Anna (2019) - Luc Besson is still a chomo

This is a remake of La Femme Nikita except in English. I must be really clever because I just turned the channel to it not having any idea what it was and I figured it out pretty fast. And I kept thinking it's remarkable how well they emulated everything about Luc Besson and didn't realize it was actually made by him until the credits.

It's in an uncanny valley where a lot of stuff is a realistic depiction of how spies would operate in the 1980s. But then there's the silliness of the KGB & CIA running around killing massive numbers of people in Europe like it's a John Woo movie, which neither side did back then. And there's weird visual stuff like using 2010s computers. I guess that was because zoomers won't understand what's happening if they saw a DOS program. So the whole thing gives off a really odd vibe where it's halfway between James Bond and The Assets. I can accept this kind of weirdness but only if it's in French.

The action scenes are good. Clearly FPS inspired. It's like watching someone who's got talent and 10,000 hours in it playing Battlefield. Pacing is good. The actress is really cute and does a good job at what her role is.

But what her role is...

She's a Luc Besson movie protagonist. So she seems to be an empowered woman on the surface. Omg she's so badass! She can shoot guys! But internally she's a weak hollow person who is basically a sociopath. She has no soul.

Why does he write female characters like this? It's because he's a sicko. Why is 13 year old Nathalie Portman in Leon constantly demanding to have s*x with the guy? It's because Luc Besson fricks 13 year old girls. He's a vile child molester who really hates women and it seeps through into his writing. He sees them basically as animals and sexuality as a way of using other people or being used.

But he's really good at making movies, I can't deny that. For a good one, I recommend The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec. It's based on a preexisting character so he can't impose his sick fetishes. And she rides a pterodactyl through fin de siecle Paris.