The movie gives some very talented actors the chance to cash in on a possible action film franchise. But this first entry is so weak, that I’m not sure it will happen.
“Gunpowder Milkshake” Rated R. On Netflix Grade: C+ Just call it “Jane Wick,” for crying out loud.“Gunpowder Milkshake,” a title so bad it hurts to type, is such a “John Wick” knockoff, it might be copyright infringement. Essentially a female-forward version of the “Wick” films, “Gunpowder Milkshake” gives some very talented actors the chance to cash in on a possible action film franchise. But this first entry is so weak, that I’m not sure it will happen. Young Samantha aka Sam (Karen Gillan as an adult, Freya Allan as a girl) is tired of waiting on her professional hit person mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), who works for a group of old white men known as The Firm. Fifteen years later, Sam is the hit person of choice, and she is sent to “clean up a mess” and kills the son of a Mr. Big. Sam tools around in a vintage 1980s Porsche in what looks like a Berlin (the film was shot at legendary Babelsberg Studios) version of Gotham. When she isn’t beating up the “boneheads” her boss Nathan (Paul Giamatti in acting hell) sends to rough her up, she’s killing four thugs decked out in masks of the monsters of the Golden Age of Universal Horror.
