Award-winning director and cinematographer Reed Morano has tackled dystopian futures in Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the end of the world in “I Think We’re Alone Now” and devastating grief in “Meadowland.” Her third feature film, “The Rhythm Section,” combines these themes, though it has a bit more kick than her prior indies.

Starring Blake Lively as Stephanie Patrick, “The Rhythm Section” is adapted by Mark Burnell from his series of thriller novels.

When a reporter (Raza Jaffrey) contracts her services to talk about the plane crash that killed her family, Stephanie’s rock bottom existence is thrown into chaos.

There’s something rather enjoyable about watching Stephanie try to turn herself into “La Femme Nikita,” with the help (or harm) of a former MI6 agent, B (Jude Law), who has valuable intel about the terrorist organization she’s after.

When B sends Stephanie into the field on a few wild goose chases, posing as a dead assassin named Petra, wow, is she ever inept, and it’s honestly refreshing.

Though Burnell’s adaptation is a bit rickety, Morano brings a gritty neorealist style with the help of cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, and Lively dirties herself up for cred.