The latest action movie from Netflix It’s already breaking records in its early days, but the critical response is the complete opposite. What will the streamer do? Is there a way to keep squeezing the story?
In the last hours, Netflix announced that Red Notice it had the largest opening day in the history of its original films, which indicates that sooner rather than later it will position itself as one of the most viewed films on the platform. If you look at the streaming service’s previous actions, this always means that a sequel is on the way, but there are some problems in this case.
Red Notice she’s being murdered by all the critics, and for good reason. In fact, you can read in one of our previous articles the biggest mistakes of the film. Despite being mildly entertaining, it has so many low points that it is impossible to ignore them. Poor universal reception surely makes Netflix have doubts about a sequel.
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In favor of the movie starring The Rock, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, most of the production took place during the pandemic, so there were a lot of delays, changes, and outages that were not disclosed. Something similar happened in Netflix with the final season of On My Block, which also ended up disappointing, sadly.
We can give the movie the benefit of the doubt in that sense, but there are errors that go beyond context, and one of the main ones is that there seems to be no chemistry between its protagonists. Which is very strange because they are three very good actors, The Rock and Ryan Reynolds they worked well in Hobbs and Shaw, and Gal Gadot you can make anything work.
Another possible drawback is that this was one of the most expensive films of Netflix, with an approximate budget of 200 million dollars, so they need exceptional numbers to make another investment of this kind really worth it.
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On the other hand we have the story. Is there a place for it to continue? The truth is that yes, there is potential for some interesting things. The final twist of the film didn’t work out, but it can be fixed in a sequel if the trio start to fool each other because the greed is so much greater.
Red Notice it can also be transformed into a kind of franchise similar to Underground 6, with more thieves joining the group, which would be a lot less interesting. But it is a latent possibility, as they will need new faces in a sequel.
Ultimately, the numbers of views will tell us what the reality is, but due to the big names and this good start, we are likely to have a sequel. Nevertheless, If the criticism is still so heavy, it is possible that the protagonists decide to reject it so that their last names are not attached to a production with such negative reviews.
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