Red Notice: A Movie High in Entertainment Value it’s Definitely Worth Watching

Netflix’s Red Notice starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride filled with adrenaline-pumping twist and turns. Regarded as the streaming platform’s most expensive films to date, it offers unexpected but fast-paced scenes that leave the audience captivated .

The genuine camaraderie between Johnson and Reynolds is one of the selling points the movie, which gives movie watchers a feeling of light-heartedness. On of that aspect, Gadot’s elegance in performing her stunts makes her appearances the most awaited scenes as they are quite enchanting.

The energy of the trio is what completes the film as a high value form of entertainment regardless of whatever loopholes critics find in the plot.

Red Notice Plot

This action-adventure comedy was created by writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber, which revolves around Cleopatra’s priceless bejeweled eggs. Ryan Reynolds who plays Nolan Booth is known for being the second-best art thief with Bishop, played by Gal Gadot as the top ranking thief.

At first, Bishop partnered with FBI special agent John Heartly (Dwayne Johnson) in catching Booth before the latter gets to steal Cleopatra’s second egg from the museum. However, since honor among thieves can be questionable Bishop’s motive in helping Heartly is to make sure that she keeps her spot at the top would not hold water. As a result, Heartly ended up teaming with Booth when he gets framed from his own investigation.

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Is the Movie Worth Watching?

Action movie lovers would definitely love Red Notice and would definitely vouch for it as worth watching. Some cinephiles would beg to differ mentioning that everything, except for the stunts and Gal Gadot’s beauty are subpar. Particular mentions were made on how the plot’s twists and storyline was predictable, as it took inspirations from Ocean’s Eleven, Mission Impossible, and a bit from Money Heist.

Disney and TCS Hit Pay Dirt with Ryan Reynolds Starrer “Free Guy”

Apprehensions over the release of “Free Guy” amidst the increasing spread of the Delta variant was assuaged after the movie’s Thursday’s night premier showing. The Ryan Reynolds starrer produced by Disney and Twentieth Century Studios (TCS) hit pay dirt with $2.2M in box office ticket sales from the premier alone.

 

More can be expected since the movies is set to honor a 45-day theatrical showing worldwide before it hits the Disney Plus Premier streaming channel.

When compared to “Jungle Cruise”, which Disney also released for premier viewing last Thursday, “Free Guy” was just a little short of the $2.7 million raked in by the Dwayne Johnson/Emily Blunt family-oriented movie. Actually, “Jungle Cruise” only has a one-day theater engagement as it immediately became available at the Disney Plus Premier channel.

Another point of comparison is with Ryan Reynolds’ pre-pandemic August release “Hitman’s Bodyguard” that Reynolds co-starred with Samuel Jackson, which scored $1.65 million on opening day.

About “Free Guy” the Movie

Directed by Shawn Levy, a Canadian writer and film director best known lately as the producer-director of the hit TV series “Stranger Things”, “Free Guy” is a sci-fi action comedy created by Matt Lieberman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Zak Penn.

 

The “Free Guy” plot is about a bank teller named Guy who came to discover that he was just a non-playable background character in an open-world video game called “Free City” The video game however is about to be shut down by game developers Millie (Jodie Comer) and Keys (Joe Keery) but thanks to Guy, he was able to breathe new life into it when decided to rewrite the game’s storyline by becoming the hero.

“Free Guy” viewers who have seen the movie have given it an Audience Rating of 95% at Rotten Tomatoes.

Migrant Children Gets Financial Support from Hollywood A-List Couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for its Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Right through its Defense and Education Fund (LDF), has received a $2 million pledge of financial support from Hollywood A-List couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. The entertainment couple’s donation will help the LDF in providing the much needed legal support for children of immigrants, as part of the social justice initiatives of the non-profit NAACP.

According to a press release statement given by the couple last Wednesday (September. 4, 2019), the celebrity couple explained that they want to help non-profit organizations in “defending the rights and best interests of immigrant children.”

 

The heartfelt reading of the statement mirrored Ryan and Blake’s desire to do everything possible in fostering more empathy and compassion throughout the world. The statement also explained why the Reynolds couple chose NAACP, reading

“We are blown away by the commitment of NAACP’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Young Center, not only in fighting for democracy and justice, but also humanity”

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Ryan Reynolds, Well-Known for Philanthropic Deeds

Ryan and Blake concluded the statement by saying that they are grateful in giving back, through organizations that give voice to many. Actually, the NAACP is not the first non-profit organization that received financial support from the celebrity couple.

Even before the “Deadpool” movie cemented Ryan Reynolds’ A-list status in Hollywood, the actor has been a constant supporter of non-profit organizations, such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation.and the F–k Cancer Foundation.

 

 

He currently sits on the board of directors for the Michael J. Fox Foundation, continuing to advocate and support research work into Parkinson’s disease, as a way of honoring his father’s (James Reynolds’) long battle with the illness.