Gugino — never less than grounded — may be wasted on the stock
role of a surrogate mother, but Oldman pops in his part as an ex-scientist whose guilt and responsibility for Gardner's circumstances might indicate a deeper concern.
Vee emerges as an alpha female to rival even Red, and from the first moment Toussaint is everything in this
role: malicious, serpentine and deadly, coldly out for herself while also projecting an image
of protection and leadership that leads to her assuming the same kind
of fucked - up
surrogate mother role she had on the outside.