This Action-Thriller Does Its Best Guy Ritchie Impression

Charlotte Kirk wearing a jean jacket with messy hair with someone pointing a gun at her in Duchess

The Big Picture The downfall of Neil Marshall post-Centurion only worsens with Duchess. Marshall's aiming for Guy Ritchie meets one of those escapist romantic novels with Fabio cover art, but lands on an A.I. spitout of movies like Layer Cake or Snatch. Grok Ritchie, if you will.

Unfortunately, Marshall doesn't show you anything that might contextualize Scarlett's evolution from a fighter who can land only one punch in a boxing ring to an expert assassin. Duchess is all-talk boredom; characters must speak its plot advancements aloud — otherwise, we'd be completely stumped. The film's requisite training montage barely shows Scarlett improving with Rob, more often rolling around under bedsheets.

To be fair, this is the most I've tolerated Kirk in any of her collaborations with Marshall. When she's not breaking sweats in skin-tight workout gear or pouncing on a shirtless Winchester, a glimmer of pulpy character appeal sells her feisty rogue. Kirk physically postures as her part, but then kills the mood with another Z-grade, tryhard line or dim overexplanation. The script is atrocious on multiple levels, wasting the talents of beloved veterans like Mr.

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