Red Notice is the costliest film in Netflix history.
A lot of that money will have been spent on the film’s central trio of Johnson/Gadot/Reynolds, none of whom are stretched in any way. That’s not to say it’s inherently a bad thing, but in this case it leads to the cinematic equivalent of a shrug.
Reynolds in particular is just treading water now. I remember watching Buried and realising that he’s got some chops when he wants to. But I guess if people are willing to throw money at him for ‘more Deadpool’, then he’s got it sewn up. Seems a shame though.
There’s very little in the way of surprise, with the film borrowing from a variety of other, better films. You could play certain jokes side by side with the film it originated in and wonder if they even cared that it was so obvious.
Correctly adjusted expectations are key to getting the most out of films. In this case they were adjusted to the lower end of the scale. All Red Notice needed to do was be breezy and occasionally funny, and it struggled.
There are worse ways to pass a couple of hours. Red Notice’s quality does not justify the price tag.
To think, the director of this wrote and directed Dodgeball. Go watch that again instead!
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