“Red One,” the Christmas flick starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, attracted 50 million worldwide viewers in its opening weekend on Prime Video.

  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Wife and I watched about ten minutes. I don’t think it’s for us. Kinda tired of Dwayne.

    In other news, “Carry On” on Netflix was decent. Not great, but for a streaming movie, it was watchable. The leads definitely helped that one.

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      6 days ago

      Agreed. I like Dwayne but it feels like he’s playing the same role in the same way in every movie at this point.

      I wouldn’t have said that a few years ago, but I think Bautista is trying a lot harder to be an actual actor instead of just a big name for marketing. And seeing the roles he’s had recently, I think it’s working.

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        5 days ago

        I remember reading a bit of an interview with Bautista that said he didn’t want to be typecast as the big gorilla-sized henchmen or strongman in every movie. He has a great range imo. I loved his small part in Bladerunner 2049 at the beginning of the movie