With her eyes set on breaking the boys' club of The US Senate or becoming New York's first female mayor, Bella battled mounting forces from both the right and the left, and the powers of the Nixon Administration, the CIA, FBI, even The New York Times. But, the most recognizable woman in politics also became the target of a Washington establishment resistant to change. With her trademark hat and Bronx swagger, Bella entered Congress swinging, battling for credit cards for women, equality for the LGBTQ community and trailblazing a path for leadership that reflected the broad diversity of the country. Red Notice is now streaming on Netflix.In 1970, when the United States was ruled by men, Bella Abzug challenged the status quo, running a successful campaign from the streets of Manhattan that elevated her all the way to the halls of Congress. There are far better films currently out, but if you open Netflix and start streaming this one, I'm sure you'll at least find some mild enjoyment in certain scenes at the very least. For those of you who like action, comedy, or any of these performers in general, I recommend checking out Red Notice but also try to go in knowing it's nothing special and you'll probably have a disposable good time as I did. This is why there are very few Netflix original films that end up being great. In the end, Red Notice is one of the biggest films Netflix has ever released as an original film and while I'm all for them continuing to do big-budget movies like this, I also feel like they just see a big name and say yes to a project. As I said, I enjoyed myself, it's just riddled with soo many issues/inconsistencies. Red Notice is by far his most ambitious film to date, I just think it's also the most he has ever had faith in his performers to run with the material however they like. I have a blast watching Dodgeball and We're the Millers and I've even enjoyed his work with Johnson on other projects like Central Intelligence or Skyscraper, but his films never take the extra step. It was almost a frustrating watch at times, even though I still fall on the positive side of the movie overall.ĭirector Rawson Marshall Thurber, who also wrote the film, has always made films that ride the line of being both ridiculous and enjoyable, for the most part. I laughed consistently throughout the movie, but also while scratching my head and cringing. This was both equally enjoyable and annoying. There were multiple times where scenes drag on and I firmly believe it was all improv. Red Notice is a film that honestly has about an hour of story to tell, but the film really lets these performers do their thing, a lot. Yes, this cast has a lot of charisma with each other, but it wasn't enough to make it stand out from any other time I've ever seen them before. I found myself rolling my eyes at the dumb stunts they were pulling off and all of the one-liners that you would expect from all of them. After a certain point, this film just started writing itself. After Booth is captured and Hartley is double-crossed and ends up in prison with him, they eventually begin to work together to take down an even bigger thief in "The Bishop" (Gal Gadot). Working for the BAU, detective John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson)is in pursuit of the most wanted art thief in the world, Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds). There is some fun to be had with Red Notice, but I'll probably forget I watched it a few months from now. I'm a big fan of Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot has really grown on me as an actress too but based solely on the premise, I pretty much knew what to expect with this movie, and I was right. Netflix's Red Notice is the prime example of a generic action-comedy that's clearly banking on its leading performers. Yes, every now and then a film comes out that nobody has heard of and ends up making money because of the stars, but it seems so few and far between these days. It has been decades since films were released and garnered attention simply due to who was in them.
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