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Atomic Blonde Review

  Certificate: 15 Running time: 115 minutes  Directed by: David Leitch. What's it about: MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton is sent to Cold War Berlin, to recover a priceless dossier and investigate a fellow agent's murder. The verdict: Sometimes you go to see a film, and you absolutely love it. That is how I felt about Atomic Blonde.  Charlize Theron is cool as hell as MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton. She is perfectly cast - relentlessly brutal in some scenes, and chillingly unmoved in others. She pulls off the action sequences brilliantly, and is certainly proving again, as in Mad Max: Fury Road, that she is a convincing action star. Plus she looks awesomely stylish throughout. The supporting cast is great too, James McAvoy in particular is highly entertaining as spy David Percival. The overall visuals of Atomic Blonde are great - really stylish and engaging. It feels like you're watching a comic book thriller, but it also feels like you're watching a tens