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{{Asof|2021|8|1|df=US}}, the film has grossed a worldwide total of $698,593.<ref name="BOM"/><ref name="NUM"/>


In France, ''Gunpowder Milkshake'' was released alongside ''[[Kaamelott: Premier Volet]]'', ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'', ''[[Old (film)|Old]]'' and ''[[Spiral (2021 film)|Spiral]]''. The film grossed only $63,795 from 103 theaters during it's first week, finishing 22th at the box office behind ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]'' ($70,923 in its seventh week).<ref name="BOMfrance">{{Cite web |title=French 2021 Weekend 29|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2021W29/?area=FR&ref_=bo_rl_table_1|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
In France, ''Gunpowder Milkshake'' was released alongside ''[[Kaamelott: Premier Volet]]'', ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]'', ''[[Old (film)|Old]]'' and ''[[Spiral (2021 film)|Spiral]]''. The film grossed only $63,795 from 103 theaters during it's first week, finishing 22nd at the box office behind ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]'' ($70,923 in its seventh week).<ref name="BOMfrance">{{Cite web |title=French 2021 Weekend 29|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2021W29/?area=FR&ref_=bo_rl_table_1|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>


===Critical response===
===Critical response===

Revision as of 03:27, 8 August 2021

Gunpowder Milkshake
Official release poster
Directed byNavot Papushado
Written by
  • Navot Papushado
  • Ehud Lavski
Produced by
  • Andrew Rona
  • Alex Heineman
Starring
CinematographyMichael Seresin
Edited byNicolas De Toth
Music byFrank Ilfman
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14) (United States)
  • July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21) (France)
  • September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02) (Germany)
Running time
114 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
  • France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[1]
Box office$698,593[2][3]

Gunpowder Milkshake[c] is a 2021 action thriller film directed by Navot Papushado, with a script co-written by Ehud Lavski and Papushado. The film stars Karen Gillan as a young assassin who must team up with her estranged assassin mother (Lena Headey) and her former assassin colleagues (Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, and Angela Bassett) in order to save a young girl (Chloe Coleman) from other assassins. Ralph Ineson, Adam Nagaitis, Michael Smiley, and Paul Giamatti also star.

The film's production was announced at the American Film Market in 2018. Casting announcements were made throughout 2019, starting with Gillan in January, and principal photography took place from June to August 2019 in Berlin. It is a co-production between The Picture Company, Babelsberg Studio and StudioCanal's German branch with the participation of French television channels Canal+ and Ciné+.

Gunpowder Milkshake was released in the United States on July 14, 2021, by Netflix with a simultaneous limited theatrical release. It was released theatrically by StudioCanal in France on July 21, and is set to be released in Germany on September 2, 2021. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

Plot

In a flashback at a diner, 12-year-old Sam learns that her assassin mother, Scarlet, is skipping town after a job gone wrong. Armed men arrive to kill Scarlet, but she kills them and escapes, leaving an upset Sam behind.

Fifteen years later, Sam works as an assassin for Nathan, HR for the same firm Scarlet worked for. Nathan gives Sam a new job, killing a man who stole money from The Firm and returning the money. Sam goes to a weapons armory disguised as a library to exchange her weapons for new ones. There, she meets Anna May, Madeline, and Florence - three former accomplices of Scarlet. They consider killing her for showing up unannounced, but change their minds when they learn her identity. They provide her with clean weapons for the job.

Sam infiltrates a hotel room to retrieve the stolen money and shoots the man responsible in the abdomen when he lunges for his ringing phone. Listening in on the call, it is revealed he stole the money to save his kidnapped young daughter and is to bring it to a nearby bowling alley to exchange for her. Sam takes him to a firm-affiliated private doctor for treatment and agrees to handle the exchange herself. Nathan learns of her plan and sends three henchmen to stop her and retrieve the money; Sam deals with them before continuing with her plan. Masked men give her the girl, Emily, before retreating with the money; Sam pursues them, but the men turn on one another, resulting in their deaths and the destruction of the stolen money.

