Chris Hemsworth’s Upcoming Action Film Can Redeem Netflix For Red Notice
An upcoming Chris Hemsworth Netflix action movie can possibly help redeem the platform's badly-reviewed Red Notice in time for its sequels. Red Notice follows FBI Special Agent John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) cracking down on an art theft case for bejeweled eggs formerly owned by Cleopatra. The thieves in question are Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) and his competition, Sarah "The Bishop" Black (Gal Gadot). The three eventually convene to find the third egg while Interpol is on their tail. It was very well-received by viewers, with the Rotten Tomatoes audience score as of writing being 92%. However, critics panned Red Notice, with Roger Ebert giving it 1 1/2 stars and Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic setting the movie for critics at 36% and 37%, respectively.
Despite its poor critical reception, at least Red Notice sets its sequel up well and provides the franchise with a modicum of promise. With a $200 million budget, Red Notice was Netflix's most expensive action movie produced. It's understandable, then, that Netflix would want to capitalize on its investment with sequels, regardless of low critical ratings. However, Red Notice supports the notion that Netflix has low standards for producing action films, capitalizing on big-name actors and high production budgets in lieu of quality moviemaking. Even if Red Notice 2 is an improvement from the first film, it likely won't be the movie to prove this notion wrong.
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Instead, Netflix's upcoming Spiderhead might help Netflix's reputation. Based on the 2010 New Yorker short story "Escape from Spiderhead" by George Saunders, Spiderhead is expected to release on Netflix in summer 2022. Chris Hemsworth stars in the
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