Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Action. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 June 2015

Insurgent (2015)


One choice can transform you-or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors.War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable--and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships. Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

Director: Robert Schwentke
Writers: Brian Duffield (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James
Runtime: 119 minutes
Synopsis:
"The Divergent Series" has always been judged against movie series’ like "Hunger Games" and "Harry Potter". While the concept is a bit alike, the story got its' own plus points. Continuing "Divergent", "Insurgent" isn't really like its' predecessor. It's faster and more thrilling than ever, filled with breathtaking hunts and chases as well as ingenious visuals.




"Insurgent" follows Tris (Shailene Woodley), Four (Theo James), and the others on the run from Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) who is hunting divergents (first movie is recommended to understand the story that follows in this movie). Another plot that includes a mystery box, which only divergents could open through simulations, is also pretty inventive.

Doubting it would be good, it turns out to be better than expected. Not only the story is faster, the risks are higher and it creates a darker tone. The actors were well suited for the characters similar to the first installment. It is the change of director that marked an advancement over the last one. Robert Shwenke gives more anxiety to the audience with enough visuals that could make your heart race.

Not saying the movie doesn't have any flaws. There's a bit of problem with the script which is either the movie's strength or weakness. Some scenes are not very well executed. But, that doesn't really matter to the experience as a whole. Thankfully, the action scenes overcome its flaws.
Looking too closely into the book series and comparing it to the film, yes of course there will be many things missed and left out but what can you really do about having a limited time span and budget? As true fans, I would believe the love of the books should extend to the love of the film because that’s what true fans do. Not to mention, the effort from the filmmakers to maintain the identity and integrity of the books in the movie, is a job well done.

If you loved "Divergent", there's no doubt you're going to love this. All in all, it’s a pleasing experience.


Cast:
Kate Winslet
...
Jeanine
Jai Courney
...
Eric
Mekhi Phifer
...
Max
Shailene Woodley
...
Tris
Theo James
...
Four
Ansel Elgort
...
Caleb
Miles Teller
...
Peter





Friday, 12 June 2015

San Andreas

San Andreas is a 2015 American 3D disaster film directed by Brad Peyton. The screenplay was written by Carlton Cuse, with Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore receiving a story credit. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Paul Giamatti, Will Yun Lee and Kylie Minogue.

Principal photography of the film began on April 22, 2014 in Australia and wrapped up on July 27 in San Francisco. The film was released worldwide in 2D and 3D on May 29, 2015. It received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $295 million worldwide.
Directed by         Brad Peyton
Produced by       Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia, Tripp Vinson
Screenplay by     Carlton Cuse
Story by              Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore
Music by              Andrew Lockington
Cinematography               Steve Yedlin
Edited by             Bob Ducsay
Running time      114 minutes
Country United States
Language            English
Budget  $110 million
Box office           $295.1 million

Plot
Raymond 'Ray' Gaines (Dwayne Johnson) is a Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter-rescue pilot. In the midst of a divorce from his estranged wife, Emma (Carla Gugino), he calls his daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) to discuss their upcoming trip to San Francisco. Meanwhile, Caltech seismologist Lawrence Hayes (Paul Giamatti) and his colleague Dr. Kim Park (Will Yun Lee) are at the Hoover Dam making a breakthrough in earthquake prediction when an unknown fault nearby ruptures, triggering a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that collapses the dam and kills Park in the process when he stays on the dam to save a little girl. When Ray is called into work, Blake reluctantly decides to go with her mother Emma's new boyfriend, Daniel Riddick (Ioan Gruffudd), a wealthy real estate developer, to San Francisco where he is completing a downtown high-rise building.



Hayes discovers that the San Andreas Fault is starting to shift, causing a massive 9.1 earthquake that starts ripping apart major cities along the fault line. At the same time, Emma is having lunch with Daniel's sister Susan (Kylie Minogue) when the quake hits Los Angeles, destroying much of the city with Susan among its heavy casualties. Ray is able to save Emma, and they barely escape the city onboard his helicopter. Much of Southern California becomes affected by the quake. In San Francisco, Daniel brings Blake to his office building. Blake waits for Daniel in the lobby, where she meets Ben (Hugo Johnstone-Burt), an engineering student from the United Kingdom seeking employment at the office, and his little brother, Ollie (Art Parkinson). Daniel returns and attempts to leave the office with Blake, but the two become trapped in their car in the parking garage of the building after the string of earthquakes begin to strike the city, partially collapsing the garage. Daniel leaves the car in search of help, but flees in terror, leaving Blake behind. She is found by Ben and Ollie, who help free her from the car and escape the collapsing building. The trio find a working phone line and Blake calls Ray, who begins to fly toward San Francisco with Emma to save her.


