![]() ![]() Then it all goes wrong when, of course, his callous boss (Rege-Jean Page, Bridgerton) demands he "take the shot" even if it means the death of an innocent child in the process. He's been the government's indispensable tool for taking out bad guy and keeping the world safe for 18 years, working time off his prison sentence. The titular "Gray Man" is a super-secret Sierra agent given the code name Six (Ryan Gosling). The Gray Man is a passable action movie, especially in its middle, but it's wholly derivative and coasting off your memories of better spy thrillers and better characters. If you're going to devote a fifth of a billion dollars for a Michael Bay-esque action movie, you might as well hire the real deal again. It's an expensive movie for Netflix, in the range of $200 million, and it just made me think about 2019's Six Underground, their $200 million collaboration with Bay where he had creative freedom to make the most bombastic, hyper masculine, and tedious movie of his career. It feels like The Russos doing their version of Michael Bay doing his version of the Jason Bourne series. Now we have The Gray Man, based upon the 2009 book by a former Tom Clancy writing collaborator, and it looks indistinguishable from any other big-budget spy thriller. ![]() Cherry was an exhausting and annoying experience overloaded with self-conscious stylistic choices that dominated the movie and squeezed it from its dramatic potential. Two movies removed from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), I'm starting to wonder if the brotherly directing duo of Joe and Anthony Russo are absent their own vision. The Gray Man isn't great by any means, but there is a lot worse out there. I can absolutely see where they can dive deeper into Ryan Gosling's character though, Spider-man I can absolutely see why they're making a sequel. The dialogue is cringe at times and the CGI looks off as well, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't at least have some fun watching it. It's a dumb, fun action flick that only wants to be that. I won't fault the film for that though, because it knew what it was striving to be. In the end, this Russo Brothers-directed action flick is a fun watch if you're looking for something exciting, but it really does leave all the nuance of great storytelling at the door. There's not much more to this film though unless you dissect all the subplots surrounding the main story, which weren't interesting enough for me to even mention. His performance made the entire film worthwhile, even though I was already enjoying Gosling in the lead role. His portrayal of this flamboyant prick was pretty close to perfect for what they were going for. I wanted this so badly throughout the film because Chris Evans steals the show as Lloyd and I just wanted to see him get his ass kicked. It's a very generic story that doesn't take any risks or give any huge surprises, but I enjoyed the characters and the action enough to want to return for a sequel.Īt its core, this is a film that is over two hours long, but really just wants to get to the point where Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling face off against each other. For that reason alone I had a lot of fun, but the film itself is very average as a whole. There are a lot of action scenes to go along with this premise and most of them are very well-done. ![]() I say there aren't any dull moments here, but that's only due to the fun action set pieces. Now trying to survive with a bounty on his head, and hunted by Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans), there is never a dull moment. Ryan Gosling plays Six, the most skilled person working for the CIA, who begins to uncover dark secrets that are being kept from him. Anyways, here's my review of The Gray Man. I'm complaining about this right now because this film is just average overall, but it has some fun moments and I probably would've had even more fun with it on the big screen. The Gray Man is their latest release with such a huge budget, but being released directly to their service made it feel smaller. I personally think when they choose to spend that much, it should absolutely be worthy of hitting theatres to make some money back. I've never understood why Netflix sinks hundreds of millions of dollars into a film that will only play on their streaming service. ![]()
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