Luc Besson's Anna, a film that promised to deliver thrills like the same director's excellent La Femme Nikita or Léon, is currently the most-watched spy movie on Netflix despite terrible reviews and allegations of sexual misconduct by Besson.
Times have changed since La Femme Nikita but the critics suggest that Besson hasn't based on his 2019 film Anna. The Guardian says that the plot "feels patchworked together from better films" and "at times the film plays like a softcore porno just with the sex scenes cut short". But "what ultimately sinks the film is its overwhelming blandness". RogerEbert.com agrees: "Even long-standing fans of [Besson's] will find it hard to muster much enthusiasm for this startlingly lazy bit of by-the-numbers hackwork."
