A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

As the film opens, a battered and bruised woman, Lorraine (Charlize Theron) is telling her story to skeptical CIA officials, including Emmet (John Goodman). A few days ago, the Berlin Wall was about to come down, causing most people in the free world to rejoice. However, the undercover spies were in danger, for Britain and the USA had operatives which were believed loyal to the other side, Russia and the communists. There was a "list" of these folks which must not fall into enemy hands. Flashing Back, Britain sends its one-woman A-bomb, Lorraine, an expert in martial and "other" arts, to find the list first. She is to meet with the local chief spy, Percival (James McAvoy) and plan her next move. However, the limo which picks her up at the airport is not the correct one, being full of Russian-side agents. Using her high heels as weapons, Lorraine soon gets the Russkies dispatched. But, ho, someone has blown her cover already. Percival arrives to help her at the last moment and he brings her to temporary safety. Now, a new plan must be hatched, one that involves Percival, the "watchmaker", a beautiful French woman named Delphine and others. But, there is believed to be a supreme traitor among the spies which puts Lorraine and company is grave danger, from within and from without. Who will win ? Wow, Atomic Blonde is quite an intriguing film, made special by Theron whose beauty and lethal limbs make mincemeat of the enemy. The other cast members are quite fine, too, such as McAvoy, Goodman, Toby Jones, and more. The seedy underworld which Lorraine inhabits always has a television playing the joyous news of Berlin re-unification while spies are suffering. Quite a contrast. Beware, viewers, this is a very violent film, with some funny ironies, such as the "shoe" daggers and a spy getting hit with a refrigerator door. Therefore, its not a view for children AT ALL or any one who hates smash-em-up. Then, too, there is a gay story line some will not appreciate. But. for others, its a guilty pleasure indeed to see a female nuclear weapon do her stuff.

Definitely A waste of time and money I wish to filled this up but I don't remember any of this movie except I was very disappointed when I finished it

My hubbie really hated this film. He even watched it several times to be sure. Then he was rewinding and reviewing a few specific parts over and over to be certain and doubly check. He confirmed that no matter how many times he watches it he hates it. Nope he cannot find a part he likes. That's a good man. He hates thin women. He always tell me he likes women with meat on their bodies. He likes women like Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer, Roseanne and of course ME! A real man, I told you.

While Atomic Blond ( not the best title ) is "not" a true trade-craft based classic, such as Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy, it is a well developed and complex story that requires the viewer to not make too many snap judgements in plat or characters. What this is besides a great story, and a good Hollywood Film, is at its heart a powerful acting vehicle for Charlize Theron to stretch her acting chops, and well worth watching solely for this reason.