![]() Netflix will start offering its subscribers access to mobile games for no additional fee. In an interview with CNBC, Netflix executives talked about the company's goal to enter the video gaming industry. This is a massive deal for the platform and its fans because it is a female-led action movie that can compete with famous action movies like "John Wick." Netflix's Video Game Project Instead, like the "Eden Unearthed App Lab" included on Oculus VR, this move is a way for the streaming service to market the movie and help it stand out against action movies. The pricing is not listed yet, but some sources say that the game's price is not tied to your Netflix subscription, according to Engadget. The video game is scheduled for release on Steam on Oct. However, comparing the trailers of the two video games shows that Ludic Studios is an excellent match for Netflix's game. Unlike "Akane," the first game Ludic Studios developed for Steam, "Kate: Collateral Damage" will have a 3/4 view. The game will also have a neon-lit atmosphere, just like in the film. The plot of the movie also comes into play through Ani, Kate's hostage turned companion. It’s rated R.Since the game is connected to the movie's plot, the time attack approach is easy for players to understand as they take over the main character on her quest, according to The Verge.Īs the game's description on Steam reveals, the player extends the length of each run by killing enemies to slow down the depleting timer and earning stimulant syringes that reset entirely.Īlso Read: Xbox Game Pass Rival? Netflix, PlayStation to Team Up to Provide Similar Gaming Service, Leak Suggests Still, in terms of any sort of inspiration or originality, “Kate,” the movie, is every bit as D.O.A. Look, we get it, people are looking for new stuff to watch, mindless escapism included. Netflix’s emphasis on providing original movies has of late included a steady diet of forgettable thrillers with high-profile leads, including “Sweet Girl” and “Beckett,” starring Jason Momoa and John David Washington, respectively. The movie thus becomes one long bout of violence for its own sake, with the inevitability of Kate’s fate only further detracting from any suspense about where the story is heading. Still, there’s not much mystery in the “why” of it all, and nary a beat that doesn’t feel almost wholly predictable. Kate absorbs an enormous amount of punishment and dishes out far more, using guns, knives, fists and when pressed common kitchen appliances. Under the stewardship of French director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”), a movie like this ultimately boils down to the quality of the action, and it’s both plentiful and particularly bloody. There’s a pinch of “The Professional” and more recently Netflix’s considerably better “Gunpowder Milkshake” in their killer-kid bonding, which doesn’t have much time to develop with so much damage to be done before Kate’s condition becomes unmanageable. Kate’s search for those behind her demise brings her into contact with a teenage girl (newcomer Miku Martineau) who is the granddaughter of a mob boss, and as written proves annoying even by the standards of teenagers in these kind of movies. ![]() ![]() She delivers the bad news to the boss who raised her, played by Woody Harrelson, who can play this sort of appealing hitman in his sleep. ![]() In similar fashion, Kate – a Tokyo-based killer for hire – ingests a slow-acting poison, giving her a day to track down who was responsible, slashing and shooting her way through much of Japan. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays the movie’s eponymous female assassin, in a mash-up loaded with old-movie ammunition that still comes away firing blanks.Īside from Winstead’s recent role as Huntress in the “Harley Quinn” movie, the most obvious point of reference would be “D.O.A.,” the 1950 film noir starring Edmond O’Brien (subsequently remade with Dennis Quaid) in which a fatally poisoned man spends his remaining hours trying to unravel the mystery of who killed him. ![]() Someone must be watching Netflix’s parade of mindless thrillers like “Kate” (never mind why), but even allowing for that, it’s hard to imagine a more bare-boned plot as excuses for stylized violence go. ![]()
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