The Gray Man - Netflix Movie

THE GRAY MAN | Official Trailer | Netflix
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An action packed thriller. You might think it is reminiscent of James Bond, but the violence is so over the top, so gratuitous that it is ridiculous. Ryan Gosling is Sierra Six, a secret CIA assassin. His last mission was to kill another guy who's dying words are that he is Sierra Four, another one of these secret CIA assassins. Hmm, maybe his boss isn't being entirely truthful. Well, since the CIA is known hot bed of prevaricating slimeballs, that's not much of a stretch. Sierra Four hands Six a memory card containing a bunch of documents that supposedly incriminate the boss. The boss wants that card back in the worst way and since Six is not forthcoming, he calls up Mr. Mayhem himself and gives him an essentially unlimited budget to get that card back. This whole business is basically ridiculous. Since digital media is so easily copied, why would anyone think this is the only copy in existence?

When Mayhem's crew makes an attack it looks pretty ridiculous. I would think one person with a little slight of hand would be a better choice for recovering a trinket, but these guys go full metal jacket, laying waste to people and buildings with heedless abandon. But isn't it the nature of bureaucracies that they promote stupidity? The CIA guy has a practically unlimited black ops budget and if the information on that card finds its way into the hands of his boss, that gravy train might come to a stop, so he's pulling out all stops to get it back and he gives Mayhem $10 million to do the job. $10 million dollars can buy a lot of mayhem. And how do you explain this catastrophe? You blame it on unknown terrorists.

Makes me wonder how many 'terrorist attacks' were actually done by some country's government.