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The only clear positive of Red Notice is its cast. Johnson, Reynolds, and Gadot are interesting draws, which only highlights how disappointing the rest of the movie is. A production that snagged three A-listers would hopefully possess more substance. Red Notice isn't necessarily bad but it definitely isn't good. It simultaneously looks like an expensive blockbuster and a cheap knockoff. The decent CGI is grossly overused, smothering every action scene in inauthenticity. This artificiality extends to the production design as well. Red Notice tries to be global and elaborate, but is failed by limited sets that shrink the world it attempts to construct.
Meanwhile, although the cast is famous, their acting is underwhelming. Gadot is wooden and Reynolds' constant quips are downright annoying. Johnson plays his usual role, which isn't much but is fine. Perhaps this is because the material is largely uninspiring. There is a twist that keeps the script from being completely unoriginal, but that only helps so much. In the end, this all adds up to a film that is shallow in every sense. Red Notice may be easy to advertise but is totally void of craft.
Writing: 4/10
Direction: 4/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Acting: 5/10
Editing: 5/10
Sound: 6/10
Score/Soundtrack: 5/10
Production Design: 4/10
Casting: 8/10
Effects: 5/10
Overall Score: 5.2/10
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Herkese selammm 👋🏻
Bir kaç gün önce Netflix'te vizyona giren Red Notice'ı izledim ❤️ Bitireli bir kaç gün oldu ama filmin ilk etkisinden çıkabilmek için eleştiri yazımı biraz erteledim. Genel olarak fikrimden bahsetmek gerekirse sahip olduğu ekip ve 200 milyon dolarlık 💸bütçesinden dolayı ortalamanın en azından bir tık üstünde bir film çıkarabilirler diye düşünmüştüm. Fakat beni o konuda hayal kırıklığına uğrattı 😔
Blogumda bu film hakkında bir yazı yazıcağımdan dolayı eleştirmen gözümü açmıştım 👀; filmdeki bir çok mantık hatasına, gerçeklikten uzak yanlarına ve hoşuma gitmeyen bir çok detaya rast geldim. Diğer bir hayal kırıklığımın sebebi ise tamamen kişisel. Son kısmı -filmin vurucu kısmı- hoşuma gitmedi. Ama o kısmıda fazlasıyla beğenen oldu izleyiciler arasından.
Sahip olduğu güzel ekip için izlenebilecek bir film. Eğlenmek için izleyin ve bu sayede zevk alın. Zaten film Rotten Tomatoes'da eleştirmenler tarafından %36 alırken, izleyiciler tarafından %92 aldı.
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Red Notice
2021
12A
Director: Rawson Thurber
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds, Ritu Arya, Chris Diamantopoulos etc
When an Interpol issued red notice, the highest-level warrant to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted goes out, the FBI’s top profiler John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) is on the case. His global pursuit finds him smack dab in the middle of a daring heist where he’s forced to partner with the worlds greatest art thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) in order to catch the worlds most wanted art thief the bishop (Gal Gadot). The high-flying adventure that ensues takes the trio around the world, across the dance floor, trapped in a secluded prison, into the jungle and, worst of all for them, constantly into each other’s company. Wow this film was just a mediocre mess.
My first few positives would be the fun background to the plot and set up. As well as strong action, great chemistry between the cast and some good humour. I thought the background into the different eggs and the links with Cleopatra was a fun way to introduce the movie and set up a fun plot to explore, the set up was also fun introducing us to Ryan and Dwayne in a fun way with retrieving the first egg. It was entertaining and fun to watch. The action was also very strong, it was thrilling and always gave the film a sense of fun and entertainment. Dwayne, Ryan, and Gal all shone in the action scenes and looked like they were having so much fun filming it. All three actors had fantastic chemistry with each other and were always fun to watch on screen. And the comedic chemistry between Ryan and Dwayne was fantastic, a lot of the jokes landed well, and Ryan Reynolds further proves that he is a charismatic and funny comedian.
However, my first few negatives would be the clunky pacing and how generic and predictable the film was. As well as the poor CGI and bad script. The films pacing was all over the place, randomly ending or cutting to a scene with a new location or title sequence to showcase the rapid change in time. It was often hard to follow and poorly executed. I also thought the film was painfully generic and predictable. Nothing about it was original, taking inspiration from countless other projects before it and never carving anything new out for itself. I could predict every plot point that was going to happen, and it just made it incredibly bland to watch. The script was also poor, the writing was corny and lazy and showed a distinct lack of effort. Relying completely on the talent of the cast but even that could only take the film so far. And finally, there was a lot of poor CGI. Considering the film has a 200 million budget there was some poor visual effects. There were countless moments where there was an obvious green screen being used, or when it was a high risk stunt where it was obvious the animal or actors weren’t actually in the scene, it was surprisingly awful.
My final few positives would be the great cinematography, good performances. Some fun scenes and good plot development. The film was visually stunning, with the different global locations leading to some impressive shots and there was some good use of colour grading to make a lot of the scenes stand out a lot more. I also thought the performances were strong. Dwayne, Ryan, and Gal all did a great job. They all had a lot of charm and had brilliant chemistry with each other that always made the film watchable. There was also a lot of fun scenes that really played to the strengths of the chemistry between the cast and their specific talents, the film often had a switch your brain off entertainment kind of feel to it and that’s perfectly fine. Finally, the plot development with the cat and mouse game between the different characters was fun to watch.
My final few negatives would be the predictable plot twists. The generic character types, also the corny attempts at character depth and the messy final act. The plot twists that the film attempted to execute were sloppy, predictable, and ridiculous. The film thought it was being clever, but it managed to achieve the complete opposite. It just made the plot even more ridiculous and convoluted to follow and made no sense. I also thought the main characters just had extremely generic character roles that felt very safe for the three actors involved and the film didn’t challenge itself at all. Also, the films attempt at character depth just came across as corny and fell flat. Especially with Ryan and Dwayne’s characters who coincidentally had similar backstories so they felt more connected, but it just didn’t work. And finally, the final act was a complete mess. It was messy, the twist with the characters didn’t work and it didn’t know what it wanted to do with itself. Also, it felt like it had multiple endings just to have lazy set up for future instalments.
Overall, red notice is a passable watch. Its switch your brain off entertainment and great chemistry between the three leads makes it fun. But this film has been done countless times. It was lazy, predictable, and bland. I won’t be revisiting this alleged new franchise for a while.
Overall score 46/100.
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