The title of the movie comes from Interpol's "most wanted" list, but in it it's not about the Russian, South American and Muslim folks in the real list, but about art thieves, conning and stealing from everybody and each other. You got Ryan Reynolds with his usual charm and jokes, you get The Rock with his bulk and shiny smile and you get Gal Gadot with her beauty and... overwhelming competence? In movie speak, it's a match made in heaven, and the film is not that bad. So win, win. If you check your brain at the door you will enjoy the movie.
The problem is that you've seen it all before. Ryan Reynolds does the same jokes, The Rock rocks the same way, Gal Gadot is relatively new, but she might as well have been Wonder Woman and you wouldn't have noticed (heh) the difference. Also, the Red Notice thing (already used in another Reynolds film), The Rock in a team of daring thieves that are good at heart (also done), the team of reluctant heroes, the cardboard cops and villains, the formulaic escapes and heist plans that can't work in the real life. Absolutely NOTHING new.
And you know at the end there's going to be the mother of all twists, and you wait for it, even if it's a bit obvious. And you enjoy the action, even if it feels like The Rock is the playing character in a video game and he just goes along with the cinematics in order to do the daring feats without dying, even if he has save games. And you like the characters because the actors are so charismatic. But the story and the plot... those get sacrificed yet again.
Bottom line: a completely standard film that you've seen dozens of times before, just with more fashionable stars.
The problem is that you've seen it all before. Ryan Reynolds does the same jokes, The Rock rocks the same way, Gal Gadot is relatively new, but she might as well have been Wonder Woman and you wouldn't have noticed (heh) the difference. Also, the Red Notice thing (already used in another Reynolds film), The Rock in a team of daring thieves that are good at heart (also done), the team of reluctant heroes, the cardboard cops and villains, the formulaic escapes and heist plans that can't work in the real life. Absolutely NOTHING new.
And you know at the end there's going to be the mother of all twists, and you wait for it, even if it's a bit obvious. And you enjoy the action, even if it feels like The Rock is the playing character in a video game and he just goes along with the cinematics in order to do the daring feats without dying, even if he has save games. And you like the characters because the actors are so charismatic. But the story and the plot... those get sacrificed yet again.
Bottom line: a completely standard film that you've seen dozens of times before, just with more fashionable stars.