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Discussion on Richard Brody's review of "Atomic Blonde," at the New Yorker Movie Facebook Club

The New Yorker  shared a  link . 16 hrs Richard Brody   wrote this about "Atomic Blonde": It is a movie that has it both ways; it shows how the sausage of freedom is made, with gory battles behind the façades of public life—but it turns that gory combat into a new façade, another illusion that hides still others that are far more complex, troubling, and unresolved. Have you seen it yet? What did you think? Let us know in the comments below. Let's keep the discussion about this film on this thread. Empty East-Versus-West Espionage in “Atomic Blonde” The new movie, starring Charlize Theron, uses the last days of the Berlin Wall as the backdrop for an utterly insubstantial and unengaging spy action-drama. NEWYORKER.COM - - - - - Patrick McEvoy-Halston  If the movie appeals to people who themselves find bliss in not-knowing, it's quite the criticism of everyone who liked it. M...