Half way through and I wanted it to stop. Does this have non-stop action? Yes. Cool hand-to-hand combat? Yes. Over-the-top chases? Yes. And after an hour, it's starts to get exhausting.
If only it had an interesting story, but it's very formula driven. The first half hour of dialogue is cringy: "I want you to work for us. The CIA. You will be part of an elite squad" blah blah blah, as though written by someone who's either 12 years old or has never read a book or both. And the characters are universally flat, except for some last-minute attempt to give background to the hero, at which point it no longer matters. He has the depth of 007, probably a favourite of the directors, hence the lack of story/dialogue/character.
Ryan Gosling isn't bad but quite wooden, and oddly invincible. The rest of the casting is odd. Chris Evans is more annoying than villainous. Rege-Jean Page is too young and pretty to be an experienced plotter. And the references to Harvard are weird. We never meet the "old man" unless it's the youthful fellow in the final debrief.
It's not enough to throw money at a movie. You have to try.
If only it had an interesting story, but it's very formula driven. The first half hour of dialogue is cringy: "I want you to work for us. The CIA. You will be part of an elite squad" blah blah blah, as though written by someone who's either 12 years old or has never read a book or both. And the characters are universally flat, except for some last-minute attempt to give background to the hero, at which point it no longer matters. He has the depth of 007, probably a favourite of the directors, hence the lack of story/dialogue/character.
Ryan Gosling isn't bad but quite wooden, and oddly invincible. The rest of the casting is odd. Chris Evans is more annoying than villainous. Rege-Jean Page is too young and pretty to be an experienced plotter. And the references to Harvard are weird. We never meet the "old man" unless it's the youthful fellow in the final debrief.
It's not enough to throw money at a movie. You have to try.