While enroute, the engine in Ray's helicopter suddenly fails, forcing him to make an emergency crash-landing into a mall below them in Bakersfield, where massive looting is taking place. Among the chaos, Ray steals a Ford F-150 from the parking lot, and the couple resume their journey on the road, but find they are trapped by the expanding fault line. The couple comes across an older couple broken down on the side of the road, whom they learn own an airplane. The older couple agrees to give them the keys to the plane in exchange for their vehicle, and the two continue to head north in the air. Meanwhile, Blake, Ben and Ollie try to find a spot in the city where Ray and Emma can save them; seeing that their planned rendezvous point, Coit Tower, is already engulfed by flames. With help from news reporter Serena (Archie Panjabi), Hayes is able to warn others of a much bigger earthquake in San Francisco, just in time before it hits; becoming the largest earthquake ever in history, recorded as a 9.6.

Ray and Emma eventually arrive in San Francisco, abandoning their aircraft and parachuting into AT&T Park just as the aftershocks continue to destroy the city. They commandeer a boat and hear a warning over the radio that a tsunami is approaching the city. Along with other evacuees with boats of their own, they are able to get over the incoming wave near the Golden Gate Bridge. Daniel, who is on the bridge, is killed when a cargo ship slices the bridge in half and a loose shipping container crushes him. The tsunami floods the city, causing massive casualties and knocking over several buildings. Blake, Ben, and Ollie manage to run into Daniel's building moments before the water hits. They move up floors and manage to signal Ray and Emma, who are searching nearby for Blake. As they see the trio, the building starts sinking into the ground, causing water to flood the building. Ben and Ollie are able to escape, but Blake becomes trapped in the rising water, runs out of air, and drowns before Ray can get to her. Emma crashes the boat through the building's thick window panes in an attempt to get everyone on board before escaping as the building completely collapses. Now aboard the small boat, Ray performs CPR on Blake and finally revives her after several minutes.

The five make it to a relief camp in Marin County. The now reconciled Ray and Emma, along with Blake, Ben, and Ollie, talk about their future as the sun slowly sets on the now destroyed Bay Area, now swarmed with different military organizations and rescue vehicles initiating the relief process. The camera pans out, revealing San Francisco as an island.

Development
On December 1, 2011, it was announced that New Line Cinema was developing an earthquake disaster film, "San Andreas: 3D", from a script by Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio; Allan Loeb polished the script. On June 5, 2012, the studio set Brad Peyton to direct the film. On July 18, 2012, New Line tapped Carlton Cuse to re-write the script for the earthquake disaster film. On July 18, 2013 The Conjuring writers Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes were tapped by the studio to re-write the film again. The film was also produced by New Line and Village Roadshow Pictures, along with Flynn Picture Company and Australian limited Village Roadshow.

Casting
On October 14, 2013, Dwayne Johnson closed a deal to star in the film, playing the role of a helicopter pilot searching for his daughter after an earthquake. On February 4, 2014, Alexandra Daddario joined the cast. On March 12, 2014, Carla Gugino joined the cast, reuniting with Dwayne Johnson, with whom she starred in Race to Witch Mountain and Faster. On March 14, 2014, Game of Thrones actor Art Parkinson joined the film's cast. On April 1, 2014, Archie Panjabi joined the earthquake film. On April 5, 2014, Todd Williams also joined the film, to play Marcus Crowlings, an old Army friend of Johnson's character. On April 15, 2014, Colton Haynes was added to the cast of the film. On April 29, Ioan Gruffudd joined the cast of the film. Gruffudd played Daniel Reddick, a wealthy real estate developer who is dating Johnson's character's estranged wife. On May 28, Will Yun Lee joined the cast to play Dr. Kim Chung, the co-director of the Caltech Seismology Lab in the film. On June 11, Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue joined the film.

Filming
On December 17, 2013 Variety reported that the film would be shot at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The production was set to start in April 2014 in Queensland, with locations including Ipswich and Brisbane. On March 20, 2014 it was announced that Gods of Egypt had started production in Australia, and San Andreas was set to begin soon after. On April 16, 2014, Johnson tweeted photos from the training for the film.

Filming began on April 22, 2014 in Australia and was also shot in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and San Francisco. On May 12, shooting took place in the Lockyer Valley. On May 10–11, shooting was taking place in Los Angeles and then production went back to Australia to complete the rest of shooting. On May 17, second unit was filming scenes in Bakersfield where a helicopter was spotted, while Johnson was busy in Gold Coast. On June 22, the crew was spotted filming disaster scenes on Elizabeth Street in Brisbane.

