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Barely Lethal received a digital release through DirecTV Cinema on April 30, 2015, and a limited release in theaters by A24 and through video-on-demand on May 29, 2015. The film received poor reviews from critics.
Barely Lethal: Directed by Kyle Newman. With Jaime King, Samuel L. Jackson, Madeleine Stack, Sophie Turner. A teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school.
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- Action, Comedy
- Kyle Newman
- 2015-04-30
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- Plot
- Cast
Barely Lethal is a 2015 American independent action comedy film directed by Kyle Newman and written by John D'Arco, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Sophie Turner, Jessica Alba, and Samuel L. Jackson. The film follows a teenage special ops agent (Steinfeld) yearning for a "normal" adolescence who fakes her own death and enrolls as an "exchange" student in a suburban American high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of being a teenager can be more difficult than international espionage.
The film received an exclusive on-demand release by DirecTV Cinema on April 30, 2015 and a limited release in theaters by A24 and through video-on-demand on May 29, 2015. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.
The young female orphans in the government-run Prescott Academy are trained to become assassins. Their number one rule, taught by trainer Hardman (Samuel L. Jackson), is "no attachments". Agent 83 has top skills, which have made her rivals with Agent 84. 83 has always been curious about the world outside the Academy, brushing up on teen culture through popular magazines and watching movies and TV shows like Mean Girls and Beverly Hills, 90210.
Hardman assigns the agents to capture arms dealer Victoria Knox (Jessica Alba). Undercover in Chechnya, 83 poses as one of those captured and brought before Knox. She manages to latch herself and Knox onto Hardman's passing jet but 83 drops herself into a river as Knox is apprehended, causing Hardman to declare her MIA.
83 starts life as a regular teenager, adopting the name Megan Walsh and going through an exchange program to live with the Larson family. Mrs. Larson is kind, son Parker instantly likes Megan, but daughter Liz is cold and distant.
Megan picks a ridiculous outfit for her first day of school and is laughed at and mocked at her first assembly, leaving both Megan and Liz embarrassed. Megan soon makes friends with a geeky kid named Roger, who has an interest in her. Megan is attracted to Cash, hacking the school's system to make him her biology lab partner, to the ire of two mean girls. As retaliation, the girls convince Megan that Cash loves girls with school spirit and convince her to try out as the school mascot, for which she is the only contender. When kids from a rival school follow tradition and try to kidnap mascot Megan from a game she fights them off, with a video of her actions going viral. It earns her some popularity, while annoying Liz.
Megan is apprehended by a Prescott agent and brought to Hardman. He assumes she is working with their enemies and tells his minion, Pedro, to torture Megan. He injects her with a truth serum and realizes she is honest when she says she only wanted to enjoy a normal life outside the Academy. Hardman lets her go, but warns her that if she gets into trouble, they won't be there to bail her out.
Megan and Liz both attend a big party at the home of the school's class clown, Gooch. Megan hangs out with Cash, while Liz gets drunk with Gooch, learning that his real name is Bernard. To Megan's surprise, 84 is there, calling herself Heather. Megan thinks Hardman sent Heather to shadow her, but Heather has her own plans, going after Cash to annoy Megan. Megan eventually wins Cash's attention and gets asked by him to the homecoming dance.
•Hailee Steinfeld as Megan Walsh / Agent 83
•Madeleine Stack as young Megan
•Sophie Turner as Heather / Agent 84
•Eva G. Cooper as young Heather
•Jessica Alba as Victoria Knox
•Samuel L. Jackson as Hardman
SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribeBARELY LETHAL directed by Kyle Newman, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Alba, Sophie Turner, Dove C...
- 2 min
- 1.7M
- A24
May 29, 2015 · PG-13 Released May 29, 2015 1h 36m Action Comedy CTA List. 26% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 38% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings. Seeking a normal adolescence, a special-operations agent (Hailee...
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- Kyle Newman
- PG-13
- Hailee Steinfeld
2015. Starring. Hailee Steinfeld. Thomas Mann. Sophie Turner. Dove Cameron. Jessica Alba and Samuel L. Jackson. In this high school action comedy, a teenage special ops agent yearning for a “normal” adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as an exchange student in a typical American high school.
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May 29, 2015 · A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.
