THE GRAY MAN is apparently Netflix's most expensive film to date, which is a surprise as it's really average at best. It feels like a blown-up BOURNE copy, with CIA agents tracking down renegade Ryan Gosling around the world. Chris Hemsworth's EXTRACTION was more realistic and considerably better than this one. The globetrotting is pointless - no culture, just a few buildings - and the choreography surprisingly bad at times. The characterisation is nil and de Ames quite bad in a peripheral role. The only part I did like was the extended Prague set-piece, which is where the money is up on screen and the scale looks amazing; the rest is distinctly so-so.
Review of The Gray Man
