The Gray Man

The Gray Man

When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.

  • Released: 2022-07-15
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Thrillers
  • Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Wagner Moura, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, Julia Butters, Alfre Woodard, Billy Bob Thornton, Regé-Jean Page, Eme Ikwuakor, Scott Haze, Deobia Oparei, Daz Crawford, Robert Kazinsky, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aishwarya Sonar, Callan Mulvey, Robert Kazinsky, Sam Lerner, Michael Gandolfini, Karen Jin Beck, Kath Leroy, Dana Aliya Levinson, Matthew Bellows, Kate Blumberg, Nadiv Molcho, Martin Harris, Patrick Newall, Becky Wu, Jamal Antar, Justin Walker White, Joe Daru, Kendall Wells, Shea Whigham, Charlit Dae, Cameron Crovetti, Chris Castaldi, Jeremy Tichy, Marián Mitaš, Petr Semerád, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Adam Bartlett, Eme Ikwuakor, Anthony J. Vorhies, Quinn R. Somasavachai, Siri Schwartzberg, Faye Nightingale, Alexander Minajev, DJ Shy, Angela Russo-Otstot, Maria Darkina, Kaipo Schwab, Emanuel Felix, Michael Anthony Rogers, Oleg Kim, Irina Aylyarova, Karel Heřmánek, Michelle Twarowska, Michel Carliez, Grace Russo, Lia Russo, Camille Marquez, Brent McGee, Belén Cusí, Faouzi Brahimi, Paul Abell, Andy Watts, Steffen Aaron Dziczek, Ian Stone, R. Ben Parker, Swen Gillberg, William Barkley, Stepan Radina, Joe Russo, Isaac Stephen Montgomery, Marc Forget, Boone Platt, Gee Alexander, Dennis Kunkel, Steven Sievert, Gordon Tarpley, Steffen Oziczek
  • Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
 Comments
  • tabuno - 12 January 2023
    A Really Good Attempt At An Action Thriller Movie
    Ryan Gosling, a two-time Oscar nominee, has had a pretty great sweep of movies lately including First Man (2018) as Neil Armstrong, Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and La La Land (2016). This fusion of Bourne Identity and James Bond almost survives intact with a remarkable attempt at scriptwriting. There is the rare effective use of flashbacks, a lot of creativity in the fighting and action scenes that raise the bar above other action thrillers as well as efforts to tie up lose ends and avoid obvious logical miscues, and include a number of multi-plotted upscale situations. What especially comes across experiencing this movie is that somehow the director pushed the envelope of believability in the multitude of action scenes and storyline that kept the story more authentic than most action movies. The thoughtful, non-action espionage scenes helped to give this movie more substance and even the inclusion of scenes that required an additional assist and the ethical behavior of a super assassin really helped to make this movie more unique and memorable. Unfortunately unlike a major blockbuster motion picture and with three scriptwriters (of major superhero movies), either the budget was not there, the energetic thought of the writing of the last fourth of the movie ends with too many cuts, simplistic escapes or break ins that do not carry over the finesse and style of the rest of the movie, perhaps focused too much on a similar sequel-like superhero franchise and sacrificing a crisp, well-written ending. There is a lot in this movie to appreciate and commend, but the end result is a little disappointing knowing that this movie could have been even better, maybe even a real breakthrough movie for the genre. It is worth seeing though for what the future might hold for action thrillers. Other similar movies to consider include: Enemy of the State (1998); Shooter (2007); Salt (2010); Safe House (2012); Survivor (2015); American Ultra (2015); Red Sparrow (2018); Anna (2019); Polar (2019); AVA (2020); The Protégé (2021).
  • r96sk - 5 January 2023
    Could've/should've been something more memorable
    It's good stuff, but ought to have been so much more.

    'The Gray Man' 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 'The Nice Guys'. 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.