The trailer for Violet & Daisy is cute yet emotional
Violet & Daisy are barely legal best friend assassins. The premise sounds somewhat silly, and the trailer does the same in a few places, but the film looks to be above par. Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel are the gun-toting duo, and both look to be in decent form.
Check out the trailer and a few posters after the jump.
Here’s an official synopsis for the film:
Violet (Alexis Bledel) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) are a pair of gum-cracking teenage assassins who casually snuff out crime figures in New York City, distracted only by the fact that a concert by their favorite pop idol Barbie Sunday has suddenly been canceled. Determined to raise cash for some Barbie Sunday dresses, the duo takes on a new hit job targeting a mysterious loner (James Gandolfini) who leads them into an unexpected odyssey of self-examination and catapults the junior enforcers into a world beyond Barbie Sunday and bullets for pay. From Academy Award-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (PRECIOUS) comes a mesmerizing hybrid of New York City crime fable and existential coming-of-age drama. In VIOLET & DAISY teenage kicks match wits with adult-world turmoil, placing three wounded souls into a line of fire none expected — themselves.
Coming out of the rather uninspired tween sci-fi flick The Host, Saoirse Ronan might redeem herself with this film and the upcoming Neil Jordan vampire piece Byzantium. Alexis Bledel has had a checkered career, and she hasn’t done much by way of action movies since Sin City, so it’ll be interesting to see her get a little crazy.
The trailer makes the film look somewhat surreal which might help it stand out in a cinema landscape where cookie cutters have taken over. Here’s hoping we’ll get something special.
Here’s a poster for the film:
And another one courtesy of Entertainment Weekly
Violet & Daisy make their way to theaters on June 7th.