The Gray Man

The Russo brothers direct Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in this generic spy thriller.

Gosling is watchable enough to make it work, and you’re mildly rooting for him to win, but he feels like a blank slate a lot of the time, and the one-liners (this script is full of them) just sort of fall out of his mouth and hang in the air. While Gosling’s character is given a token motivation late in the movie to explain some of his actions, and the actor is physically impressive in the role, he also plays Gentry so cool that he’s almost comatose at times. Seriously, this is one of those movies where everyone can get anywhere in the world in five minutes. Thornton adds his natural eccentricity to his role and gets to do a little more with his character, but almost everyone else suffers by comparison. With a reported cost of $200 million, it’s the most expensive film produced by Netflix to date, and the film—loosely based on the first of a series of novels by author Mark Greaney—certainly looks like all the money is up there on the screen. Going on the run with only the liaison for his last mission (de Armas) helping him, Gentry must expose Carmichael, outwit Hansen, and rescue the only people he cares about before it’s too late.

"Brainless" is the word that comes up most often in reviews of "The Gray Man."

That Gosling and Evans sometimes succeed makes "The Gray Man" good enough to rank as watchable. But "The Gray Man," based on 12 bestselling page-turners by Mark Greaney, wants to build a franchise starring Gosling as CIA assassin Sierra Six. "007 was taken," teases Six -- real name Court Gentry (I'm not kidding) -- just to show what kind of franchise Netflix has in mind. -- $200 million (a record for them) to win back audiences like it did with the two-series punch of "Squid Game" and "Stranger Things."

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The second is when Ryan (Six) and Chris (Lloyd) fight it out in the climax, and the former is reminded of a traumatic episode from the past, that sort of accentuates his anger. That is not the only “Indian” thing to do. The Gray Man isn’t really about the plot, nor is it about the screenplay. In the prelude, when Fitzroy asks Six to work for the agency as if doing him a favour, it is hard not to be reminded of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, where Leonard DiCaprio is put through a similar situation, wherein he remains a ghost in the larger scheme of things within the system. A nameless character, Ryan Gosling is hired by Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) as part of CIA’s Sierra programme, that essentially recruits convicted killers with a past, allowing them to secretly work for the agency as skilled assassins. Ryan with a beard and Chris with that awkward moustache try very hard to sell their persona; Sierra Six, a loner who flexes his masculinity to save the day, and Lloyd Hansen as a megalomaniac toxic male.

The film, which stars Ryan Reynolds as Court Gentry (aka Six) and Chris Evans as Lloyd Hansen, just dropped today (July 22) on Netflix. It's gotten a lot of ...

With The Gray Man out of the way, there are 10 more Gentry novels for adaptation. The next chapter in the series is titled On Target, and it finds Gentry forced into a mission against his will. So, since The Gray Man doesn't end with a tag that says "Court Gentry will return in The Gray Man 2" or some similarly-titled movie, it's hard to know at this stage if Netflix will or won't bring the cast and crew back. Death, taxes and ... The Gray Man 2? The Gray Man's announcement (July 17, 2020) and release date (July 22, 2022) were separated by about two years, but the Covid-19 pandemic may have thrown some delays in there. Of course, there will need to be some new villains for Gentry to fight.

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He is also the only one in the movie perhaps who has a strong moral compass, which Russos highlight early on by showing him touching a rudraksh mala, which is considered sacred. He also gets to display his fighting skills as he combats with both Ana de Armas and Gosling in a longish scene. If you really have to boil things down to their basics, there are maybe three or four ingredients that make up this relentless but only slightly above-average action flick; actors who know their job (thank God), slick action moves and a lot of talk over the phone.

