‘Ava’ Trailer: Watch Jessica Chastain Beat The Crap Out Of Colin Farrell
If you ever wanted to seeJessica Chastainbeat the crap out ofColin Farrelland get yelled at byJohn Malkovich, today is your lucky day. InAva, Chastain plays a deadly assassin who has to fight for her own survival when a job goes wrong. This isn’t exactly ground-breaking in terms of plotting, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all have fun watching Jessica Chastain pummel people who get in her way. Watch theAvatrailer below.
Ava Trailer
At one point,Avawas calledEve(I wrote about itback in 2018), but for whatever reason, the title has changed. The premise still appears to be the same, though: “Ava (Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.”
Again: this plot is pretty standard – Steven Soderbergh’s excellentHaywirecomes to mind. But I’m a big fan of Chastain, and I like the idea of her tackling an action role for a change. And I’m also enjoying this later-half of Colin Farrell’s career where he’s turned into more of a character actor than a leading man. Throwing John Malkovich into the mix is fun, too, although based on this trailer, he spends the entire movie fishing. Maybe Malkovich said, “Sure, I’ll be in your movie, but only if you let me go fly-fishing.”
Avaalso featuresGeena Davis,Common,Jess Weixler,Diana Silvers, andIoan Gruffudd.Avahas had a slightly bumpy road to the screen. At first,Matthew Newtonwas hired to direct the film, but ultimately dropped out when domestic violence incidents from his past resurfaced.TateTaylor, who directed Chastain inThe Help, came in to take Newton’s place.
There’s no release date on this trailer, but it’s probably safe to assume we’ll seeAvasometime this year. The movie is coming from Verticle Entertainment, which indicates it’ll probably get a VOD release, although select theaters aren’t out of the question just yet.
