Film: The Gray Man
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 128 mins

Mark Greaney’s debut novel The Gray Man gets a feature film representation in this Netflix’ Russo Brothers’ directed venture. The Russo brothers attempt to go big budget again with a spy-versus-spy thriller but it fails to live up to the expectations brought on by their earlier oeuvre which include Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The moniker ‘Gray Man’ ostensibly refers to the ability of a Spy to move through the world without being noticed. That may be a commendable quality in a Spy but not so in a movie which unfortunately mirrors that ‘gray area’ of being imminently forgettable - all volatile crash and burn with a lot of muddling and chaos in between. 

The story here is about CIA's most skilled mercenary Court Gentry, aka Sierra Six (Ryan Gosling), recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) post a stint in prison, accidentally uncovering dark agency secrets and subsequently becoming a primary target hunted around the world by psychopathic former colleague Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans), Agent Dani Miranda (Ana de Armas) and international assassins.