Of all the months of the movie year, there is none worse than January. The Fall is Oscar Bait season, and it hits high gear in December when all the Oscar Fishers send out their lines to catch a some big juicy awards to mount proudly on their wall. January is past the deadline. This is the time when studios dump their worst movies in the least offensive time, hoping to get the tiniest return on their failed investments. So you get crap movies like "The Devil Inside" or "Sanctum". Going to see a movie in January is like going to a party forty-five minutes after half the guests left: all the beer bottles are opened, the only nachos left are floating in the salsa, and the girls are all too drunk to hook up with.
Luckily, however, "Haywire" is that one pretty girl who somehow managed to sit through the party quietly nursing a tequila. You'd think her existence is impossible, somebody should have found her already. But here she is, all yours. It must be fate, right? "Haywire" is a perfectly solid action movie, shockingly good for a January release. She isn't the brightest date, its pretty much just a straight "girl kicks ass" exploitation flick, honestly better for a rent than a full cinema experience. If you need to see a good movie immediately, "Haywire" is your best bet.