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It is a grand scale film but one that may not stay with you as it ages. The film still might be a success. The impact of that, coupled with wide-angle photography, is almost dizzying to the point of motion sickness.- And the unrelenting pace of the film barely gives you any time to process the plot, or even breathe for that matter. These two actors were easily the best part of the film and it would be a shame to not see them and their characters again on screen. On top of that, it is the first film Brothers Russo--Anthony and Joe--have made since Avengers Endgame. All this and the tier-A cast made it one of the most-anticipated films of the year. The Indian star makes a memorable Hollywood debut and he will certainly gain a new legion of fans with his performance and action here. Ryan Gosling may not lack the charm of Tom Cruise of Bruce Willis but he is an unlikely action star. Personally, I’d feel bad if the film ‘does not do well’, whatever that means in the streaming world. In addition to that is all fight scenes involving Dhanush, which are gritty yet smooth, giving an indication of just what the National Award-winner is capable of. The film’s USP is its action, which is sad because much of it is incomprehensible. The action set pieces are so chaotic that it’s often hard to follow what is happening on screen. For that’s essentially what The Gray Man is--MI minus the charm of Tom Cruise and any iconic moments.

All of the songs featured in the Russo Brothers Netflix movie The Gray Man, including The Black Keys song featured in the credits.

The Black Keys close the film with a catchy song called “Wild Child” in the credits. The song was released in March 2022 and was featured on their eleventh album Dropout Boogie, which was released on May 13. But there’s also a new song by a chart-topping, Grammy-winning rock band that brings the movie to an end.

Netflix film The Gray Man sees Ryan Gosling's Sierra Six face off against Chris Evans' Lloyd Hansen.

Suzanne's decision to shoot Lloyd is crucial in terms of setting up future instalments. Towards the film's latter stages, the hard-drive Sierra Six has been protecting – which contains incriminating evidence about the activities of the CIA – is stolen by another adversary. Quite a turn-up for the books given he had seemingly been working for her... Her plan now is for the dead Lloyd to take the blame for everything that has gone wrong – and she forces Six to comply by shooting him in the kneecap and insisting he returns to prison (although she does promise Claire's safety in return). And so a massive shootout at a castle ensues, at the end of which Six's CIA ally Dani (Ana de Armas) is able to retrieve the hard-drive, before Six finally finds himself one-on-one with Lloyd – in the middle of a maze in the castle's grounds. Most of The Gray Man's runtime is essentially building up to an epic showdown between Sierra Six (Gosling) and his adversary – the psychopathic Lloyd Hansen (Evans), who has been hired by the CIA to murder him.

Ryan Gosling (Court Gentry). At the center of The Gray Man is Ryan Gosling's Count Gentry, aka Sierra Six, a CIA black ops operative who becomes the target of ...

Woodard previously worked with the Russos on Captain America: Civil War (she played the grieving mother who approached Tony Stark at MIT), but that was just a small part of her career. The list of Thornton’s best movies features one extraordinary performance after another in films like Sling Blade, Monster’s Ball, Primary Colors, Tombstone and more. And then there is also all that buzz around if he will or will not be the next man to call himself “Bond, James Bond.” With names like Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas front and center of the spy thriller book-to-film adaptation, it’s safe to say The Gray Man cast is one remarkable bunch of actors. Despite being best known for playing the fan-favorite hero Captain America throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Evans has proven on more than one occasion that he is well suited to play the bad guy. Anthony and Joe Russo know a thing or two about working with large ensemble casts made of up talented actors — just look at their work on four of the best Marvel movies and it becomes all the more clear.

Beyond teaming with The Russo Brothers, Jackman is known for his work on movies like Kingsman: The Secret Service, X-Men First Class, and Captain Phillips.

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Could Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas be back for a sequel to The Gray Man on Netflix? Here's what we know about The Gray Man 2.

If Netflix announces a sequel or spin-off movie based on The Gray Man, we’ll be sure to keep fans updated on all the latest developments. Like with most Netflix titles, the possibility of either getting a sequel in development or expanding the universe depends on its performance. But will they return for a sequel to the surefire hit?

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And we were able to pull that off during the pandemic, which is, I think, a real testament to everybody." "I mean, we had access to a massive section of the city in order to accomplish that scene. "So that was actually a big boon for us.

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Nope! Though we hope there will be more Gray Man on the way soon, the movie ends when it ends. There is not a mid-credits or after-credits scene. That said, the first Gray Man movie already went pretty off-book, so there’s no telling how much the second movie (if it happens) would follow the second book. The Old Man is representative of that. And that certainly leaves the door open for the franchise Netflix is hoping for. So the CIA sends a sociopathic Chris Evans to hunt Gosling down.

