I already weighed in on Joe and Anthony Russo’s “The Gray Man,” which makes their last movie (“Cherry”) look like “Citizen Kane” in comparison.
The critics have now chimed in today. A 48 on Metacritic and 49% on Rotten Tomatoes. BAD! Especially for a $200 million budgeted movie, and the talent involved.
What’s the deal here? Why is every Netflix action blockbuster so terrible? It’s more than likely that they need to adhere to a dumbed-down subscriber demographic, how else would you explain “Red Notice,” “Bright,” “Spencer Confidential,” “The Man From Toronto,” “6 Underground,” “Army of the Dead” etc.
All big-budgeted movies with big name directors that felt like they were created by an algorithm.
And just like that, after Venice and Telluride, the Best Actor race is taking shape, with Andrew Scott (“Elsinore”) and John Malkovich (“Wild Horse Nine”) emerging as major contenders.