The Gray Man is very much an escapist movie. I would commend their effort to make the movie entertaining with all the action and all. But really, it was a movie that would soon be forgotten, like many other movies that only rose to the top because of the money spent and the famous actors brought in.
On days that I want a real story to watch, movies like The Gray Man would definitely be last on the list. On other days when I just want to fast-paced images, just to pass time and relax, I could then stick with it.
I very much enjoyed it, but I must say that without the elements that make up real stories, like sex, drama, emotions, and all that, it pushes The Gray Man toward the souless category of movies.
Have you seen Archive 81 and Sandman? I look forward to your take on them.
I like escapist films and mere entertainment. But even those kinds of movies have to make the viewer feel some emotion. A recent example: Ambulance, by Michael Bay, a master of action films. Ambulance has everything good and bad about its director, but it's a movie that doesn't let you breathe, keeps you in your seat and its action scenes leave you exhausted. Ambulance and many other Michael Bay action movies I would gladly watch again. The Gray Man should have been directed by Bay and not the Russo brothers, those filmmakers became famous for Marvel movies and everything they do is in the style of Marvel superhero movies. Action sequences, destruction, but no excitement.
I think Archive 81 was cancelled, I'm not going to watch it and The Sadman I'll watch it after I finish a couple of series I'm currently watching.
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