I feel sorry for Jennifer Lawrence. This movie clearly took a lot of work on her part to make and she does a pretty good job with the material she had.

WITH THE MATERIAL SHE HAD

The positive reviews seem to assume that those who didn't like this were unprepared for a thoughtful twisty spy thriller. I WAS prepared for a thoughtful twisty spy thriller, full of tension and surprises. What I got instead was a VERY pedestrian, nondescript waste of my time. Non-engaging, completely linear, unremarkable, unsurprising.

I honestly can't be bothered to write more about it. Suffice to say that I am very disappointed. Watch Hanna or the excellent Counterpart TV show - hell, watch Atomic Blonde! This was a real let-down. The negative reviews have it right.