Kate is an action film with some decent to very good action set pieces and choreography wrapped in a humdrum story with humdrum characters. I only saw life out of one character and most people will probably find her annoying. The film is just kind of there and then its over.

Kate stars likable Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an assassin who finds herself poisoned in Tokyo. Before you can say “DOA”, she’s on a mission to find out who killed her.

And, yeah, the action ranges from decent to excellent and Winstead (and her stunt doubles) handle her scenes well and make her a convincing action hero. But she’s stuck in this static plot and world where nothing is original and you’ve seen it all before. Only a young Japanese girl with attitude who fangirls all over the lady terminator brings any life to the movie. I enjoyed her spontaneous and enthusiastic attitude.

Otherwise this film is a little too run-of-the-mill and inert in between some decent action. Wish I cared about Winstead and her crew or her cause more but I just didn’t. It’s a decent try, I suppose.

Score: 74