BSA306, Atomic Blonde, 11 August, 2017

So much to love about this movie!

Charlize Theron fighting bad guys in sensible boots

Realistic bruising and body trauma.  It's still an action film so she and the men she fights keep coming for more when IRL somebody's spleen would have been torn in half, surely.  During one fight sequence, her right cheek starts to swell and her blonde hair is so full of blood it starts to look pink.  Great attention to detail from the costume distress team and makeup fx.

Atomic Blonde review
Meanwhile, Theron – who produced Atomic Blonde – recently said that she is trying to break the rules for women in action movies. “A lot of times studios or producers are not comfortable with seeing a woman with bruises,” she said. “We really wanted to pay attention to that authenticity.”

I can't find any info online regarding how much cgi was used.  I'd like to know if the swelling of her cheek was a practical effect (they shot over multiple days, so it could have been) or added in post.  

Charlize's spy Lourraine Broughton post-fight, post-ice bath.  

There was a "oner" 10 minute action sequence that looks like it's done in one take.   It follows her from one fight to another and, when they're exhausted and can barely stand, out into the street for a series of car chase/crashes.  And a car gets T-boned and goes spinning away on it's butt like a ballerina.  I've never seen THAT before.  Absolutely fantastic.  

Based on the 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart.