LRA: Haywire – Theatrical Review

LRA writes: Steven Soderbergh seems to have made it his personal mission to structure his films around a specific person and their talents. Or you could look at it another way, he may simply be looking for the best fit for a film he wants to make. Whatever his methods or reasons I applaud him either way for his casting choices which always seem wrong or a bad gamble in theory but always feel right in the finished product. Regardless of your like or dislike for his film The Girlfriend Experience, one cannot deny how perfect former adult film actress Sasha Grey was for the part (and how surprisingly good she was). With Haywire he appears to be attempting the same trick by filling the lead role with someone that is a seemingly perfect fit for an action role. While I never found The Girlfriend Experience to be anything more than a giant screen test for Sasha Grey, I think Haywire turned out much better and I believe much of that credit goes to its star Gina Carano.