The 355: Movie Review
The 355: Movie Review Cast: Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong'o, Fan BingBing, Sebastian Stan, Jason Flemyng Director: Simon Kinberg For a film that's supposed to be about empowerment and normalise female action heroes, Simon Kinberg's The 355 is a surprisingly limp affair that swings violently between meta-references and a ploddingly familiar plot. Despite the star power attached to the movie, the attempt to launch a new franchise (potentially up there with The Expendables) disappointingly crashes to the ground before lift-off is even remotely achieved. A solid Chastain is CIA Agent Mason "Mace" Brown, who's tasked with getting hold of a deadly computer drive that could signal the end of the world. But when Mace and her partner Nick (Stan) find their mission compromised by another female agent (Kruger) seemingly after the same thing in Paris, the drive falls into the wrong hands. Forced to team up with Kruger's Marie, Mace is als...