PREVIEW: The Gray Man (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ryan Gosling (Drive), Chris Evans (Captain America: Civil War), Ana de Armas (Knives Out), Jessica Henwick (The Matrix Resurrections), Regé-Jean Page (Sylvie’s Love), Wagner Moura (Sergio), Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Dhanush (Maryan), Alfre Woodard (Clemency), Billy Bob Thornton (Bad Santa), Callan Mulvey (300: Rise of an Empire), Eme Ikwuakor (Moonfall), Scott Haze (Venom), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Sam Lerner (Project Almanac), Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim), DeObia Oparei (Dumbo)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame), director, writer, producer; Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil War), director, producer; Christopher Markus (Avengers: Infinity War) and Stephen McFeely (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), writers; Chris Castaldi (Cherry), Jeff Kirschenbaum (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Mike Larocca (Extraction), Palak Patel (Sabotage) and Joe Roth (Maleficent), producers; Henry Jackman (Kingsman: The Secret Service), composer; Stephen F. Windon (Sonic the Hedgehog), cinematographer; Jeff Groth (Joker), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Court Gentry (Gosling) – known best as Sierra Six, the CIA’s most skilled black ops mercenary – accidentally uncovers dark secrets within his own agency, forcing him to go on the run across the globe. Leading the manhunt to capture him is Gentry’s psychopathic former colleague Lloyd Hansen (Evans), who sends armed militia and international assassins to take him down at whatever cost…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Netflix’s latest big-budget blockbuster is said to be its biggest yet, but then again you’d expect no less from directors Anthony and Joe Russo, who along with their incredibly starry cast – from Ryan Gosling to former Avenger Chris Evans – seem set to launch a brand-new franchise for the streamer.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 22ND JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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