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Red Notice should be better (updated)

This movie feels like it should be better. This stars Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds. Maybe Johnson is making so many films that a new film by him does not seem like an event. (He has had seven or eight films come out since 2017.) I still think Dave Bautista might be better in some roles but I have liked most of the films I’ve seen with Johnson. Reynolds seems to be playing a variation of Deadpool with each film. Maybe he is in a rut or he needs a slightly different role. Free Guy was a nice change of pace. Gal Galdot is okay I guess but I don’t think she has been really good outside of her role as Wonder Woman. Or else she needs Chris Pine as a co-star.  This is not terrible. I have seen worse. Gadot is working against Johnson and Reynolds. Johnson wants to clear his name after being framed for the theft of one of Cleopatra’s golden eggs. He and Reynolds team up. I just don’t think there is anything special about this film.

Re-watching Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2 holds up okay. There is a version on video with 14 or 15 extra minutes of footage. The new footage is okay but I am not sure it adds much to the movie. I am not sure if I feel this way because I hadn’t seen the movie in theaters. There has been more news about TJ Miller being hateful or a jerk (or worse) between the movie playing in theaters and it coming to video. The news impacted my viewing of the movie a bit. Miller won’t be back in any sequels or spin-offs. If there is an X-Force movie, it will need a new cast. That is a bit of a shame. It would have been nice to see more of Terry Crews’ Bedlam.