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As considerably a bloodletting of Verhoeven’s childhood trauma, solid in the fascist mill of World War II Europe, as a critique of Hollywood’s cavalier angle towards violence and uniformly heroic depictions of the military, the sci-fi spectacle cannot assistance but arrive at the identical area no matter which angle a single can take: geeked out on some hardcore cinematic mayhem.

I’m not generally sure it is fully thriving in that purpose - attempting to depict anything in the context of critiquing it is not usually effective - but it’s going for one thing gutsy and elevating an crucial issue about youthful women’s lives in an web age, wrapped up in an partaking coming-of-age tale.