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There’s too much talent on board for browsing audiences to flick past it, and if it’s entertaining enough for fans, well, it doesn’t really matter what critics think. It became Netflix’s most-viewed original movie by a good margin, and is getting at least one sequel as a result. If a movie is popular and enjoyed by fans, that’s enough to consider it a success. Captain America: The Winder Soldier and both Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame have 85%+ scores, and similarly high marks from audiences. I expect this to rocket up the Netflix charts over the weekend here, and I would be surprised if this did not end up becoming one of their most viewed movies by the end of its initial run here. To be clear, critics have normally liked the Russo’s work in the Marvel universe.

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If you're looking for a mindless summer action flick, then The Gray Man will certainly suffice, with plenty of talented actors and Hollywood magic to keep the story moving along. One of the main issues with The Gray Man is that it doesn't have a compelling villain. Yet, throughout the movie, he's really not that scary, except for a few moments of unexpected torture that feel out of place in a film with mildly violent action sequences and hand-to-hand combat. But although The Gray Man has plenty of talent, the script from Joe Russo, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely doesn't give them much to work with. However, the final product ends up in somewhat of a gray area (pun intended), without enough substance to make it stand out from past spy thrillers. Flash forward to present day, and Six discovers that he has been charged with killing one of his own, and he believes that he's next.

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One frustrating aspect of “The Gray Man” is the fight sequences. Comparisons to “John Wick” here expose the lack of weight of these fight sequences. I suspect we will see more of him in the inevitable “Gray Man” sequel and other English language Hollywood projects. Where Wick appears to be delivering (and taking) blows, the punches thrown in “The Gray Man” don’t seem to have a visceral impact. Still, the way the camera ramps up and ramps down is distracting. Few would argue that she was one of the best things, if not the best thing, about the last Bond film, “No Time To Die.” That sequence in Havana was terrific, causing fans to swoon. And if you turn off your moral compass, there’s fun to be had with “The Gray Man.” Obviously, viewers shouldn’t dwell too much on the efficacy of any decision made by the characters in “The Gray Man.” It would be impossible to make perfect sense of any one motivation. If only we got more elegance and less barbaric action sequences, “The Gray Man” would have been a far better movie. And where their last movie, 2021’s drug drama “Cherry,” failed to resonate, a return to the action genre definitely agrees with the twosome. The set-up for “The Gray Man” is excellent. Both men were part of a top-secret program led by the surly Fitzroy (a gray man himself, Billy Bob Thornton) that takes criminals and puts them to work as covert operatives.

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans face off in this globetrotting spy movie from the directors of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.

Kudos to the filmmakers, by the way, for those florid Evil Dead-like establishing shots shot from a drone, which capture large swaths of the city and shake things up from the usual. Promoted as Netflix’s most expensive movie to date, The Gray Man is undeniably polished and entirely engrossing, though like most of the streaming service’s offerings, it feels more like disposable entertainment than event cinema. (See previous articles for more details on The Gray Man’s shooting locations in Prague). This slam-bang sequence, largely accomplished using practical effects outside of shots of Prague architecture being smashed up to pieces, is beautifully choreographed and executed, and easily the film’s biggest highlight. Twenty years after he’s recruited, Six finds himself in Bangkok and assigned to take out a target by slick new CIA honcho Denny Carmichael ( Regé-Jean Page) before said target can sell off valuable government data. Still, one might wish this real-life spy movie took things more seriously than a comic book blockbuster; The Gray Man’s destructive action sequences seem to unfold without much consequence, while its characters never miss an opportunity to make a lighthearted quip.

This Russo Bros. movie is so chaotic, the incomparable Ana de Armas almost gets lost in it.

