Director Guy Ritchie Hits a Career Low Point With His New Film In the Grey

Guy Ritchie's contractually mandated annual caper is the pretty good In The Grey

The most broadly influential movie Guy Ritchie has ever made is probably one of his earlier ones, like Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch, even if those were themselves heavily influenced by Quentin Tarantino. But within the body of Ritchie’s work, the movie with the most influence on himself might be The Man From U.N.C.L.E., his 2015 failure to launch a franchise. Much of what he’s done since seems haunted by the self-evidently good …

Director Guy Ritchie Hits a Career Low Point With His New Film In the Grey

In the Grey is in theaters now.The old adage “the worst thing you can be is boring” is very much underlined with In the Grey, a deathly dull would-be action thriller that feels three times the length of its 97-minute run time.Though Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal get top billing, the film’s true lead is Eiza González. She plays Rachel Wild, a lawyer whose opening voiceover explains the film’s title in explicit detail, as she talks about how sh…

Guy Ritchie Would Rather Confuse Us Than Entertain Us

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill, Guy Ritchie’s ‘In the Grey’ is being dumped unceremoniously in theaters. We wish we could tell you it’s destined to be an undersung classic, but unfortunately it’s an incoherent mess.

Henry Cavill’s New Spy Movie With Guy Ritchie Divides Critics

Image credit: Black Bear Pictures Early reviews for the new Guy Ritchie movie In the Grey have left critics divided. While several reviewers have praised the film’s action scenes, the cast’s chemistry, and the movie’s overall entertainment factor, others have criticized the thriller for its execution. In the Grey draws mixed reviews from critics Early reactions to In the Grey have shown a divided response from critics, with some reviewers praisi…

In the Grey arrives in theaters with Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal and Guy Ritchie’s third cold procedural

An elite crew is given an impossible job. They are sent to take back a billion dollars a despot has already moved through the kind of institutions that quietly process other people’s stolen money, and the catch is that they are not allowed to be seen doing it. The instant any government acknowledges their existence, they stop being useful. That structural condition, more than any single set piece in the film, is what In the Grey is actually abou…