While it wasn’t actually filmed in a single take, the cuts are hidden to present a real-time escape from a building that sees Charlize Theron take on a small army.
Watching Atomic Blonde is entirely worth it for this sequence alone.
We’re calling it the Stairway Fight here, but it’s so much more than that.
Director David Leitch, who had previously helmed the excellent John Wick, takes action filmmaking to the next level with a sequence in Atomic Blonde that seems to go on forever.