Hanna Season 3 Review: Character Level It Is As Bittersweet As It Is Satisfying of Final Season
Cast: Esmé Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Ray Liotta
Director: Sacha Polak
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime (watch from here)
Filmyhype.com Ratings: 3/5 (three star) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
Fans of Hanna will be able to enjoy the adventures of the protagonist for yet another season. Amazon Prime Video has in fact announced the renewal of the television series for new episodes, which will continue the story of the young girl struggling with a complex conspiracy involving a mysterious government organization, which will lead her to discover more about her past and her identity. As the main character there will once again be Esmé Creed-Miles.
Hanna Season 3 Review and Analysis
In this final season Hanna now tries to secretly destroy Utrax from within and free herself from its clutches with the help of her former nemesis, former CIA agent Marissa Wiegler. Together, they have coerced high-ranking Utrax agent John Carmichael to aid them on their mission, but his young assassin companions, Sandy and Jules, as well as new enemies, are becoming suspicious of Hanna’s plan. As Hanna gets closer to her goal, she begins to discover not just a world-changing agenda, but the true power behind Utrax that stands between her and freedom.
The television adaptation of Joe Wright’s engaging film reaches its conclusion this month on Prime Video. In the middle of a plan to destroy Utrax, in this third and final season of the series created by David Farr we see how our extraordinary protagonist faces her last service under the orders of the sinister organization. A final act supported by the hope of having that normal life that she and her ‘companions’ long for. Or at least as normal as possible under the circumstances, of course. In addition, in these new episodes, the plot revolves around an international conspiracy that wants to end the most revolutionary young generation. For this reason, the characters will be involved in another story of action, espionage and suspense that nevertheless takes a step back in some aspects.
If all the violence that occurs around Mia/Hanna (Esme Creed-Miles) is not enough, the young woman also has to continue to deal with her process of self-discovery. This leads her to fall in love – in the blink of an eye – with nothing more and nothing less than the target of her mission: an aspiring Parisian revolutionary. From here, together with a Marissa (Mireille Enos) who gains prominence, he will fight to occupy his rightful place in the world. However, for Marissa it won’t be as easy as she had planned, especially when she discovers that the big shot behind all of this is a person closely related to her past and the only one who is capable of terrorizing her in her memories.
Since then, as for Hanna, this will become a more personal mission than I had imagined. The aforementioned big shot is Gordon Evans, a CIA boss played by a threatening but somewhat over- acted Ray Liotta. Yes, this classic villain role is perfect for him, but it is the moments when he separates from the glamorous gangster that he squeaks a bit. However, his character is the one that generates the most interesting situations of the season. Of course, Sandy (Aine Rose Daly) is also confirmed as Hanna’s greatest nemesis, as she spends the new episodes appearing here and there without rhyme or reason making things difficult for him in a vendetta without much foundation.
With two episodes less due to the difficulties derived from the pandemic, it is normal that this last season of ‘Hanna’ feels a bit hasty and that she gives up continuing to explore other perhaps juicier themes within her world. However, what is not so understandable is how unconvincing it is at various times due to some overly obvious script conveniences, as well as certain terrible decisions of theoretically highly intelligent and trained characters. In addition, there is an excess of drama that sometimes considerably overshadows all the action and suspense. that until now have been so characteristic of this fiction. What’s more, it could be said that we have gone from an interesting thriller to a somewhat forced love story.
Hanna Season 3 Review: The Last Words
In particular, this aspect is noticeable in the first scene of the new episodes, which connects directly with the end and makes it more predictable than necessary. However, Farr is right to finish his creation at the right time, since the fact of lengthening it seems redundant despite the fact that it leaves some fronts open. What’s more, since the beginning of the season, fiction is beginning to show serious symptoms of repeating itself too much and furthermore the motivations of the protagonists have gone from being interesting to very basic. Anyway, both Creed-Miles and Enos shine again and the series continues to leave some of the best action scenes on television today. At least, at the character level it is as bittersweet as it is satisfying.
