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I looked forward to this one, my expectations were high. But yet again I was disappointed. As a matter of fact, I didn't even manage to finish it. Gave it about 48 minutes when I decided I had enough. The biggest problem with this movie is, like with so many others, I just didn't care. Even when a movie is violent and gritty, to get involved in it, you'd at least need to feel for someone. Have some compassion for someone, hope that someone survives, gets revenge and "saves the day". None of that in this one. Couldn't care less about who got hurt, shot, kidnapped or killed. Even if they would've killed Hardy off, I would've shrugged it off. Whatever.

All it is, is a chain of uninteresting bad guys (and bad girls) running around in an ugly scenery beating each other up and killing each other. Maybe it's just me, but I was bored.

4 Stars because it's Tom Hardy. But it's time they upgrade him to what he really deserves. 007 Maybe?

I really wanted this to be so much better. Was looking for an intelligent and exciting show to watch and thought I found it with Gray.

Made myself comfortable and pressed play on episode one... Thirty minutes later I gave up. Nothing interesting or exciting had happened. A secret organisation has lost 4 agents in a month and they pick up a former agent who has been retired for 20 years. All that drags on forever and not one moment did I feel drawn in or even slightly interested in any of the characters we get to see. No one is convincing in the role they play, nor does any of them make you curious to know more about them or their story. Talking about story, that's probably the biggest issue at hand; it's all so absurdly unrealistic that it made me feel like saying "stop insulting my intelligence" (and I'm definitely no genius).

I feel giving it 4 stars out of 10 is being pretty generous, but I guess I'm on that mood.

Off to find something better.

Yes! It's been a while, but John Woo is back with a bang. The man still knows how to make an action movie and it shows. This feels good, reminded me of the 80s and 90s action style. The bad guys are basically just there to line up and get taken out. Hard. It looks stylish and violent at the same time.

Sure, this flick doesn't bring anything new to the table, we've seen it all before. Many times even. But this one is definitely highly entertaining and above average.

One thing though, whithout giving away too much, our main character (very well played by Joel Kinnaman) loses his voice in the beginning of the movie. This could've led to some interesting and tense moments during the movie, but it doesn't. It seems more like an excuse to create a cool, tough and silent "hero", which I consider a missed opportunity. How good would it have been if at some stage he desperately needed his voice to rescue someone or even himself from a dire situation, but was unable to produce a single word? None of that though. Like I said; missed opportunity.

Nonetheless, I'm more than happy John Woo is back on the scene and hopefully more will follow.

If you like action/revenge movies and are looking to be entertained without having to dig too deep into your emotions, definitely give this one a shot. 7 out of 10.