Charlize Theron & James McAvoy kill a lot of dudes in the new ATOMIC BLONDE trailer

Charlize Theron & James McAvoy kill a lot of dudes in the new ATOMIC BLONDE trailer

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The first ATOMIC BLONDE trailer was pretty impressive, and the newest trailer hitting today is actually even better. The action thriller premiered at SXSW (South by Southwest), and our own Devin Pike described it by saying “Think JOHN WICK with Charlize Theron, but with more character development, and even better stunts.” Based on the graphic novel “The Coldest City” by Antony Johnston, ATOMIC BLONDE is directed by JOHN WICK‘s David Leitch, and hits theaters this summer. The supporting cast includes James McAvoy, John Goodman, Toby Jones, Bill Skarsgard, Eddie Marsan and Sofia Butella. Watch the intense new trailer below, and see what the hubbub is all about for yourself.

This is especially evident in the film’s best scene: a ten-minute long fight through an apartment building (stitched together to look like a single shot) where Lorraine battles a team of Russian agents. It’s a tremendous fight scene because it’s staged with so brilliantly and shot so audaciously, but it becomes remarkable because it acknowledges just how hard fighting someone to death must be. By the final stretch of this real-time brawl, Theron and her opponents are noticeably battered, panting, unsteady on their feet, and frequently backing away from each other to catch their breath and summon a second (and third and fourth and fifth) wind. It’s the alley fight from They Live, the street fight from that infamous Deadwood episode and any scene from The Raid were all combined into one of the most impressive action scenes…of the past decade? Hyperbole may be earned here.

ATOMIC BLONDE hits theaters July 28, 2017

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