Red Notice | Film Review
This is a Netflix original that came out recently. The premise seemed quite generic, but I was mainly interested in the cast. In fact, the cast was definitely the most important thing in the promotion of the film. An FBI Profiler (Dwayne Johnson) and an art thief (Ryan Reynolds) work together to catch an evasive criminal mastermind (Gal Gadot). I started off disliking this film, and while there were enjoyable moments in the middle and end, overall it just wasn't that great. For a start, the beginning feels like it was written to be really exciting, but I actually lost interest really quickly (about 8 minutes in). In fact, I was never made to care about the characters. The beginning of the film is also really sporadic. There are 4 location changes and time jumps in the first 22 minutes and it's almost exhausting to watch. There are moments when the comedy slips into parody. There was never a time when I truly believed these characters or their situation. The film rests on the ...