Red Notice Review: Dwayne Johnson And Ryan Reynolds Bumble Through Netflix’s Glossy, Lifeless Action Movie

What can $200 million get you these days? How about an ultra-glossy, ultra-derivate action-adventure designed solely to launch a franchise? Netflix reportedly paid a small fortune for “Red Notice,” a new globe-hopping blockbuster featuring mega-stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, and they didn’t get their money’s worth.

“Red Notice” is art by algorithm; a film that hasn’t so much been made as it’s been assembled, like a Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together from other, better franchises.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, the “Fast and Furious” saga, “Indiana Jones” movies, “National Treasure,” even the 1999 “The Mummy” all serve…The post Red Notice Review: Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds Bumble Through Netflix’s Glossy, Lifeless Action Movie appeared first on /Film.

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