Netflix's $200 million 'Gray Man' is the Muzak of action films: pure background noise as you catch up on emails.
My main takeaway after sitting through 130 minutes of this second-rate CGI is that directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the two guys responsible for four of the highest-grossing movies of all time —
have no interest in using their box office clout to step out from under formulaic, corporate movie-making.is a leap backward for the Russo boys, something so impersonal, rote, and uninspired that it feels like an over-produced direct-to-video release., an unheralded masterpiece. Kathryn Bigelow took a big swing and missed with, but at least she tried. That’s how it’s supposed to work. You give the studios what they want. You deliver a couple of hits. Then you step out and announce yourself.
Chris Evans is smug and insufferable as Lloyd Hansen; the sociopathic CIA mercenary hired to stop Six.Wasted entirely is Ana de Armas as Dani, yet another flawless Mary Sue — a sexless, 75-pound girl who can kick a 200-pound man’s butt with just a few moves.
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