The film's second-unit started shooting on July 8, in San Francisco, while the first unit began shooting on July 21, wrapping up on July 27. On July 15–16, first unit was filming in Fisherman's Wharf, while a second unit was also filming in Embarcadero on July 16. On July 21, the filming was taking place at AT&T Park, where the crew shot a scene during a San Francisco Giants game. On July 22, they filmed an earthquake with fake victims and fake garbage at Hyde and Lombard streets in Russian Hill. On July 23, crews were filming disaster scenes in The Armory. On July 26, they filmed some scenes near the Fairmont Hotel, with the last day of filming spent shooting on the California Street in Financial District, wrapping up filming on July 27, 2014.

Music
On July 24, 2014, it was announced that Andrew Lockington would be composing the music for the film.

Three teasers were revealed and two of them include Robot Koch & Delhia de France and Sia singing "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas.


Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Divergent (2014)


Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Veronica Roth (based on the novel by), Evan Daugherty (screenplay)
Stars:  Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet
Duration: 139 minutes

 “Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made. They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all. But Tris has a secret that she is Divergent, which means she doesn't fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean a certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly peaceful society, this secret might help her save the people she loves... or it might destroy her.”
Synopsis:
Divergent – A movie based on Sci-Fi novel of the same name is a story of a girl searching for her true identity in a world so systematically configured that a single point of disturbance may cause havoc to the whole system. This single point is nothing but a girl named Beatrice aka Tris, who unintentionally falls in the category of a debarred community of Divergents characterized for their independent thinking, whom the government think of as threat and uncontrollable.

In a futuristic dystopian Chicago, the society is divided into five factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent). The Factionless have no status or privilege in society. When children reach the age of 16, they are subject to a serum-induced psychological test which recommends their best-suited faction, then are allowed to choose any faction as their permanent faction at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony.
Tris is a born Abnegation, but contrary to that she always admired the Dauntless in their fearless and free-to-move spirit. This makes her choose the Dauntless as her faction in the ceremony. Initially she struggle with the Dauntless trainings, but slowly improves as the timeline grows. In the next phases of training, the trainees are subject to psychological simulations where they face their worst fears. Tris' divergence allows her to excel at the tests, defeating them in unusual ways, but Four (Theo James) warns her to hide her abilities and solve the challenges as a normal Dauntless. The rest of the story goes on her search of true identity and the question as to why being a Divergent was so much a threat to the government, and who is responsible for making everyone against them.
As for the technicality perspective, the cast looks at first a bit clumsy, but as the movie goes on, it somehow fits with for all the characters. Direction is good and portrayal of a whole new different world with different rules and categories shows how much effort has been put to craft it that one may think of it as real at some point of time while watching the movie. Story is straight-forward but it works as the individuality stands here in it.
As a whole, "Divergent" has an interesting plot line that moves well. There is nothing confusing about it. It follows the book (which is also quite good!) pretty well.


Cast:
Shailene Woodley
...
Tris
Theo James
...
Four
Kate Winslet
...
Jeanine
Jai Courtney
...
Eric








Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Tomorrowland



Director: Brad Bird
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
Writers: Damon Lindelof (screenplay), Brad Bird (screenplay)
Stars: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy
Duration: 130 minutes

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as ‘Tomorrowland’”.

Synopsis:
The latest outcome from Disney’s wonders of imaginations is Tomorrowland. The film tells the story of a former boy genius (Clooney) and a young girl (Robertson), who travel to an ambiguous dimension known as "Tomorrowland", where their actions directly affect the world and themselves. This movie kickstarts with the notion of Not-Losing-Hope and Not-Giving-Up attitudes, but as the timeline grows the plot looses its grip in somewhere, Still the basic concept remains with the audience which makes it an inspiring movie than being tagged only as a sci-fi adventure.


Well, Tomorrowland is a city in a parallel dimension to our own where some of the brightest minds -- both creative and scientific -- convened to try and create a better future for our tomorrow. In the film, teenager Casey Newton (played very likably by Britt Robertson) is given a tiny pin with the Tomorrowland logo on it that when she touches she is presented with visions of Tomorrowland. These visions set her on a quest to figure out what this amazing place is that she is seeing, and on that quest she meets an android girl with some pretty awesome martial arts moves named Athena, a cadre of robots hunting Casey down trying to keep her from uncovering the secrets of Tomorrowland, and a grumpy George Clooney, who portrays Frank Walker, a former child genius who once lived in Tomorrowland but was exiled. Frank is the only one who can take Casey there, and thus their adventure to reach Tomorrowland shifts into high gear.

