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
  • matslindstedt - 2 June 2024
    Enough to watch the beginning and the end
    A well made action movie, but zero interest in the plot. Actually there isn't really any plot. If you are under 15y you will enjoy the action scenes very much. If you are over, you have seen the same scenes many times before. So you won't miss anything, if you only watch the beginning to see who is the good guy and the end to see the final fight scene. But don't get me wrong, there isn't really anything wrong the the movie. There just isn't anything exciting about it either. Good actors, good director, very bad script. Could have been 30min or maybe even an hour shorter. But if you need to kill and evening, this will do.
  • datruss - 12 April 2024
    Destroys the character
    My first review, but I can't stay quiet. This movie SUCKS! Read the book.

    I get that a movie needs to condense things but the characterization of the Gray Man is just dense. The created-for-Hollywood final fight is so patently predictable it hurts, while also undermining any idea of who the Grey Man is and how he would act.

    If you haven't read the book and you want to watch a very average Hollywood 'B' movie, feel free to watch. But if you read the book and then watch the movie you'll be left asking yourself 'Why?!?'

    Imagine expecting James Bond and the character acts like Agent 86 in Get Smart. That's not a direct comparison but it is an example of the disappointment you will feel.
  • jologo-12649 - 14 February 2024
    Jason Bourne without amnesia
    Kind of like the Bourne Identity series, but without the amnesia angle and, compressed into a single film. Overall, it is much less credible, but very au courant with girl boss agents seemingly equal to their male counterparts both in their physical prowess and ethical dysfunction.

    Gosling plays the trained assasin, "Six," in a super secret rogue CIA program. Plucked from prison, where he's serving a long sentence for killing his abusive father, Six gets his "freedom" in exchange for a lifelong commitment to kill "bad guys" for the agency on a no-questions asked basis.

    Eighteen years later, he has become very very good at his job. On assignment in Bangkok, however, it all goes wrong one night when his target, before dying, informs him that his name is "Four", and hands him an encrypted USB drive, which we later learn contains incriminating information about the super secret rogue assasin program. Panic erupts in Langley as the heads of the super secret program fear exposure via the release of the contents of the drive to the media and initiate orders to find and kill "Six" and retrieve the drive.

    In reality, they would simply initiate a psy-op, branding the story a "conspiracy theory." Or, even better, they would prevail upon the legacy media and tech giants to suppress it on the grounds that it is "disinformation."

    But then there wouldn't be any excuse for the ensuing travelogue to a couple of dozen exotic locales, innumerable chase scenes, impossible escapes and a trail of military-scale death and destruction across at least three continents. By the end of the movie, I was exhausted by the frequency and scale of the violence displayed, but YMMV.
  • wolcottalexander - 8 January 2023
    Pointless Mega-Budget Action
    You have seen it all before. The invincible black ops CIA super soldier (haunted by his past but who still has a heart), the hopping around "exotic" cities like prague that exist only as wallpaper, the rogue CIA management who is tired of the law getting in their way, the endless black SUVs full of tacti-cool agents who exist only to be shot-stab-punch-exploded to death, the pointless CGI stunts, the roided up guys exchanging karate chops and spin kicks, etc.

    It's the latest installment in the genre and it has its moments, you could do worse, but it's pretty shallow. They obviously (and desperately) set it up for sequels, all of which will almost certainly be bad. Sorry, your super soldier chewing gum and winking and repeating lame jokes isn't enough to start a franchise character. Ana De Armas and Chris Evans help salvage things a bit. Everyone is very attractive but there weren't any of the pointless "sex scenes" you expect in this genre which was a relief. Somewhere between 5 and 6 stars is about right.
  • tpallen-27043 - 30 December 2022
    Don't waste your time.
    This over-priced movie was a complete waste of time. I regret every excruciating minute. Perhaps they could have used some of that $200 million to hire a screenwriter, a director, and a couple of competent actors. This movie is two-plus hours of plotless agony. The acting is horrible, the dialogue is clunky and pointless, and the gratuitous explosions and auto accidents destroying a beautiful European city are infuriating! The only thrilling part was when this pointless train wreck finally ended. If you ever find this movie come across your Netflix feed, drop the remote and run! Save yourself!
  • sbc-61818 - 10 December 2022
    Ana de Armas!
    Ana de Armas carries this movie. Ryan Gosling does violence well and smart directors keep him moving which was done weill in The Gray Man (2022). Ana can deliver both accurate shots, punches, and punch lines all well maintaining her femininity! The Gray Man starts off pretty aggressively suggesting we are in for a thrill ride all the way to the end and with just enough plot to pull everything together we get an amazingly presented if not entirely believable run all the way to the end. Gosling and de Armas work well together and present to the others strengths. If somebody wanted to make a believable and identifiable lady action hero franchise, Ana de Armas might have the gravitas and good sense to pull it off.
  • li0904426 - 15 November 2022
    We've seen many other movies with a similar plot .
    The movie "The Gray Man" is full of action and suspense. Directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo manage to hold the viewer from the first to the last scene, with a movie where the fights, car chasing, guns, grenades, and an innocent hostage teenager with heart problems are the main ingredients. They get everything right but the plot. It's a traditional one where the CIA hires a "good guy" who just happened to be a killer to perform dirty jobs. The tables are turned when he himself becomes a victim of the CIA. We've seen many other movies with a similar plot and this one is no different. The most absurd thing about this movie is that the main characters look like robots, with so many stab wounds, burns, and torn nails, none of them feel pain or act like they are in pain.

    If you like action movies, this is perfect for you.
  • lupitacuenca - 5 November 2022
    Great action!
    I truly love some action movies and this one is great with some added comedy. Lots of moving, guns explosions and suspense. Definitely would recommend. Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans are amazing and look so good too. Never seen Captain America in a serious role or as a bad guy. He does amazing in everything he does. And Ryan gosling plays every role sooo gooooood. I might be biased though. The plot/story line is great and you find out close to end reason why a character was a convict which changes my view on one of the characters. Love the ending. I did have a question at the end of movie but maybe I missed something about one of the female agent.