So, Is Netflix’s ‘Kate’ Worth A Watch? Know Everything Here

Netflix has had a string of recent successes, like the Emmy Award-winning show Stranger Things and the Netflix original movie Okja. The company is also currently airing its latest TV series, Kate. So, does this new show live up to the expectations set by previous Netflix originals? Keep reading to find out!

Netflix’s Kate The Detailed Review:

The need for another feature where a white actor who has previously portrayed a superhero travels to a different nation to murder many scores of indigenous henchmen isn’t surprising, given that Netflix’s algorithm may have been demanding something like it last year. It’s all fine because they’re also safeguarding a kid from that nation.

The result is a film that isn’t terrible but whose approach to the topic isn’t appealing. The gaijin (foreigner) perspective doesn’t so much question its outsider position as much as it simply makes the protagonist an intrusive individual who’s more concerned with obtaining a certain soft drink outside of caring about her surroundings.

The setting is a tale of two cities that are known as “Tokyo.” Both cityscapes in Kate are fashionable and trendy. Although it has a wonderful lead performance, the film is so devoted to its typical beats and conclusions that you can’t help but believe it’s another Netflix-funded production.

Kate is a hired assassin who has been working for Varrick since she was a youngster when her parents were murdered. When Kate is about to execute a kill on the target in Osaka, he’s got his young daughter Ani with him.

At first, her father tries to persuade her not to do it, but when he fails, he gives in and instructs one of his close friends from the old days who once worked with him on the same operation. Since then, they’ve become bitter rivals. The task is simple: find a lovely woman half-naked on a beach somewhere in Japan who hasn’t been seen for ten months and kill her without attracting suspicion.

Kate, Ani, and Ani will combine forces on a quest for vengeance in order to discover who wanted her dead and why. Kate goes on the warpath to find out who murdered her family but runs into Ani once more, forming an odd connection with the enigmatic youngster.

I didn’t particularly care for Extraction, but I must confess that Kate is more successful since her tone isn’t as dark and gritty. While Extraction travels through slums and has its protagonist physically beating up children, Kate is wryer and more sarcastic in her attitude.

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The city of lights provides a stunning backdrop for the film’s action. You’ve also got Winstead back, proving why she’s the heir to Sigourney Weaver in terms of toughness and charisma, with her hard-as-nails personality and grin that says she could pulverize you if she wanted.

Netflix's Kate is BRUTAL! It is bloody, grotesque, and super violent — so right up my alley!

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is BADASS and steals every scene she is in!

A bit on the predictable side but the INSANE fight choreography and revenge thriller story make up for it. pic.twitter.com/HrwW7uYDXq

— Tessa Smith – Mama's Geeky (@MamasGeeky) September 2, 2021

I enjoy that this film is not afraid to express white opinions and deconstructs clichés, despite the fact that I may disagree with the overall concept. It’s a shame that where I have trouble passing, Kate is in its fetishization of Tokyo while at the same time ignoring people beyond one or two characters. This is Tokyo, as seen through a white person’s eyes; all of the bad guys are Japanese.

When a white actor arrives in another country and murders many of its natives simply because they’re “henchmen,” it can’t help but be seen as imperialist. That isn’t to say that the character Kate, or the film itself, is “racist,” but it does indicate that when filmmakers set their movies in foreign locales, they must go beyond merely stating, “We’re here because it’s exciting.”

I concur that Tokyo is a stunning view, and the metropolis offers a plethora of cultural experiences, but I frequently found myself wondering why they didn’t choose a Japanese actress to play Kate. I realize Winstead has some star power, but it’s all “content” for Netflix.

It may be because I’m a touchy sort that I find Winstead’s character and environment so jarring. Although Winstead is a good actress with her own franchise, the contrast between her character and the rest of the film outweighs all other aspects of her performance.

Despite his brief screen time, Harrelson has an impact, and Martineau delivers a terrific breakthrough performance because it meets the Netflix algorithm’s criteria: to be like Extraction but with a few cosmetic changes, Kate is a success in its own right.

I’m not really sure how the viewership numbers will turn out (keep in mind that Extraction took place at the height of the epidemic, so people were stuck at home with nothing to do but we’ve come back around to that point, way to go, America), but I get it.

According to me, however, because I like Kate Extraction over it, they both have the same problem: it’s not a good idea to send white characters into foreign countries and murder their citizens before justifying it since they’re protecting an innocent kid.

It’s all right to put action movies in other countries, but filmmakers should exercise caution when it comes to crossing another person’s property. Just because Kate is disposable entertainment does not imply that other civilizations should be scorned.