Like all of you, I can’t get enough Dwayne Johnson. It’s always fun to go to the theater and see his range on the big screen. So when Red One was announced, I was excited. As the premier came closer, I was ready to preorder my ticket. However, a friend of mine gave me insane news. I could actually watch this movie in the comfort of my home right now. According to my friend they cancelled the theatrical release and sent it straight to Netflix.
After watching the full film from the comfort of my couch whilst browsing Instagram, I have to say I think my friend was confused. This film seemed very different from Red One. This was about a strong dude and a wisecracking sidekick who travel the world to find artifacts, not a strong dude and wisecracking sidekick who travel the world to find Santa. The wisecracking sidekick that makes 4th wall breaking jokes is played by Ryan Reynolds, not Chris Evans. And the different exotic green screen backgrounds they go to every 15 minutes of the film barely have any snow.
I mean sure, this film has multiple fight scenes where The Rock shows off his muscles like his other films. And it may share the same jokes as his other films, including Red One hopefully. Sure this film has a good guy team up with a bad guy to save the day like Red One. And sure, this film’s Rotten Tomatoes score is nearly identical to Red One’s. At least at the time of writing this. But this is completely different from Red One. There isn’t even a Christmas theme.
I would like to apologize to the Dwayne Johnson fans out there. I can’t believe I was tricked like this. I am sorry I couldn’t experience the uniqueness of Red One in time for publishing. That being said, I give Red Notice a 10/10.
