First, Winstead crafts a strong performance out of what is, at this point, a stock character — woman rescued by a father figure after a personal tragedy and trained to follow in his assassin footsteps who must take on a near army to avenge a wrong.
So many of these films give their protagonists a glamorous sheen that having Kate been rough around the edges and only get more so over time makes her stand out.
A bit of a flat entitled smart mouth at first, Martineau digs in pretty quickly. I’m especially fond of a scene where the actor manages to inject a scene of her taking selfies with a sleeping Kate with subtle broken heart pathos.