Red Notice

Koko ajan vaan sitä samaa. Takaa-ajo, taistelu, pako, sama meno koko ajan, niin kuin nykyään kaikissa toimintaleffoissa. Netflix näyttää säästävän ulkokohtauksissa, joten niissä kaikissa (jopa tavallisessa autolla ajossa) on ärsyttävän halvan näköistä CGI-meininkiä, ja loppu haiskahtaa studiolta. C-luokan käsis on tehty luultavasti idiooteille, ja puolen tunnin jälkeen Gal Gadotin henkilön on pakko selittää yksityiskohtaisesti suunnitelmistaan ja tekemisistään. Itseäni se katsojana jo melkein loukkaa. Ainoa valopilkku on  Ryan Reynolds, joka poikkeuksellisesti ei ole typerää läppää heittävän, turpiinsa ottavan surkimuksen roolissa, ja elokuvan keskivaiheilla pelastaa arviostani 20 % (nauroin kolme kertaa, mutten enää muista miksi). Rock näyttelee koko ajan sitä samaa ja Gal Gadot ei sovi käsikirjoitukseen ollenkaan. Kaikki on tajuttoman yksinkertaista, mielikuvituksetonta ja ylipäätään tuntuu, että leffa on tehty jollekulle, joka ei tajua oikein mitään (eikä varmasti joudu käyttämään aivojaan liikaa)... (16.11.2021)

One of this year's most expensive Netflix movies is a decent genre one-off, but given the budget and the cast, I was expecting a bigger load of excitement. I was kind of hoping for something in the vein of 6 Underground, but the PG-13 rating alone kind of bugged me. It's a bit of a variation on Indiana Jones, James Bond and Ocean’s Eleven, but in neither can the film hold a candle to those franchises. As expected, Red Notice is an entertaining, expensive and nicely made film, with The Rock, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds doing their thing again, and a few of the jokes are good. Unfortunately, the action is a disappointment, there isn't a single memorable action scene and the finale is delivered in a more intimate than monumental way, which is a big downside. There is one unexpected twist that’s quite good, and the heist antics aren't bad, but that's not enough for me. The two hours are bearable, and Red Notice is certainly worth recommending, but it should and could have been more consistent and wilder. Story 3/5, Action 3/5, Humor 3/5, Violence 0/5, Fun 4/5 Music 4/5, Visuals 4/5, Atmosphere 2/5, Suspense 2/5, Emotion 3/5, Actors 4/5. 6/10. (13.11.2021)

A TV B-movie with A-movie actors, a promising theme, a weak screenplay and the oh-so-mediocre Rawson Marshall Thurber in the director’s chair. Red Notice could be great a modern take on Indy (they even have Swastikas) and the search for Cleopatra’s golden eggs, if it weren’t for lots of nonsense and ridiculous (even if unexpected) twists. The Rock, Gadot and Ryan Reynold all act how they always act and if this had had more inventive (better filmed) action and if it hadn’t been filmed in a studio, it could have been a wonderful guilty pleasure, but this way it is only just an entertaining snack. P.S.: Not even Jablonsky was trying... (17.11.2021)

Red Notice is an insanely unoriginal and generic, annoyingly unobjectionable flick with a screenplay like a feature-length Tom and Jerry... playing with twists like The Usual Suspects. In the words of Reynolds, “What the fuck?!” His lines are the only bright moments in the film. Even Jungle Cruise was more imaginative and enchanting. (13.11.2021)

Netflix calculated how to make a hit: take a lot of money, put in famous faces, come up with an uncomplicated story, and cram something in there for everyone, ideally in a way that the result won't turn anyone off, regardless of age or whether they want action, adventure, humor, exotic locations, or basically anything. The result is Red Notice. Dwayne Johnson scowls and occasionally punches someone, Ryan Reynolds talks and pisses Johnson off, and Gal Gadot looks good while sadly confirming that her acting talent is more suited for photos or silent films. And overall? Overall, it doesn't offend, it doesn't surprise, it passes pleasantly in the first half and drags in the second, and when there's a problem somewhere, Netflix throws a few million dollars at it and routinist Rawson Marshall Thurbert pulls it all together into something that's about two hours long, with a beginning, middle and end, and everyone will watch it anyway because we're just curious about the actors, right? And then we all forget about it in an hour. I get what Netflix was going for and I respect that they did it, but I'm certainly not going to settle for this uninteresting routine and I'm not going to praise it. It's like it was all made by a machine that figured out what people probably want to see and served it up to them. (18.11.2021)