I fucking love Karen Gillan. This is no secret, I've long extolled the virtue of her much too short-lived ABC show Selfie and while she may not be my absolute favorite companion, (Sorry, love, Ten is my Doctor, so Rose is my companion), she is so fucking close to holding that spot it's unreal. And the Rory/Amy story is forever one for the ages. But beyond that, she just wows me eveytime she's on a screen. And Gunpowder Milkshake is no different.
I saw the trailer for this not that long ago, so when it popped up on Netflix, I immediately added to my list to check it out when Boyfriend got home. And when he happened upon it three days later, I was excited as fuck. So we watched it like right then and there. Karen Gillan being a badass on a random Saturday afternoon? Yes, please!
She in no way disappoints. From kicking several asses with a panda suitcase to later killing those baddies without the use of her hands, her character runs the gamut of ultimate badass alongside mommy and her aunties. (Also exceptionally badass performances from Carla Gugino, Angela Bassett and Michelle Yeoh as well in this flick, must be said.)
Now let's go back to mommy. The mark of a good actor is when you can legitimately hate a character they've played and still kind of fucking love their badassness in another. This brings us to Lena Headey.
I was late to the game of thrones. I tried watching when it initially came out and.... Joffrey was just too fucking much for me. It took a visit from a friend from England who *had* to see the current week's episode during season six for me to decide to give the show a shot again. And I still hated Joffrey but I saw it through. And boy did I learn to hate tf out of Cersei too. And unlike my forever unease whenever I see Louise Fletcher or Anna Gunn in a role, I actually was quite fond of Lena Headey in her arc on Covert Affairs as well and not in a "love to hate her" kind of way. (Let me express here, no dislike for any of the above mentioned, quite lovely ladies, they just happen to pull off hate-able crazy fucking good.)
Headey one hundred percent pulled a Covert Affairs on me in the flick. Her character is definitely flawed but you end up rooting for her like no other.
Go watch this flick. Like now. It's on Netflix so you've got no excuse not to see these fucking badass specimens of womanhood play with some guns. And hey, there a cute as a button kid in it too. Just... Maybe make two bags of popcorn when you do. Learn from my mistakes.
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