and just waiting for the film to be over with. So Haywire is a solid two out of five, because while entertaining; there is no real meat to the plot until it's too late.


Just my word.
J.