The Gray Man Early Reactions Are Mixed On Chris Evans' Netflix Movie
The Gray Man, the Netflix movie starring Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas, is receiving mixed reviews on Twitter in the first round of reactions. The film is based on the book series by Mark Greaney, as The Gray Man follows a top CIA agent on a global chase after discovering dark agency secrets. Helmed by Avengers: Infinity WarandEndgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo, the movie features Evans as its villain, a role the Russo brothers previously revealed has been planned since the production of 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
In the book series by the same name, The Gray Man follows former CIA agent and freelance assassin Court Gentry (Gosling) on a mission across Europe as he tries to protect himself and his family, hunted by Evans' Lloyd Hansen. There have been attempts to turn the Gray Man novel series into a movie before, with James Gray attached to direct in 2011 and Christopher McQuarrie in 2016. However, these versions fell through, and in July 2020, Netflix announced plans to adapt The Gray Man with the Russos directing. The film will release on Netflix on July 15.
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Early reactions to The Gray Man have now begun to appear on Twitter, and the results are mixed. Some reviews praise its action sequences and Gosling and Evans' chemistry as foes, such as film critic Courtney Howard. However, comments from entertainment reporter Germain Lussier and Next Best Picture owner Matt Neglia point out the redundancy of 'agent on the run' action movies like John Wick and Mission Impossible, and early signs of an predictable plot with little pay off. Others criticized the movie’s story as obvious, arguing The Gray Man was simply a
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