Very few movies today give us the motivation to think beyond what we see, to think optimistically about the future. This is one of those movies, which will appeal to those who still dare to dream out of their ways, crafted in old fashioned sci-fi movie style.  Some scenes which were made so beautiful that the theatre leaving audience will always remember  whenever they think of this movie. The one where Frank shows his Jet-Pack to the judge and explains beautifully about how that would be helpful in making world a nice place to live. Another one where Casey calms down her father for him going to lose his NASA job and motivates him with the story of Two Wolves (with analogy to Light and Darkness), was another beautifully crafted scene. These will leave you with inner happiness even after the movie ends.

For the technical aspects of the movie, Casey Newton played a powerful role which even side-kicked George’s Frank character at some points. And for Athena’s character, Raffey Cassidy successfully leaves a mark on audience’s mind and it would not be easy to think of Tomorrowland without her beautifully played character. Director Brad Bird has crafted this film which mixes mystery, wonder, and suspense wonderfully with touching human moments between characters, both man and machine, and some remarkably executed comedic beats as well. Direction and screenplay were both great from the start, but when the story moves forward, it somehow loses the track and leads to a climax which may leave many people disappointed at the end. CGI graphics and other technicalities were good only, as a proper Sci-Fi movie fan would think it as old-fashioned one. Still, from start to end, Tomorrowland somehow works.

To cut things short, we are all too pessimistic to think straight most of the times, we watch death and destructions with too much fun nowadays, but when a movie like this comes, which really talks about the inspiration and optimism in future, the tenacious attitude to live with and most of all, Not Losing Hope, then it should be watched for at least Fun-cum-Inspiro-tainment.

Cast:
 George Clooney
     ...     
 Frank Walker
Hugh Laurie
     ...     
 Nix
     Britt Robertson  
     ...     
 Casey Newton
     Raffey Cassidy
     ...     
 Athena











Sunday, 24 May 2015

Parallels


Director: Christopher Leone
Writers:  Laura Harkcom (story), Christopher Leone(story)
Stars:  Mark Hapka, Jessica Rothe, Eric Jungmann
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery
Runtime: 83 minutes

“PARALLELS is a science-fiction adventure series that follows the story of a small band of people travelling across parallel earths. The group is led by an estranged brother and sister, Ronan and Beatrix Carver, who are looking for their father. What they discover is that their family is shattered across multiple earths. The question is: can they put their family back together again?”



Synopsis:
The most recent outing from Fox Digital Studio (projects created for online viewing and streaming entertainment outlets) has an epic scope; The basic premise of the movie is the building where highly advanced technology is hidden that can be used to traverse through innumerable parallel earths. And that single building has been anchored in the same exact location in every existing world. This might remind long time Sci-Fi fans of the TV series Sliders, but the travelling between parallel worlds makes the comparison ends here.



Until this point, it is good. But when it comes the mystery surrounding building, the doubts everyone will have while watching this movie, like how this building works, who built it and why installed this hidden technology in this building, what was the need to discover how to travel across highly advanced core worlds, and possibly shut down this structure, along with bits and pieces hinting towards a shadowy war between some of the parallel Earths. All the unresolved questions were left hanging in the air.

But the good news everyone, this might seem to be more of a pilot for a series rather than a standalone movie, and hints about upcoming announcements regarding Parallels may tell us when to expect more, either in series format or in successive movies. Either way, the many questions raised by the movie seem to be leading us into a new online series, one that can be looked forward to watch.

Cast:
Mark Hapka as Ronan Carver
Jessica Rothe as Beatrix Carver
Eric Jungmann as Harold
Constance Wu as Polly
Yorgo Constantine as Alex Carver

CHAPPiE


Plot Summary:
The story of a self-conscious robot, CHAPPiE, being stolen and programmed to think and feel for itself, takes turn into a high end heist leading to an epic argument of Good vs. Evil.

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writers:  Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller 

"In the near future, Indian born Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), is a high ranking executive in a Robotic Police Force company. When he comes up with an idea to make a self conscious robot named Chappie to protect better, his higher-ups disapprove it. Nonetheless, he makes it and when the company finds out, scraps the robot. When 2 small time criminals planning a $200 million heist find Chappie, they kidnap Deon and force him to program Chappie to assist them in their heist. When power-corrupted military general Vincent (Hugh Jackman) finds out, he rallies all forces to stop Chappie, at any cost that leads to an monumental showdown between Good and Evil."

Synopsis:

In the near future, crime is patrolled by an cruel mechanized police force. But now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, it becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for itself. As powerful, destructive forces start to see Chappie as a danger to mankind and order, they will stop at nothing to maintain the balance and ensure that Chappie is the last of its kind.




