“Ava” (**1/2 out of four) was a stylishly done but overly familiar action thriller about a ruthless and deadly female assassin (Jessica Chastain) who works for a black ops organization but finds herself thrown to the wolves by her sinister superiors (John Malkovich, Colin Farrell, and others) after a job goes wrong and has to fight for survival while trying to get to the bottom of a high-end conspiracy from the government. Solid production values and strong work from Chastain make this easy to watch but story seems to be following a much-too-routine pattern especially after many other similarly themed female assassin films (“Atomic Blonde”, “Lucy”, “Anna” just to name a few) over the last few years. Geena Davis and Joan Chen both have their best roles in years in minor but key parts.