By dancing and investigating, Ryan Gosling has put on pounds of muscle but he lost his smile. No longer the dragonfly’s La La Land o Blade Runner 2049. Now he has the pendulous gaze of CIA Court agent Gentry, a character originally intended for Brad Pitt, who comes from the novels of Mark Greaney, a close collaborator and designated heir of Tom Clancy. Gentry a possible alternative to the tried and tested Jack Ryan, gradually played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, John Krasinski. The silent Court entered the Agency thanks to the Sierra Program whose protocol provides the recruitment of men with an ambiguous past for use in extreme conditions.
These are leftovers from jail, with nothing to lose, recruited and trained for suicide missions, the Gray Men. Court Sierra Six. He was found in a penitentiary by capataz Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) who as a hard-to-manage mercenary he was able to transform it into a war machine. Now for some who are plotting against him, a kind of Specter who has the face of former colleague Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans, aka Captain America): 007 deviant and gangs of assassins put a bounty on his head and threaten his affections more expensive.
At the heart of the intrigue is a USB stick that contains sensitive data destined to upset world geopolitics. Backing up Court, in that rebelot of assaults and shootings, there is super sexy agent Dani Miranda (Ana de Armas). For some time now the idea of a super-guarded and cartoonist world hostage to gangs of cutthroats who move the destinies of the world, agitates the cinema of the brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, 50 years old from Cleveland known for having directed four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Captain America: The Winter Soldier e Captain America: Civil Warand then Avengers: Infinity War and the definitive Avengers: Endgame.
With a monstrous $ 200 million budget, an international scenario from James Bond and fights, jumps, explosions worthy of the Metaverse, The Gray Man and Nikita for men with virtual hyperprofile. A action thriller projected of the future but with an ancient mask, obviously intended for streaming, ready and packaged for a crunchy saga: after a series of premieres in cinemas, the film will be released on July 22 on Netflix.
There is no reflection: only action with an intimate / philosophical screen. Analog heroes race in a digital world and it all comes down to a labyrinthine videogame. Driven by a generic survival instinct, the hero / anti-hero escapes super-equipped enemies, faceless puppets, and the dark side of himself, the Matrix, sipping shots, avoiding ambushes, setting up defenses which become attacks. While waiting to see him in Ken’s costumes together with Barbie Margot Robbie, Gosling puts on a tuft and dark circles, but the perplexities are clear.
THE GRAY MAN by Anthony and Joe Russo
(USA, 2022, duration 122 ‘)
con Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Reg-Jean Page, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Billy Bob Thornton, Wagner Moura
Rating: ** 1/2 out of 5
In theaters in preview and from 22 July on Netflix
July 16, 2022 | 07:59
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