Review | Netflix movie review: Red Notice – Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot in glossy but forgettable art heist movie
- Art heist movies should be glamorous and sexy - think The Thomas Crown Affair or Entrapment – but this one is dull and tedious
- The chemistry is non-existent between Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, who all bring along their usual shtick, and the terrible script doesn’t help
2/5 stars
A slick but empty-headed art heist movie, Red Notice begins with an explanation: a “red notice” is the highest-level Interpol “wanted” rating. In this case, the pan-European criminal investigatory body is targeting Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds), a highly competent thief and lock-picker who has already managed to escape incarceration six times.
When FBI profiler John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) tracks him down to a museum in Rome, Nolan is midway through pulling off his latest scam – involving a jewel-encrusted golden egg the size of a rugby ball from ancient Egypt. After a rooftop chase in which Nolan escapes, Hartley tracks him down to Bali, but evidence points to Hartley being in on the scam and both are sent to a grim-looking Russian prison.
As becomes clear, Nolan isn’t the only thief in town. Svelte-looking schemer The Bishop (Gal Gadot) has been manipulating events as she tries to track down two more of these priceless eggs for a billionaire who is planning to gift them to his very spoilt daughter. The trouble is that only Nolan knows where the third egg is, leading to a stand-off.