07-23-2022, 08:32 AM
I read the book and when this movie started, I thought, what fun they took one of the other novels in The Gray Man series and made the movie from that. As the movie progressed, I realized they had indeed made the movie from the book The Gray Man only wholesale changes had been made, maybe not for the better. Sorry time for some movie to book comparisons In the book, the Gray Man was the Gray man. That was his moniker because he was very nondescript. In the movie, he is known as Six as in the sixth member of the Sierra team. If you get formal, he is Sierra Six. Gray men are just shadowy operatives working in the gray areas of society. So Sierra Six is just a Gray Man. Kind of detracts from the whole myth of The Gray Man.
But the movie does follow the format of kill squads from everywhere sent to hunt him down after bad things happen. There is also a mcguffin that everybody wants to give impetus to everyone running around shooting and blowing things up. They gave Sierra Six a tragic backstory to give him impetus to be the way he is. The man in charge of all the hit squads is a psychopath with lust for blood rather just another professional trying to do his job of bringing in Sierra Six.
There are lots of louds and booms and big action sequences. A lot of the movie is just filler between the set pieces. The fight sequences are choppy and not really innovative. A lot of times the fighters have things in their hands, like smoke grenades or flashlights to add textures to fights that probably don't need textures.
And everyone gets quips! I always enjoy that.
In the end, despite the big bangs and fist hitting, it felt rather tedious.
But the movie does follow the format of kill squads from everywhere sent to hunt him down after bad things happen. There is also a mcguffin that everybody wants to give impetus to everyone running around shooting and blowing things up. They gave Sierra Six a tragic backstory to give him impetus to be the way he is. The man in charge of all the hit squads is a psychopath with lust for blood rather just another professional trying to do his job of bringing in Sierra Six.
There are lots of louds and booms and big action sequences. A lot of the movie is just filler between the set pieces. The fight sequences are choppy and not really innovative. A lot of times the fighters have things in their hands, like smoke grenades or flashlights to add textures to fights that probably don't need textures.
And everyone gets quips! I always enjoy that.
In the end, despite the big bangs and fist hitting, it felt rather tedious.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm