My quick rating - 6,7/10. Another Netflix original that just came out today (July 22nd) so it should be in your queue waiting for ya. Since the Russo brothers are involved, we can expect plenty of good-looking action scenes. And that scene in downtown Prague did NOT disappoint at all!! 200 million dollar budget, it better look damn good. What we did end up getting is a solid action/thriller that is apparently a setup for things to come from the streaming giant in a further "Gray Man" universe. The setup is fairly simple and straightforward with a CIA agent who is only known to the highest levels of security that uncovers a conspiracy of utmost importance, accidentally of course. So the evil villains are deadset on killing Ryan Gosling (as Six) and the entire movie turns into a global manhunt with Chris Evans on his tail the whole time. Now, I was slightly unimpressed with the actual setup of Six especially if they plan on using his character in future flix. But that flaw aside, the rest of the way is very enjoyable. In his attempts to survive, and there are MANY close calls, he has to take on a partner, love interest, wherever you would like to place her role in Ana de Armas. But calling her love interest is a complete disservice since she is much more of an offensive asset than just eye candy. I will say she has been proving to be quite the female actioneer as of late and well deserving of the roles. The scenery is astounding and there is a dizzying amount of switches to locations all over the planet for geography buffs. I am also sure measuring the number of green screens used to make this film would be another record of some sort. The fighting looks surprisingly good as they seem to be taking Gosling down the Keanu Reeves road and placing him in a John Wick-type role. I will say I am fine with that since he handles it well for the first entry here and looks to be in proper shape for it. Definitely a bit expensive but it does deliver the goods just makes you wonder if it ends up being money well spent? Check it out if a fan of action flix and don't expect much more than a popcorn flick and you'll do just fine as long as you don't mind a lean plot.
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