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.