![]() ![]() The movie is directed by Martin Campbell and stars Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. In order to do so, she teams up with a dangerous person with close ties to her past. Overall, The Protégé is a film you can put on if you're bored, but otherwise, it's a middle-of-the-road story. ‘The Protégé’ is an action thriller film that revolves around Anna, an assassin who is on a quest to exact revenge on her mentor’s murderer. She became orphaned in 1991, when she was 11 years old, when she witnessed her family getting murdered while she hid somewhere in the home. But if the story were stronger, Q and her castmates would be better served. In The Protégé (directed by Martin Campbell and written by Richard Wenk), Maggie Q plays Anna, an assassin who is originally from Da Nang, Vietnam. ![]() Keaton and Jackson do their best with their roles, and Q is entertaining enough in her action sequences. Characterizations are simplistic and expected, and the reasons why people are out to get Moody are ill-defined. But that alone can't save a film that has a weak story. Having Q and Jackson in the main roles is a welcome change of pace and proof that Hollywood is at least trying to heed the call of being more diverse in its casting. The film follows the usual cliché of an assassin out for revenge, with the most notable departure from the norm being that an Asian American woman and a Black man are the two lead characters. However, the storyline doesn't have enough staying power to fuel several films. But it does feel like the filmmakers might have had high hopes of starting their own franchise centered on a kick-butt female action star. To be fair, The Protégé isn't trying to be another John Wick. This action film tries to bring something new to a genre that was already irrevocably changed (and challenged by) the John Wick franchise, but it falls short. ![]()
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