Huntress: Dead On Arrival

Checking the runtime for Kate, I noticed that twenty minutes had been cut from the edit. I was concerned that might cause problems, but as I sat through the thing, I was never happier to be proven wrong. Huntress: Dead on Arrival is a revelation, a creative work that delivers a tight, solid noir thriller starring a great lead performance and insanely cool action. It's such an arresting experience, you never notice how the main character isn't called by her name. You never need to be reminded, the character has enough parallels to Huntress in Birds of Prey that she speaks for herself, which this edit brings more to the front by seamlessly integrating that movie's flashbacks into the appropriate contexts, adding depth to the story by proxy. The edit is so well executed that.anybody who loved Birds of Prey, or even just loved Huntress in that movie, will get a kick out of this. It is definitely a gritty movie, which feels appropriate for her character.

(Based on the cut list, I kind of wish the editor kept the Boom Boom Lemon gag, that sounds like a cute bit of levity in that moment, and the pay off would have been utterly hilarious.)

This is the kind of fan-edit that I love. Original, creative and a really fun challenge for the editor.
Kate is an average action thriller with a great lead performance that I was convinced I wouldn't ever watch more than once. But by making it part of the DCEU, and viewing it under the new lens of "gritty comic book movie" it works incredibly well and becomes a "must watch" for fans! I've already watched this edit twice.

The story of guarding a child while hunting down a mob family gives the narrative some surprising parallels to Birds of Prey. Additionally, the flashbacks from Birds of Prey fit seamlessly into this film, and give the character more depth that was lacking in the original Kate. The rearranging of scenes and specifically the decision to reveal the Osaka mission later in the film also worked to make the movie far more intriguing from the get go. At 84 minutes, this movie runs at a breakneck pace! The fight scenes are trimmed and edited masterfully. If I hadn't already seen Kate, I'd never know this was a fan edit.

This is a wonderful follow up to Wakeupkeo's Bird's of Prey edit (the definitive version of that film, in my opinion) and an excellent addition to the DCEU. Also, huge props to the title graphics work that was done here. Looks great!

This is a really nice piece of work, not only in terms of the creativity of the idea but also the execution. The Kate and Huntress characters line up so well. The BOP Huntress scenes have been integrated perfectly and it felt like this is exactly how the movie was always intended to be. The extra effort made to include a nod to the SPYRAL agency is also appreciated. Highly recommend you don't sleep on this and let this surprise addition to the DCEU slip under the radar.

First of all, thank you Wakeupkeo for putting my name in the special thanks, that's for sure very nice of you!

Kate was a good action flick and a refreshing movie, but it was forgettable, like a lot. Hard to say, but it's very difficult for movies today to exist outside big franchises. Fortunately, thanks to Wakepkeo, a movie that I watched only once and forgot, turned out to be a must-see every time I'm doing a DCEU marathon for nearly a year now. Kate and Huntress shares multiples characters traits, outside being played by the same actress, they are both lonely and isolated, distant in nature with deep rage issues, trained since childhood to become killing machines. The parallel between the two becomes crystal clear due to the perfectly incrusted flashback sequences from Birds of Prey that link the two films. But more than that, Wakeupkeo enriches the DCEU by fleshing out the no-name "savior" character from BoP and introducing the SPYRAL agency. It's a nearly perfect edit that gives a tragic and beautiful conclusion to an underrated DCEU character, just for that it deserves your attention, but you need to watch Birds of Prey first.