What gave the ‘Bourne’ series a class of its own was the unnatural method by which an uncommon subject was treated, giving the audience a visual treat while at the same time holding a tight grip over their nerves. With ‘Haywire,’ the story begins with Mallory Kane (Gina Carano) and Aaron (Channing Tatum) at a diner. A fairly disinteresting conversation ends up in a fight which hits the viewer as hard as it does the characters. The highlight of ‘Haywire’  is the fight sequences which have been captured with as less cuts as possible to give that added feel of realism.
 
Academy award winning Director Steven Soderbergh, known more for his ‘Ocean’s’ trilogy, has tried on something truly different with ‘Haywire’. Mallory Kane works for a private organisation that carries out covert operations on the government’s behalf. Kenneth (Ewan McGregor) is the organisation’s director and Mallory’s ex..  Michael Douglas as agent ‘Coblenz’ and Antonio Banderas as ‘Rodrigo’ approach Kenneth with a job, which is to rescue a certain journalist held captive in Barcelona. It is in this mission that Mallory meets Aaron. The mission is successfully completed and Mallory is back home to enjoy the break which was promised to her. But Kenneth needs her for one more job before she can haveher vacation. Mallory is reluctant but finally agrees. But it doesn’t take long for her to realize that she has been set up and everyone wants her dead...
 
Director Steven Soderbergh has done a fantastic job of recreating the life of an assassin in a very enticing manner on screen. Much like the ‘Ocean’s’ series where he successfully portrayed a gang of robbers as ‘cool’ guys who love having fun, in ‘Haywire’ he shows why assassin characters on the big screen have always been popular. The conversations of the hired assassins while keeping up their fake identities is truly an interesting feature in the movie, but could also rob a part of the fun for a casual observer as it needs an additional amount of focus to get into. The presence of Academy Award winner Michael Douglas as the government agent is another major highlight of the film. Antonio Banderas has little to so as ‘Rodirgo’. Bill Paxton as ‘John Kane’, father of Mallory Kane has fulfilled a short but meaningful role in the story with credibility.