Pun Salad

An arty action thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh. Probably would have been a big yawnfest if not for the protagonist being a woman.

But, to be fair, it's a pretty amazing woman. The actress is Gina Carano, playing "Mallory Kane", a spy-for-hire. In real life, Ms. Carano was once a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter, and her skills carry over pretty well to this role, which involves her beating the crap out of a whole bunch of guys.

As noted above, the plot is kind of generic: Mallory is called for a mission extracting a Chinese hostage held by a bunch of no-goodniks in Barcelona. Post-operation she's swooshed away to Dublin, but this turns out to be a mere pretext for a betrayal by her co-workers. She barely escapes and vows revenge.

Did you see Salt? It's kind of like that, although grittier, artier, and slightly more believable.

The movie's also notable by a bunch of big stars in relatively minor roles: Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton all appear briefly. (All but the latter being kind of sleazy.)