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Kite

Never underestimate a girl with nothing to lose.

2014 · 1h 30m · R Action, Drama
Directed by Ralph Ziman

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When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker, and a mysterious friend from her past, she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth

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Ziman struggles mightily to weave hot-girl assassin shtick, trendy exploitation style and future-shock grimness: The default setting seems to be whatever you've seen in a hundred other movies (and heard - the electronic score is pure digital Muzak).

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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Nasty for nastiness's sake, "Kite" drags to achieve its brief running time; you wonder whether the slow motion is an artistic device or a stalling tactic.

Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times
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A kill-a-minute gore-a-thon whose twist is so obvious your grandma Edna will see it coming, "Kite" never gets off the ground.

Kyle Smith, New York Post
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Ziman pretends to be empowering his young heroine by putting a gun in her hand and tough words in her mouth. But there's something deeply discomforting about his camera's fetishistic leering.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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In a film that pits the heroine directly against the sexualization of young women, the camera's gaze itself feels awfully exploitative.

Katherine Vu, Village Voice

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