Meanwhile, Nathan learns that one of the henchmen Sam killed in an earlier job was the son of Jim McAlister, the head of a powerful criminal empire. To avoid conflict, Nathan gives up Sam's information and location to be killed. Sam returns to the doctor to reunite Emily with her father, but they learn that he did not survive Sam's bullet. Nathan's three henchmen are also at the doctor seeking treatment for their prior fight and they receive orders to kill her. The doctor injects Sam with a serum that renders her arms useless. Sam asks Emily to tape a knife and a gun to her hands and she uses them to fight and kill the three henchmen. More henchmen arrive, but Sam and Emily escape in Sam's car, with Emily steering and Sam working the pedals.

Sam receives a text from Nathan, giving her the address to a safe house where she can find supplies to help her escape. She and Emily travel there and run into Scarlet, who reveals she has been watching Sam from afar all these years. When henchmen arrive to kill Sam, Scarlet guides them through a hidden escape route. They manage to escape and return to the library, where the librarians angrily demand why Scarlet never tried to contact them when she disappeared. They are interrupted by arriving gunmen. Sam attempts to hold them off, but, after she is overpowered, Scarlet intervenes to save her. The librarians consider fleeing with Emily, but they decide to join the fight.

All the gunmen are killed except for Virgil, Jim McAlister's nephew, who kills Madeline and kidnaps Emily. Virgil calls Sam, who offers to turn herself in at the diner in exchange for Emily's freedom. Sam arrives to meet Jim McAlister who explains that his late son had four older sisters that Jim could not relate to as he does not understand women. Jim intends to torture Sam and make Emily watch, but Scarlet, Anna May, and Florence arrive with guns to free them. Sam takes Emily and leaves the diner before the three women kill Jim and all his henchmen.

Some time later, Sam apologizes to Emily for killing her father and Emily forgives her. Emily goes to Nathan's home disguised as a Girl Scout. Sam threatens his life unless he returns to The Firm and calls off the hit on her. Sam, Emily, Scarlet, Anna May, and Florence then drive down the coast together.

Cast

  • Karen Gillan as Sam, a master assassin working for The Firm, and Scarlet's daughter
  • Lena Headey as Scarlet, Sam's estranged mother and former leader of the sisterhood of assassins
  • Carla Gugino as Madeleine, a member of the sisterhood of assassins
  • Chloe Coleman as Emily, a young girl Sam protects after killing her father
  • Ralph Ineson as Jim McAlester, the leader of a powerful crime organization
  • Adam Nagaitis as Virgil, McAlester's nephew and a master assassin
  • Michael Smiley as Dr. Ricky, the chief of a secret clinic for assassins
  • Michelle Yeoh as Florence, a member of the sisterhood of assassins
  • Angela Bassett as Anna May, a member of the sisterhood of assassins
  • Paul Giamatti as Nathan, head of the HR department for The Firm, and Sam's adoptive father

Additionally, Samuel Anderson appears as David, Emily's father, Ivan Kaye plays Yankee, the leader of the assassins sent by The Firm after Sam. David Burnell IV and Jack Bandeira complete the group as Shocker and Crow while Mai Duong Kieu portrays a nurse at Dr. Ricky's clinic.

Production

The project was announced during the annual American Film Market in April 2018, with StudioCanal and The Picture Company procuring the rights to the film.[5] In January 2019, Karen Gillan was cast in the film.[6] In February, Lena Headey was cast, with Angela Bassett joining in April, and Paul Giamatti, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino and Ivan Kaye joining in May.[7][8][9][10][11][12] In June 2019, Adam Nagaitis and Ralph Ineson joined the cast of the film.[13][14] Filming began on June 3, 2019, and finished on August 20, 2019,[15] in Berlin.[16]

Music

On December 16, 2019, it was announced that Frank Ilfman was hired to compose the film's score.[17] The score album was released on July 14, 2021, by Milan Records.[18]

Release

In February 2020, STXfilms acquired distribution rights to the film in the United States.[19] In April 2021, Netflix bought the American distribution rights from STXfilms.[20]

Gunpowder Milkshake was released on Netflix in the United States, Canada, and the Nordic countries on July 14, 2021. In the United States, it also received a simultaneous limited theatrical release. The film was released theatrically by StudioCanal in France on July 21, and is set to be released in Germany on September 2, 2021.

