Kate
Netflix | Release Date: September 10, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
7
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38
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonSep 10, 2021
Umair Aleem’s script is so paint-by-numbers familiar that it leaves you wishing you’d watched one of the better movies it’s ripping off. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 10, 2021
It’s not much fun, and not particularly gripping. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineWes GreeneSep 5, 2021
Kate will leave you wishing that its narrative possessed the same attention to detail as its elaborately violent action set pieces. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubCharles BramescoSep 3, 2021
Even if the combat choreography that made this vein of cinema so popular is up to snuff, and Winstead does handle her steps ably even as her character breaks down, this film should aspire to be more than a delivery system for a few solid shootouts. Read full review
30
CNNBrian LowrySep 10, 2021
Look, we get it, people are looking for new stuff to watch, mindless escapism included. Still, in terms of any sort of inspiration or originality, "Kate," the movie, is every bit as D.O.A. as Kate, the character. Read full review
30
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeSep 9, 2021
The movie presents an eye-catching fantasy of a candy-colored Japanese underworld. But the exoticism feels as cheap as a whiff of a green tea and musk cologne called Tokyo wafting over a department store counter. Even Winstead, stoic in her fashionably boyish haircut, looks bored. Read full review
20
IGNLaura SirikulSep 2, 2021
Kate is a bland and unoriginal action movie that fails to make us care about its title character. Read full review
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