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Dec 13, 2019 · Powered by JustWatch. With its makeshift family, high-speed car chases, and elaborate heists, Netflix’s action blockbuster “6 Underground” is solid proof that Michael Bay would love to direct a “ Mission: Impossible ” or “Fast and Furious” movie. It also makes it clear why that would be a bad idea.
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Apr 28, 2020 10:31 pm
Posted: Dec 13, 2019 8:07 pm
6 Underground is cartoonishly raucous explosion porn from mayhem maestro Michael Bay that feels like a film that was made over a decade ago and was just somehow recently unearthed by Netflix. It's a testament to star Ryan Reynolds and his seemingly effortless charisma because without him the movie would have been a snow-blind mess.
Overstuffed with countless car crashes and numerous "booms" and "louds," 6 Underground owes pretty much any watchable aspects to Reynolds and his charm. And even with Reynolds, the film is overlong, easily trespassing into tedium at the halfway point.
The premise, in itself, feels very Avengers-esque, in the sense that it centers on a rogue team of specialized operatives who will happily cross borders and waters to right egregious wrongs. But 6 Underground is an argument both for and against the Sokovia Accords, as Reynolds plays a Tony Stark-level billionaire genius who's decided to fake his death, become a ghost, and pull off grand vigilante-style heists and hits with operatives he's recruited (and ghosted) in order to punish powerful evildoers (in this case, the dictator of Turgistan).
For all the money thrown at this thing, nothing really beats the opening action sequence -- a crazed car chase through Florence, Italy (filled with nuns, mimes, people drinking espresso, etc) -- as far as crass calamity and devastating destruction. Locations and tactics change later on, based on the missions, but this starting scene is so over-the-top (who are these bad guys who will also drive through churches and museums?!) that everything after it feels like a dry retread.
6 Underground can certainly be enjoyed on very basic levels -- if you're looking for a dumb Michael Bay action movie loaded with overlong car chases and big explosions, that's exactly what you get. But without Reynolds in it, with his ability to make even rudimentary quips seem hilarious, there's nothing here worth really saving or savoring. It's exhausting enough with him in it, much less with a lead lacking his mirthful magnetism.
6 Underground, with its unabashed use of indie-rock anthems that would be used in GoArmy ads and/or WWE pay-per-views and its sad lack of Peter Stormare, is skin-of-its-teeth saved by Ryan Reynolds, who's able to make the scenes between the set pieces exponentially more palatable, all while fully knowing this is the type of film Deadpool would make...
Explosive action, bloody images in intense adventure. Read Common Sense Media's 6 Underground review, age rating, and parents guide.
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Dec 13, 2019 · Streaming Movie Review. ‘6 Underground’ Review: Action by the Numbers. Ryan Reynolds plays a billionaire who’s part Deadpool, part Elon Musk and all Michael Bay hero in this relentless...
Dec 11, 2019 · Dec 11, 2019 12:00am PT. Michael Bay’s ‘6 Underground’: Film Review. A Michael Bay movie begs for the biggest screen possible, although the attention-deficit hyperactivity director's...
