The gray man movie

The grey man builds itself using the spare parts and superficial flourishes of much better action films..

 

the gray man

It's a product of too many conflicting approaches with no unifying vision resulting in a spy movie mishmash that takes far too long to be enjoyable the grey man directed by Joe and Anthony Russo is Netflix’s latest shot at a first installment in a hopeful franchise the streaming giant reportedly cut the previous much mainstays a mammoth check of 200 million dollars but this investment is rarely reflected by the film's flimsy texture less appearance 

That makes exotic locations feel cheap and complicated fight scenes seem hastily strung together at its center is a tale where nearly every character feels cut whole cloth from a spy movie parody speaking in broad espionage terminology alone and rarely exhibiting an ounce of humanity there is perhaps one major exception or an attempt at such in the form of Chris Evans suave sociopathic private sector hetman Lloyd Hansen 

Who chases gosling's character codenamed sierra 6 across much of the 129 minute run time but Evan’s role ends up too blinkered in its adherence to type and too singular in its attempts to project tongue-in-cheek villainy to leave a lasting impression the grey man largely takes its cues from sky fall the Bourne trilogy a few missions impossible and even john wick but it never manages to create a character or action sequence as memorable as any of its inspirations 

While gosling spearheads the film's quips self-effacing dialogue he's largely left a drift by a script that doesn't so much as give six a discernible personality trait attempts are made to give him something of a heart but six isn't so much a person as he is an amalgam of cinematic ideas none of which are given the requisite breathing room 

The title is explained as a reference to his morality but the film's moral dimensions are so swiftly smoothed over as to be completely moot the majority of the cast is similarly shackled by the edits need to zip from scene to scene without a lasting human moment on a dermis 

Playing field agent Danny Miranda isn't so much doe-eyed as she is a deer in the headlights she's a more than capable actress but she struggles here to so much as spin a question and glance from the story's abyss Evans Hansen is touted as a sociopath but he's less intimidating 

Than dear even Hansen perhaps Evans is too straightforward a performer or perhaps there was little provided by the writers and directors for him to tap into with regards to the character's diabolical villainy what's more the film actually features a superior example of this archetype albeit briefly in the form of a character called lone wolf played by Danish while he only features in a handful of scenes his combination of patterned suit and graceful movements during his fight scenes captures 

The kind of harmonious clash between cruelty and style the film so desperately wants from Evans speaking of style 

The Gray Man Movie

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