One of the most remarkable scenes was when Chappie asks its creator that why did he put it in a mortal body and creator answers with a confusion that how could he know or anticipate how far Chappie could develop itself. So there is always a question of existence that pertains throughout.
Chappie is a exuberant, witty, enjoyable, and unexpectedly sentimental movie about a conscious robot being raised by gangsters in Johannesburg. Most of the criticisms regarding single dimensional or illogical character choices are valid, but Chappie's character, the CGI, the humour, and the overall theme of the movie more than make up for these shortcomings.
As a character, Chappie is an unwilling action hero that one can both identify with and admire. Its story is gripping and will keep you on the edge of your seat. Unfortunately some of Chappie's brilliance comes at the expense of the world around him.
Are there plot holes? A few minor irregularities, but no major ones. The graphics are excellent, the sense of humour is evident throughout, and some of the performances are truly memorable. Sigourney Weaver's hilarious head-over-heels exit from her robot manufacturing plant in the face of total catastrophe is comical in the extreme.
Even though there is a lot of violence which may be a reason for a lot of criticism, still it is a story with a wonderful moral ending (good triumphs over evil) and some really outstanding entertainment along the way.
In short, Blomkamp delivered a beautiful futuristic story that ultimately challenges (or may be changes) our views on what consciousness truly represents. Fueled by amazing special effects, interesting character development, and an intelligent use of symbolism towards life, this film falls nothing short of being a true cinematic masterpiece.

Cast:
Sharlto Copley

Dev Patel













Hugh Jackman


Saturday, 23 May 2015

Elizabeth Olsen


Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Godzilla (2014), Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), and the critically acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), for which she was nominated for numerous awards. She is the younger sister of actresses and fashion designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.


Born: February 16, 1989 (age 26), Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 1.70 m
Siblings: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Trent Olsen, Taylor Olsen, Jake Olsen
Parents: David Olsen, Jarnett Olsen
Education: Campbell Hall School (2007)

Early life and education
Olsen was born and raised in Sherman Oaks, California, the daughter of Jarnette "Jarnie" (née Jones; b. 1954), a personal manager, and David "Dave" Olsen, a real estate developer and mortgage banker. She is the younger sister of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who became famous as TV and movie stars at an early age. Her oldest brother is named Trent Olsen, and she has two younger half siblings as well. In 1996, Olsen's parents were divorced. The Olsens have Norwegian ancestry on their father's side and English ancestry on their mother's side.

As a child, Olsen received ballet and singing lessons. She began acting at a very young age, with appearances in her sisters' films. Before the age of eleven, Olsen had small roles in How the West Was Fun and the straight-to-video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley. Having appeared in her sisters' videos, when she was in the fourth grade, Olsen began to go on auditions for other projects.

She attended Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California from kindergarten through grade 12. After graduation, she enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2009, Olsen spent a semester studying in Moscow, Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre School through the MATS program at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
Olsen began acting when she was four years of age and co-starred in six of Mary-Kate and Ashley's productions; she also auditioned for the film Spy Kids. She almost quit acting in 2004 due to the media frenzy surrounding Mary-Kate's eating disorder.

Olsen's breakout role came in 2011, when she appeared in the critically acclaimed film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Olsen was nominated for and won numerous critics awards for her portrayal of the titular character Martha, a girl suffering from delusions and paranoia after fleeing her life in a cult and returning to her family. She next appeared in the horror movie remake Silent House, in which she played the role of Sarah, and appeared in the music video "The Queen" by Carlotta. Olsen filmed the movie Red Lights during mid-2011, and it was released in the U.S. on July 13, 2012. She starred in Josh Radnor's film Liberal Arts, which was released on January 22, 2012. She and Dakota Fanning starred in Very Good Girls, a 2013 release.

In January 2013, Olsen was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She co-starred in the 2013 American remake of the 2003 South Korean film Oldboy; she played Marie, a young social worker who developed a relationship with the protagonist, played by Josh Brolin. Olsen played Edie Parker, Jack Kerouac's first wife and the author of the Beat Generation memoir "You'll Be Okay", in Kill Your Darlings.

Olsen starred in the 2014 Godzilla remake, opposite Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Olsen played the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the 2015 sequel to The Avengers. She first appeared as the character in a mid-credits scene of the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, again alongside her Godzilla co-star Taylor-Johnson, who portrayed her brother Quicksilver.
In September 2014, it was announced that Olsen would portray Audrey Williams, Hank Williams' wife, manager, and duet partner in the upcoming 2015 biopic I Saw the Light directed by Marc Abraham and starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams. She will reprise her Scarlet Witch role in the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War.