But for the most part, every bit of fight choreography feels designed for minimum impact.
The Protégé has plenty of raw action, some of the violence is hard edged.
Jackson and trained in the family business, Anna Maggie Q is the world's most skilled contract killer.
After a traumatic childhood left her an orphan, Anna was adopted and raised by assassin Moody Samuel L.
As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer Michael Keaton whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves even tighter.
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