'Hanna' could be Amazon's best action series yet with intense, exhilarating hand-to-hand combat
Hanna is unlike any teenager we know. She doesn't go to school, doesn't worry about proms and dates, and has no friends to hang out with. She does, however, know to hunt in the wild, bring a man down in hand-to-hand combat, and speak multiple languages.
Amazon's upcoming series 'Hanna' is about this teenager and how she navigates life in the absence of her father. The show is based on the 2011 film of the same name starring Eric Bana and Oscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan. The show stars Esme Creed-Miles in the titular role with Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos playing lead characters.
Hanna, unlike girls her age, is brought up in isolation by a father (Joel Kinnaman as Erik Heller) who is worried about her safety. He is a former black op operative, who abandoned his post and escaped with his baby and his wife. He lost his wife while attempting to escape and has since then lived in the forests of Eastern Europe. He teaches his daughter to brave any situation, and also warns her not to get in touch with humans because they are dangerous. Hanna, now a teenager who is trained to be an assassin herself, is forced to go beyond the boundary set by her father.