Barely Lethal
Barely Lethal is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by Kyle Newman, written by John D'Arco, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Thomas Mann, Sophie Turner, Dove Cameron, Jessica Alba, and Samuel L. Jackson. Steinfeld stars as Agent 83/Megan, a teenage intelligence agent yearning for a normal adolescence who disappears and enrolls as an exchange student in a suburban American high school.
Plot
The young female orphans in the government-run Prescott Academy are trained to become field operatives. Their number one rule taught by trainer Hardman is "no attachments". Agent 83's top skills are rivaled by Agent 84. 83 is curious about the world, learning teen culture through magazines and watching Mean Girls and Beverly Hills, 90210.
More details
| author | John D'Arco |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Shanghai |
| director | Kyle Newman |
| editor | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
| genre | action comedy |
| keywords | annoy arms dealer beverly hills capture drive hack homecoming host family house party learn mask mean girl mean girls mid-credits scene morning pass post-credits scene provoking a fight return home want warn weapons trafficking |
| musicBy | Mateo Messina |
| producer | Brett Ratner John Cheng Sukee Chew Ted Hartley Vanessa Coifman |
| productionCompany | Hopscotch Pictures Main Street Films RatPac Entertainment RKO Pictures |
| publisher | A24 DirecTV Cinema |
| theme | action comedy high school urban |