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Saoirse Ronan is essentially a superhero in this underrated action thriller — and it’s now streaming on Netflix

When director Joe Wright and star Saoirse Ronan reteamed for 2011’s “Hanna” after the success of Oscar-winning period drama “Atonement,” most people probably weren’t expecting them to come up with a propulsive, fast-paced action movie. As someone who was dazzled by Wright’s stylized approach to highbrow literary material in “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” I would have been happy to…