Agent Kelly

Oh dear, lots of running about like a bad student film. Unconvincing agent incapable of self defence, not even that good at running or hiding for that matter. Some nice location shots would have been helpful. I was able to spool thru the ridiculous, unnecessary flash backs. Awful film. I'd save your precious time unless you like watching a woman dressed in black getting chased by incompetent 'hit' men who really should look else where to earn a crust. A car chase might have livened it up a tad. But the budget obviously could not even produce a rental car. A dire piece of work that makes me wonder who put up the cash for this waste of cinema time.

Normally, I'd find this kind of thing an irritating indication of lazy writing, yet for some reason it did not annoy me here, fitting the murky world for which the makers seem to be aiming, largely successfully. Spence, who also wrote the script, is not a glamorous female assassin either, being on the edge of menopause and with a drinking problem: credit due there. Even an ending definitely falling into the noncommittal camp seemed appropriate to what had gone before. While clearly rough around the edges, there was enough novel here to keep me watching - much to my surprise, I will admit. Well done though to Smith and Spence.

If you're fully invested in watching Caroline Spence (Agent Kelly) walk or even perhaps run around for a good 50 minutes of screen time then baby, you've found the right movie.

Agent Kelly is a suspense action thriller which doesn't do what's on the tin. Lack of mystery or drama presented on screen and it looks more like a holiday film more than anything.

Initially, I confused this with Assassin's Target, the other "Hitwoman in Spain with a fondness for poison" movie. Really: what are the odds? This is sparser, yet perhaps more effective. It certainly puts over the utter loneliness of Kelly's life: there's not a single face-to-face conversation in the film, everything being told in phone-calls and voice-over.

Fantastic psychological thriller that keeps the viewer in suspense of what is happening at every moment. Manages the expression of the fight against one's fears and the ability to draw strength and face head on. Totally recommended.