Is Kate a remake?

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The film follows Kate (Winstead), an assassin, whose mentor and handler (Harrelson) assigns her to kill a high-ranking yakuza boss. During Kate's final mission, she finds out that she has been poisoned and has at most a day to live, so she uses her last hours to get revenge and find out who set her up.
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is an unofficial remake of the 1949 movie D.O.A., one of the post-War movies that defined Film Noir.
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Is Kate on Netflix based on a book?

The Netflix drama, which follows the close-knit friendship of Kate Malarky (Sarah Chalke) and Tully Hart (Katherine Heigl) throughout the decades, is based on Kristin Hannah's novel of the same name.
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Is Kate based on a game?

One common complaint about Kate is that it's deemed “derivative” to other action movies, and yet, it has far more in common with one very large, very controversial video game: Cyberpunk 2077. The similarities between Kate and Cyberpunk really stand out if you've played the game.
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What was the point of the movie Kate?

Kate follows in a trend of female assassin movies

You have a female assassin who's been trained to be the best at killing people since she was a little girl, but things take a dark turn when she finds herself on the wrong end of a barrel. That's because "Kate" is the third movie this year to have that premise.
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What was Kate drugged with in the movie Kate?

In hospital, Kate discovers she's been poisoned with polonium-204 and is done for. But with only 24 hours to live, she's determined to find who did this to her.
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Why was Kate poisoned in Kate?

Kijima reveals to Kate that Renji and Varrick teamed up to kill Ani's father (Ani's father, her target in the first scene) because Renji was jealous and wanted to take over, and now have poisoned Kate so that she won't find out.
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What anime is Kate based off of?

Anime fans were surprised to see scenes from Tokyo Ghoul playing on the side of a building in Netflix's action flick Kate. According to director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, it's not only a tribute to the show, but it's meant to convey similarities between Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character and the Tokyo Ghoul protagonist.
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What is Kate a remake of?

From its plot to its betrayal and villains, Netflix's Kate is effectively a remake of Jason Statham's Crank.
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Is Kate based off cyberpunk?

Netflix's Kate shares about 80% of its storyline with CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077. And CD projekt took a lot of cues from William Gibson's Neuromancer. Gibson being the godfather of Cyberpunk and often named the coiner of the term Cyberspace.
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Why is Kate movie rated R?

Why is Kate rated R? Kate is rated R by the MPAA for strong bloody violence and language throughout. Violence: People are frequently shot, stabbed, beaten, and cut. Notable incidents include people being poisoned with polonium, killed with defibrillator paddles being applied to the head, and one decapitation.
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Did Tully sleep with Kate's husband?

Later in the season, Johnny and Tully sleep together on a drunken night, much to Kate's dismay. At her brother's wedding, Kate confronts Johnny about his mixed signals and Mutt realizes that something is going on between the two of them. They break up and she and Johnny eventually start dating.
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Is Kate a horror?

KATE on Netflix is an intense and wild ride of an action-thriller.
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What is the most viewed Netflix original?

Netflix's most watched TV shows, ranked
  • Squid Game (season 1), a Korean survival thriller -- 1.65 billion hours.
  • Stranger Things (season 4), a retro sci-fi series -- 1.35 billion hours.
  • Wednesday, a coming-of-age supernatural dark comedy -- 1.24 billion hours.
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Why the original is removed from Netflix?

Netflix licenses TV shows and movies from studios around the world. Though we strive to keep the titles you want to watch, some titles do leave Netflix because of licensing agreements.
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What is the most famous Netflix original?

Best Netflix series of all time
  1. Stranger Things. ...
  2. The Crown. ...
  3. BoJack Horseman. ...
  4. Squid Game. ...
  5. Orange is the New Black. ...
  6. Master of None. ...
  7. Lupin. ...
  8. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
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Why is Kate not called Princess?

When Diana married the Prince of Wales, she was immediately Princess Diana. Prior to Queen Elizabeth II's passing, it was Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge—duchess is never used before a first name—but “Princess” elevates her rank and increases the likelihood that Princess Catherine will become the norm.
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What is Kate injecting in the movie Kate?

Before we get to Ani, Kate engages in rumpy-pumpy with a guy who fatally poisons her with something that will kill her in 24 hours. She'll not only need to find out why she's been murdered, but she'll also need to avenge her own death. The only thing that keeps her going is hourly shots of adrenaline.
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Why is Kate called Princess?

Kate Middleton was made Princess of Wales when King Charles III took the throne. She is the first person to use the title since Princess Diana, who died in 1997.
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What anime is 11 based?

The creators of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers, said in an interview in 2017 that one of their many inspirations for the character Eleven and the themes in the show is none other than cult horror classic anime Elfen Lied!
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Is Kate based on kite?

1/2 KATE, a Netflix original movie produced by David Leitch. Ever since the news of its production was announced, I thought it was a live-action revival of Umezu's anime "A Kite". Yesterday, the trailer was released and when I saw it, it was a completely different film. 2/2 It wasn't a kite, it was KATE.
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What is Belle anime based on?

The story is inspired by the 1756 French fairy tale Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont as well as the 1991 Disney animated movie.
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Who ordered to poison Kate?

And it was Renji who poisoned Kate on the orders of Varrick. He informs Kate about the ways in which Varrick has used her to achieve his own ends. Kate is devastated and angry with the revelation. Kijima accepts his death and turns around waiting for Kate to pull the trigger.
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Who betrayed Kate in the movie?

Her boss, Varrick (Woody Harrelson), was working with the Yakuza traitor, Renji (Tadanobu Asano), on a coup, not knowing Kate would protect Kentaro's daughter, Ani (Miku Patricia Martineau).
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Can you survive Polonium-204?

So long as polonium is kept out of the human body, it poses little danger because the alpha particles travel no more than a few centimeters and cannot pass through skin. But if polonium is ingested, even in the tiniest quantity, it will so badly damage internal organs that they shut down and death is certain.
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