The Gray Man doesn’t have much in the way of gray matter, and almost proudly has nothing to say about anything important. He even calls Six a “Ken doll,” which is the kind of meta-joke that makes you want to H-bomb him from orbit twice (is the only way to surely be sure). The second half of the movie, however, tends to forget the first half was witty, and compensates by leaning heavily into the pandemonium. I didn’t like how it gave the incomparable AdA very little to do beyond her role as a plot device (she enjoyed a far more dynamic and memorable action sequence during her brief appearance in No Time to Die), and how the film can be a little too CG-flattened, too hacked up for barbeque in the editing room to be exceptional. Performance Worth Watching: Despite Gosling playing a Man Who Don’t Talk Much and who chews on a toothpick (say it with me: “I drive”), which is one of my favorite modern cinema archetypes, Evans is the only one who’s doing anything sort of original. Sure, at least for the first half, when the action blends smoothly with the rollout of colorful characters, and the snappy dialogue routinely tickles the giggle-cockles. The score gets hyperactive, the stream of endlessly slaughterable grunt-soldier bad guys is utterly inexhaustible and it kind of falls apart for the ending. In BANGKOK, Six is assigned by his CIA superiors Carmichael (Rege-Jean Page) and Suzanne (Jessica Henwick) to, of course, kill a guy. That doesn’t sit well with Six, but too late, the guy tells him this in the space between being fatally stabbed and his journey to the Great Unknown. Around the dead guy’s neck is an encrypted microchip. The Gist: He’s known only as Six (Gosling). The CIA plucked him out of prison and turned him into a remorseless assassin. In a world where “Wick” has become a verb – the capitalized version of it, anyway – it can be a verb in its lowercase form, of course, but less frequently than its use as a noun – comes The Gray Man, a Very Expensive Netflix Action Movie starring Ryan Gosling as a class-A top-shelf mercenary headshotter who gets his 1099s from the CIA. Notable: Actually probably more than notable, but a legit plea to put your eyeballs on this thing: Marvel Cinematic Universe guys Joe and Anthony Russo direct – their second post-MCU outing after 2021 creative flop Cherry – reuniting with their Captain from America, Chris Evans, who plays the most hateable bad guy in recent memory. (Say it with me: “It’s the only way to be sure.”) Lloyd is Six’s antagonist, and he’s so disgusting, you can’t help but laugh.

Much like Brad Pitt before him, Ryan Gosling keeps falling into Hollywood's “cool guy” trap.

He’s pulled off the taciturn heroes of Drive, Blade Runner 2049, and First Man, but also the shambling, overconfident private detective Holland March in The Nice Guys, the scumbag trader Jared Vennett in The Big Short, and the kind-hearted but awkward Lars of Lars and the Real Girl. He was at his least interesting as a do-gooder cop in Gangster Squad, and that’s what The Gray Man recalled for me above all. Given that the government honed him as a “gray man” who could blend into the background of any assignment, he spends the majority of the movie glowering and mumbling when he’s not being tossed into another CGI-powered combo of running, jumping, and shooting. In return, he delivers the all-purpose steely charm required of him, but there’s no passion behind it. The actor he’s frequently reminded me of is Brad Pitt, who catapulted to fame in the early ’90s with striking work in Thelma and Louise, bolstered by his chiseled face. One of his best-remembered films remains the taut 2011 thriller Drive, in which he played an unnamed stunt driver who is cool behind the wheel but monosyllabic in conversation. In First Man, he portrayed the astronaut Neil Armstrong as prickly and standoffish, far more ready to face his work than any interpersonal relationship.

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It’s the talking point of most media buzz, and it’s the first thing we should get out of the way: at somewhere around $200 million, The Gray Man (starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans) is now Netflix’s most expensive original movie. Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film told The New York Times he’s been hoping to help the company break into big franchise action films since he arrived five years ago. That’s not including a vague CIA chief known as “the old man.” And there are precedents; big movies have paid off in the past. It’s too soon to tell whether this strategy will pay off, but it does suggest a forward-looking film cycle, where Netflix hopes to run several action franchises simultaneously. The budget matters.

