The Gray Man

Darkflame4 12/15/2025 4:13:59AM 8.4

The Gray Man (2022) is a highly entertaining, and to me, memorable thriller. I've rewatched it four times now, which is rare for me. The visuals and effects are (mostly) high quality, and heavily contribute to making the movie intense. All of this, however, doesn't make the film absolutely flawless. Some scenes feel visually cluttered, and the plot is similar to many other action/crime thrillers. To add on, the budget was $200,000,000 - very high for a thriller with the sole purpose of a few hours of entertainment. Most films of this quality cost less than $100,000,000 to make. Overall, this is a very entertaining movie with awesome visuals (applies to most scenes) and intense action sequences, but does contain a mediocre plot and has an unnecessarily high budget. Worth at least 1-2 views for all action movie fans.

Manuel São Bento 7/20/2022 1:09:11PM 8.4

MORE SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/ "The Gray Man holds the energetic, over-the-top, explosive action from the Russo Brothers, which should be enough to entertain the vast majority of the audience throughout the admittedly generic, predictable screenplay. Excessive camera movement occasionally sabotages the fantastic fight choreography, but nothing that lasts too long. Regardless of the valuable technical aspects, the success of this movie is inherently connected to the superb performances from a cast packed with chemistry. Ryan Gosling demonstrates that he knows how to play an action protagonist, Chris Evans clearly has tons of fun playing a "bad guy" full of personality, Ana de Armas captivates as the sidekick badass, while Jessica Henwick is underused - the actress has done more than enough in her career to portray bigger roles. See it in the theater, if possible." Rating: B

r96sk 1/5/2023 3:54:39AM 8.4

It's good stuff, but ought to have been so much more. <em>'The Gray Man'</em> features all the ingredients to have become a quality movie. Unfortunately, it is simply 'just' a watchable popcorn action flick. That's not necessarily a criticism in itself, it's just that I had hoped for far greater. Ryan Gosling puts in an entertaining performance, his dynamic with youngster Julia Butters is reminiscent of his similar showing with Angourie Rice in 2016's <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-nice-guys/">The Nice Guys</a>'</em>. Chris Evans and Ana de Armas are noteworthy positives alongside Gosling. The worldwide vibe of the story is cool, while the action sequences - aside from one 'skydiving' scene - are satisfactory enough. I enjoyed the film thus have no real complaints, it just could've/should've been something more memorable.