Review of The Gray Man (2022) by Mauro_Lanari — 26 Jul 2022

(Mauro Lanari).

It seems that Keanu Reeves was one of the responsible in havin' seen in Ana de Armas the potential to launch her in Hollywood as a new sex symbol. She, born in Havana and therefore Spanish speaking, did not know a word of English but, after the necessary learning courses, in 2015 she shot her first two films exactly with Keanu. She continued to play this her only role until the gigantic naked hologram in Villeneuve's "Blade Runner 2049" (2017). Then the sudden and unexpected turn alongside Craig in "No Time To Die" (Fukunaga 2021): a small part yet the most successful action sequence of the film. Now here she is co-starring with Gosling who forces the directors to the uninterrupted use of the Kuleshov effect: had Reeves been free and available, we would have had a "John Wick 4". The complete lack of ideas and images not already used millions of times forces the Russo brothers to hide such deficit with a dizzling pace, and it is the best thing about a blockbuster that flows away very fluidly so as to achieve its primary goal: an unconditional intellectual disengagement.