Internationally, the film is set to be released in theaters by STXfilms in Latin America and China, and by StudioCanal in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, beginning with a release in Australia on July 15, 2021. Sky Cinema announced that they will release the film simultaneously with the theatrical release in the United Kingdom and Ireland on September 17, 2021.[21]

Reception

Box office

As of August 1, 2021, the film has grossed a worldwide total of $698,593.[2][3]

In France, Gunpowder Milkshake was released alongside Kaamelott: Premier Volet, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Old and Spiral. The film grossed only $63,795 from 103 theaters during it's first week, finishing 22nd at the box office behind Nomadland ($70,923 in its seventh week).[22]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64% based on 110 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though it runs dangerously close to being a pure sugar rush with no substance, Gunpowder Milkshake is a brutal blast that will absorb audiences into its neon infused universe."[23] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100 based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[24]

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and stated, "If you're going to do an insanely over-the-top, deeply stylized, bullet-riddled and female-centric riff on the "John Wick" movies, you might as well give it a fantastically ridiculous title."[25] Cody Corrall of the Chicago Reader gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars and stated, "The emotional highs and lows never really level out, and the special effects feel more schlocky and dated than overtly stylistic, but Gunpowder Milkshake manages to corral a dynamic roster of performers to have fun and blow shit up."[26] Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review and stated, "It's the sort of movie that inspires that ultimate discerning critical comment: It's a movie you'll like if you like this sort of thing."[27] Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review and stated, "I felt saddest for this veteran support staff, shackled by a movie that cares more about weapon fetishizing and lip service to protective sisterhood than giving these women a truly energizing, organically empowering fantasy fight to the death."[28] Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "The film is a little jarring at times, as unreal as a video game but perhaps best taken as one, its cartoonish flourishes then easier to allow."[29] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal gave the film a positive review and stated, "Not everyone's cup of mayhem, assuredly. As compensation for the busy visuals, the storyline will be a comfortable one, especially to fans of La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional, Gloria and any number of large-caliber ancestors."[30] Caroline Siede of The A.V. Club gave the film a B and stated, "The novelty of watching the film's impressive female ensemble bounce off one another never wears off, even if Gunpowder Milkshake feels like it only ever scratches the surface of what each of its leads can do."[31]

John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and stated, "Though not without its moments, the film offers too little of interest for its leading ladies to do, and feels throughout like an adaptation of a comic book that was written for the sole purpose of being sold to an IP-hungry film studio."[32] Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "It skates by on its roster of female leads, clearly having an absolute blast, and a slew of well-crafted action set pieces."[33] Calum Marsh of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and stated, "Papushado's flamboyance feels cocky and indiscriminate, as if he's simply trying really hard to make every image seem cool."[34] Monica Castillo of RogerEbert.com gave the film 2 out of 4 stars and stated, "What Papushado and Ehud Lavski's script lacks, no amount of charisma is able to make up."[35] Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and stated, "Like a decent milkshake, it's fine while you're consuming it, but chances are you won't remember it after the last slurp."[36] Elizabeth Weitzman of TheWrap gave the film a negative review and stated, "Is slotting women instead of men into the lead roles of generic genre movies still considered some sort of progress? You could spend hours pondering the depressing intimations of that question, particularly since there's already a sequel in development."[37] Kate Erbland of IndieWire gave the film a B− and stated, "The sugar rush that accompanies Gunpowder Milkshake is more than sweet enough to prove its place in a fast-growing sub-genre, with a cherry on top."[38] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail gave the film a negative review and stated, "This is regurgitated shoot-'em-up nothingness fetishistically dressed in the cosplay of equality. The women are not characters to care about, but props to kill and be killed."[39]

Sequel

On April 30, 2021, Deadline Hollywood announced that The Picture Company and StudioCanal were working on a sequel.[40] On July 6, 2021, StudioCanal confirmed during a special presentation for its 30th anniversary in Cannes that a sequel is officially in development.[41]

Notes

  1. ^ Netflix released the film in the United States, Canada and the Nordics.
  2. ^ StudioCanal released the film in France, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
  3. ^ Also known as Bloody Milkshake in France.[4]

References

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  6. ^ Kit, Borys (January 8, 2019). "Karen Gillan to Star in Assassin Action Movie 'Gunpowder Milkshake' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (February 6, 2019). "'Game Of Thrones' Lena Headey To Star In 'Gunpowder Milkshake'". Deadline Hollywood.
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  11. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 16, 2019). "Carla Gugino Joins 'Gunpowder Milkshake'". Deadline Hollywood.
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