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With: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard, Billy Bob Thornton
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Written by: Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, based on a novel by Mark Greaney
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Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of strong violence, and strong language
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Running Time: 129
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Date: 07/22/2022
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Pick-Up Six
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame), The Gray Man is another expensive, star-studded Netflix movie that is, at best, diverting and forgettable, but subscribers seem to be enjoying it. (It's fast becoming one of the service's all-time biggest hits.) Ryan Gosling stars as a former convicted felon-turned-secret CIA assassin known only as "Six." During an attempt to stop a target from potentially leaking national security secrets, he discovers that the organization he works for may be corrupt. So, with the help of his former handler (Billy Bob Thornton), he snatches an encrypted drive filled with evidence and goes on the run. But sociopathic ex-CIA man, Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans, with a bad mustache and acting nutty) is called in to find him. Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, and Alfre Woodard round out the fine cast, although no one is asked to do much more than run, fight, and explain the complex plot to each other. It's based on the first in a series of novels by Mark Greaney, and sequels are promised.
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