History Film / Hanna

* WickedStepmother: Marissa, with her mother-like feelings towards Hanna, [[CompleteMonster fits the bill]].

** Has also been described as "''TheBourneIdentity'' with psychotic Literature/PippiLongstocking."

* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened To Sophie And Her Family?]]:
** We can infer it might be not-so-nice, given what we know of the bad guys, but please don't just leave us hanging!
** We do get to see [[FaceOnAMilkCarton missing posters for the family]] ([[BilingualBonus in German]]) when Hanna visits her grandmother's house. Chances are, Marissa Wiegler, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness having no further use for them]], [[CompleteMonster killed the family and disposed of their bodies in the river]].
*** Brutal...
*** Not so, those posters are of Johanna and Eric along with a bunch of newspapers in German detailing missing, presumed murdered, women. That said, dear Marissa probably did do away with them.
*** [[spoiler: Actually, the original script outright shows that they survived (Hanna sends a postcard to Sophie at the end), so that's something, at least.]]

** [[spoiler: Though, to be fair, Hanna is sitting on her and, thinking she was Marissa, probably would have killed her if she'd tried to get up or leave anyway. Judging by her reaction, even ProperlyParanoid Marissa hadn't expected Hanna to actually kill the double, though it does raise the question of why, if they thought the girl was dangerous, [[FridgeLogic they sent anyone in to be with her at all without a screen of bulletproof glass between them or something]]. The real TooDumbToLive is probably the entire CIA operation for not just killing Hanna when they find her, which is what Marissa obviously intended to do from her terminating of all the other super soldier children.]]

*** [[spoiler:Sophie's family could've slipped away when the bad guys went after Hanna. They stick around because

* AnimalMotifs: Goes hand in hand with FairyTaleMotifs. For example, Marissa is both TheBigBadWolf (obsessed with her teeth, [[LittleRedRidingHood pursues a little girl]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext emerges from a wolf's maw]] in the climax and the [[CunningLikeAFox Cunning Vixen]] ([[EvilRedhead red-headed]], crafty and mendacious).

** Grimm's fairy tales meets ''{{Nikita}}'' meets [[spoiler:the ''{{Hitman}}'' franchise.]]

Hanna (Ronan) is a teenage girl brought up in the frozen wastes of Finland with her father Erik ([[TheDanza Bana]]) who has been training her to be the perfect assassin. On a mission from her father, Hanna treks across Europe towards an uncertain goal while being pursued by a shadowy CIA operative (Blanchett). Hanna begins to uncover details of her past and about her true nature all the while poignantly coming to grips with a totally unfamiliar world and kicking more than the occasional ass.

Be warned: spoilers ahead.

* CallToAdventure: Hanna believes she's "ready" for the world. When Erik agrees, he gives her a radio transponder that will reveal their position to the CIA (specifically, Marissa) if she chooses to switch it on.

* EvilRedhead: Marissa.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Erik's training means Hanna can take down a reindeer or a squad of goons, he drills her on several languages and reads the encyclopaedia to her. But things like music and fiction are off-message, and Hanna only reads a book of fairy tales.
* FootFocus: On Marissa's heels.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping:
** Saoirse Ronan just can't decide how thick to make Hanna's German accent.

* PostModernism: One interpretation.

** Hanna's time with Sophie's family particularly emphasizes this, her FirstKiss being an excellent example.

'''Sebastian:''' *SpitTake*

*** [[spoiler:Sophie's family could've slipped away when the bad guys went after Hanna. They stick around because

*** Brutal...

* XMeetsY:

** Bourne trilogy + Nikita + BladeRunner?

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: By the end of the movie, Hanna is probably the only named character still alive (five characters if Sophie and her family weren't killed, since their deaths aren't mentioned), and how long that's true depends on how bad the gunshot wound was. The alternate ending (which, in all honesty, really just adds to the movie's ending rather than change it), shows that she does survive, however.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: By the end of the movie, Hanna is probably the only named character still alive, and how long that's true depends on how bad the gunshot wound was. The alternate ending (which, in all honesty, really just adds to the movie's ending rather than change it), shows that she does survive, however.]]

** SaoirseRonan has been known primarily for her roles in ''{{Atonement}}'' and ''TheLovelyBones''. Hanna's a bit more of an... active role.

* DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler:Marissa. Although it was the bullet to the heart that finished her off, slipping and falling down the slide (while having already lost alot of blood from an arrow to the hip) played a significant role in her [[IncrediblyLamePun downfall]]]].