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Court doesn’t have much time to rest, as Marc Laurent — the Monsieur Laurent of LaurentGroup — arrives at the château in his helicopter. By the time Court arrives in Normandy, Phillip has been shot dead by a sniper while trying to prevent Claire from escaping the compound to alert the police, and the Gray Man has amassed enough wounds to need a medicinal cocktail of blood, dextrose, narcotics, and amphetamines to make it the last few miles to the château. After Court refuses Fitzroy’s offer to set up another extraction, the handler reveals that the “Nigerians” — in actuality, mercenaries hired by LaurentGroup — are holding Phillip and his family in Normandy and will kill them if Court isn’t dead within the next 48 hours. Greaney’s 2009 novel follows Courtland “Court” Gentry — aka the Gray Man, a former CIA operative who now works as a hired killer, trying to stay one step ahead of his former allies, who have orders to shoot him on sight. He’s arranged for Fitzroy’s son, Phillip, to be kidnapped — along with Phillip’s wife, Elise, and their 8-year-old twin daughters, Claire (Julia Butters) and Kate — and held at Château Laurent in Normandy. The family is as good as dead, unless Fitzroy complies. The primary antagonist refers to Nigerians as “savages” twice, and his statement goes unchallenged, both by the other characters and by the text as a whole.

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Pitting Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling) and Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans) against each other in front of an ornate French fountain was quite the choice for the film's ...

It all leads to the mess that The Gray Man sees its characters at the heart of, as the ambitious Denny Carmichael gets both Fitzroy and Cahill out of CIA leadership. Speaking of which, there are plenty of consequences to go around in this universe, but all of that naturally depends on how well this first Sierra Six adventure does with the crowd. If you’re hungry for more knowledge, our last offering is this rundown of what we knew about The Gray Man, prior to actually seeing the film. Joe Russo: It seemed, yeah…we struggled over that for a long, long time…Seemed too, it just, again, like, we, we used to always say this with the Marvel work, you know, there has to be stakes, you know what I'm saying? You’ll notice that we’ve barely mentioned Chris Evans’ Lloyd Hansen, the Gray Man villain critics can’t stop talking about, in our examination of this ending. As both know what really happened throughout this entire CIA shit show, they’re pretty much public enemies #1 and #2. Or at least, that would be the official viewpoint of the two parties that have the most to lose from this mess. One could say it’s a small price to pay for backing Suzanne’s story that Lloyd Hansen was behind every single screwup we saw in The Gray Man. However, it’s a price that’s soon voided out. However, there are two conditions: Court goes back to prison, and the niece of his late mentor, Donald (Billy Bob Thornton), is placed under CIA lock and key. Should you want to know more about the movie without spoilers, read our official review of The Gray Man. Otherwise, let the madness begin, starting with what happened at the end of Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans’ insane confrontation. Pitting Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling) and Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans) against each other in front of an ornate French fountain was quite the choice for the film’s final fight. If you haven’t watched the movie yet and want to go in cold, this is the point of no return. Simultaneously, the tracks to the future are laid pretty effectively, as Ryan Gosling protagonist Court Gentry has been mixing it up with his enemies for 11 books, with a 12th on the way.

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Meanwhile, “The Gray Man” seems destined to the same fate. Even “Bridgerton” and “Squid Game” may prove to be fluke hits. (Disney+ and HBO Max are the main players here, but even Peacock and Paramount+ immediately conjure images of NBC comedies and “Star Trek” respectively.) But after coming face-to-face with large-scale streamers that bring a defined brand to the table, Netflix's lack of a defined lane has become a detriment. This means in a way it is also the perfect Netflix film: something that looks like other things you like to watch, without actually demanding you watch it. Leading man Gosling has never had much of a defined personality, but here he fades into the background of his own movie.

In "The Gray Man" on Netflix, Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling make a strong impression. The film is directed by Anthony Rizzo and Joe Russo.

Lloyd's job is to finish six and retrieve the drive anyhow. Callan Mulvey (Dining Car) says he is Sierra Four, and the next target would be six. The film is bold, loud, big and has an adrenaline rush attached to it.

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans play shadow CIA agents in the fast-paced Netflix spy thriller "Gray Man," which also stars Regé-Jean Page.

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