I saw the 6.6 IMDb rating before I saw this movie and so I entered with tempered expectations, but by the end of the movie I couldn't believe how low that rating was. But at the same time I get it. The movie seems to be trying to walk a tightrope between the seriousness of Bourne but the extravagance of Wick, but by the end it's basically all Wick style action. So I get why people would be turned off by the absurdity of some of the action sequences.
That being said, guess what, I watch movies for entertainment and it had that in spades. If you're going into this expecting Bourne, you'll be disappointed. So that is me message and warning: expect Taken and John Wick, sit back and enjoy it. Is it relatively cliche? ...I guess so? It's a freaking action movie and it delivers. Just for comparison, I enjoyed Red Notice, but this is way better imo.
Ana DeArmas was amazing and I could easily see this pushing her into her own lead action role. The bad guys were genuinely bad, and they really were pissing me off, I can't remember the last movie that did that.
That being said, guess what, I watch movies for entertainment and it had that in spades. If you're going into this expecting Bourne, you'll be disappointed. So that is me message and warning: expect Taken and John Wick, sit back and enjoy it. Is it relatively cliche? ...I guess so? It's a freaking action movie and it delivers. Just for comparison, I enjoyed Red Notice, but this is way better imo.
Ana DeArmas was amazing and I could easily see this pushing her into her own lead action role. The bad guys were genuinely bad, and they really were pissing me off, I can't remember the last movie that did that.