* EvilRedhead: Marissa. She is not [[FieryRedhead fiery]], however.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Isaacs turns out to be one, where as Erik takes a great deal of effort of taking out the skinhead henchman, Isaacs himself is completly worthless in a fight and easily dispatched]]

* HatesBeingTouched: Implied with Hanna, she damn well floors a guy when he tries to kiss her.
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: The dancer in Isaac's club. ''"She has both male and female genitalia."''

* ManlyGay: Isaacs' goons, [[AmbiguouslyGay apparently]].

** Alternate FridgeBrilliance in that the times CateBlanchett has the accent is when she is trying to come across as empathic, friendly, and human. When she is being her true, blood thirsty self, the accent fades. [[spoiler:Mirrored by the double who is pure fake empathy and consistently has the Southern Accent]]. Some interpretations suggest the Southern accent is a tool the character consciously evokes as desired.

* ToyShip: According to the director's commentary, Sophie's little brother, Miles, imagines himself her [[KnightInShiningArmor knight in shorts and t-shirt]]. [[spoiler:Which Marissa correctly susses out and uses to get him to tell her where she went, by telling him she needs to protect Hanna.]]

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->''I just missed your heart.''

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[DollHouse Adelle De Witt]] is a hippie now?!
** [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Lord Cutler Beckett]] as a blond and campy PsychoForHire.
** [[DowntonAbbey Lady Mary]] plays a decoy.
** Who knew [[TheLovelyBones Susie Salmon]] was such a badass...

** Tom Hollander, best known as the nice vicar from {{Rev}}, as a DepravedBisexual assassin with a fondness for canary-yellow jumpsuits.

* {{Grimmification}}: Kind of. The movie can be interpreted as a [[FracturedFairyTale fractured modern fairy-tale]] that plays the HighOctaneNightmareFuel in its sources for all its worth.

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* PlayingAgainstType: With two different actors!

* BrutalHonesty: In the sense of lacking tack rather than being nice. When asked how her mother died, Hanna bluntly responds that she was shot three times.

* ShipTease: [[LesYay Hanna and Sophie]]. It's the only real connection Hanna makes. Also, they kiss, and then Sophie closes her eyes and they cut to black, indicating they may have... well you know. Sophie is also still willing to lie for her even after she sees Hanna brutally beat people. And then there's the fact that Sophie's first thought upon meeting Hanna again was 'I might like to be a lesbian.'

** [[spoiler: Issacs, in his efforts to follow Hanna, literally tailgates her for several hours. On her own part, it takes that long for Hanna to become alarmed. That, or she recognized the incredibly obvious tail and did nothing for a very long time.]]

* ToyShip: According to the director's commentary, Sophie's little brother has something of a crush on Hanna, imagining himself her [[KnightInShiningArmor knight in shorts and t-shirt]].

* BechdelTest: The rare action-thriller that fails the reverse version.

* AnimalMotifs: Goes hand in hand with FairyTaleMotifs. For example, Marissa is both TheBigBadWolf (obsessed with her teeth, [[LittleRedRidingHood pursues a little girl]], emerges from a wolf's maw in the climax (ItMakesSenseInContext) and the [[CunningLikeAFox Cunning Vixen]] ([[EvilRedhead red-headed]], crafty and mendacious).

* BookEnds[=/=]MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:"I just missed your heart." followed by a gunshot and a cut to the title]]

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Sophie. [[HiddenDepths at first]].

* CreepyChild: Hanna, as well as Miles, Sophie's little brother to some extent.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Moroccan facility.

* LesYay: Hanna and Sophie. It's the only real connection Hanna makes. Also, they kiss, and then Sophie closes her eyes and they cut to black, indicating they may have... well you know. Sophie is also still willing to lie for her even after she sees Hanna brutally beat people. And then there's the fact that Sophie's first thought upon meeting Hanna again was 'I might like to be a lesbian.'

** [[spoiler: the agents that try to kill Erik catch him in an open, empty subway platform, and they have guns. They could just shoot him...but instead try to grab him first, allowing Erik to fight them hand to hand, where he has the advantage. And they knew he was very dangerous.]]

* XMeetsY: ''{{Salt}}'' meets the Hit-Girl scenes from ''KickAss''.
** Has also been described as "''TheBourneIdentity'' with psychotic Literature/PippiLongstocking".