HANNA

This was a wierd movie and oddly unsatisfying though I enjoyed it and was immersed in the action throughout the film.

It starred Saoirse Ronan as Hanna (what a beautiful ethereal actress) and Eric Bana was her father. He had raised her in isolation near the Arctic Circle to be independent and skilled in tracking and defending herself. Then Cate Blanchette enters as a government agent (murky explanation as to just who she worked for or with) who wants to kill Eric and capture his daughter.

So the whole movie is just that. It was suspenseful and exciting because there was always action and near escapes and quirky unexpected twists (one of the best parts is when Hanna hooks up with a vacationing Australian family and travels with them in their van). The music was wonderful, the acting superb and the photography and scenes of Morocco and the desert were breathtaking.

But at the end of the movie, Bill and I looked at each other and said "so what was all that about?" The plot as to why Eric and his daughter were living in the forest and why they were targets for murder was never really explained. There was no character development of anyone except Hanna. People were murdered (in highly inventive ways) that appeared to be important cogs in the chain but no reason was ever even hinted at as to their relationship to Hanna.

So all in all, it was much ado about nothing. Though the ado was engrossing as it was happening.