The crime comedy "Red Notice" was released on November 12, and the film cost more than $200 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive films in extranet streaming.
Although this is not a superhero movie, it can also be seen as a dimensionally-breaking collaboration between DC and Marvel, with three starring Deadpool Ryan Reynolds, Wonder Woman Gayle Gadot, and Black Adam Dawn Johnson.
The title "Red Notice" refers to the highest level of arrest warrant issued by Interpol, specifically targeting the world's most wanted man.
The film revolves around two world-class art thieves and an agent who will do everything in their power to fight for the three eggs of the legendary Cleopatra, and as for whose hands the treasure ended up in, the ending is really unexpected.
This article contains spoilers.
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Antony and Cleopatra is a love tragedy written by Shakespeare about a Roman general who falls madly in love with Cleopatra.
Legend has it that Antony gave Cleopatra three jewel-encrusted eggs, each more precious than the other. The first two have been released, but the third has never been missing.
The first protagonist is Detective Hartley (Dawn Johnson), who, along with Interpol, rushes to the site of the first egg, the National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome.
They were convinced that the first egg was about to be stolen, or even had been stolen, because Agent Hartley had received credible intelligence 41 hours earlier that Nolan Booth, the world's number one art thief, was going to steal Cleopatra's first egg today.
Compared to Hartley's fiery appearances, Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) appears much more sneaky, hiding in the crowd and witnessing his own fakes being exposed on the spot by Hartley.
After a fierce fight, Booth escaped the police pursuit and was caught when he returned to his mansion in Bali. He was more curious about how the police knew about their lair, and Hartley told him that it was the same person who had provided the information, and that this person was the bishop.
Bishop's appearance (Gail Gadot) is even more stealthy, revealing only one pair of eyes. She pretended to be a member of the team and successfully changed hands on the first egg. She is another art thief, and Booth is her number one rival.
The bishop's target is not only the number one contender, but also the number one investigator. Since Hartley was the last person to come into contact with Egg One, Interpol became suspicious of him, and after a brief background check, trust in him was completely broken.
So, under the trap of the bishop's trickery, Hartley and Booth became a pair of fellow prisoners. At this time, Booth also explained the ambition behind the bishop and his original plan. An Egyptian super-rich man offers a $300 million reward, and whoever can deliver the three eggs on his daughter's wedding night will win a huge bounty.
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The thief movie is not an unfamiliar genre to the audience. From "Eleven Arhats" to "Concealing the Sky and Crossing the Sea: Beauty Scheme", from "The Amazing Demon Bandit Group" to "The Legion of Thieves", the audience has seen all kinds of divine deception.
Like all Thief movies, the protagonists of The Red Notice are rushing to the world's treasures, like the Cartier Giant Diamond Necklace in "Beauty Plan", the Nordic version of the Lord of the Rings series safe in "Legion of Thieves", and a real Monet in "The Thief".
Booth and the Bishop are among the world's top art thieves, and this time they all have to attack Cleopatra's three eggs, not only because they are expensive, but more importantly, the third egg has never been a legend, never been published. If you can succeed, you will undoubtedly add a lot of color to your thief's resume, and you will undoubtedly become the world's number one art thief.
Different from other thief movies, the above mentioned movies are all gang crimes, with great emphasis on cooperation and teamwork, while this film emphasizes individual actions, especially Booth, whose conceit makes him firmly believe that he is enough.
Then there is the thief movie, the biggest opponent of the thief is the police, and in this film, two teams of people and horses compete for the same treasure, and Booth and the bishop are always in a tense competitive relationship.
In addition to dealing with the pursuit of Interpol, the thieves also have to face the intrigues and tricks of their peers. In the difficulty of stealing treasures, plus a layer of fierce competition, the thief circle also has to "roll", fight for your life, and fight for a world ranking.
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Empire said of The Red Notice: "That's exactly what you can expect from a crime brawl action comedy starring Dawn Johnson and Ryan Reynolds. No more, no less, just right. ”
As the above evaluation, one of the highlights of this film is the action scene, take the scene where Booth is hunted at the beginning, Booth climbs the scaffolding in order to get out, and he jumps between the crisscrossing steel pipes like a rabbit.
Booth was not only agile, but also had a good head, and he used the movable switch at the scaffolding interface to trick the two security guards around. These action scenes are quite Jackie Chan style - funny at the same time, to achieve the perfect combination of environmental props and actors' actions.
Another highlight is the multiple reversals in the plot, with the setting of the calculation throughout the film. The bishop was always able to "catch the mantis cicada, the yellow finch was behind", in the current words, "pick up the leak" - every time she waited for Booth to steal the treasure, she appeared to steal the "fruit of victory".
Booth stole the first egg to escape the police, but when he returned home, he was caught stealing and seized, and during the police transportation, the bishop easily dropped the first egg. The second egg is also such a routine, Booth nine deaths, no match for the bishop's last glass of wine. As for the most mysterious third, Booth is the only one with important clues.
Since being framed and imprisoned, Agent Hartley has been fighting alongside Booth and has become Booth's most trusted partner, and Hartley's goal is to seize the bishop and clear the suspicions. They finally found the third egg on their expedition, and the bishop appeared.
Even more shocking was the fact that Booth watched as Hartley prepared to arrest the bishop in handcuffs, and the two kissed. It turned out that from beginning to end, Hartley and the bishop were a gang with only one purpose, that is, to deceive the third egg.
Unexpectedly, Hartley (Black Adam) and Bishop (Wonder Woman) turned out to be a pair, and indeed they were still DC family relatives, representing Marvel's Booth (Deadpool) can only be used as a temporary ally of interest binding, using the line in the film is "expedient marriage".
But the story doesn't end there, when bishop and Hartley take three eggs in exchange for three hundred million dollars on vacation, Booth unexpectedly appears, triumphantly showing his "reversed ending". It turned out that he had leaked the accounts of the two to Interpol, and the $300 million had been cleared.
Booth's "courtesy exchange" made the two teams even, and he looked at the bigger goal, so the three of them formed a team and set out for a new goal. Probably this also indicates that the "expedient marriage" of DC and Marvel has a chance to continue.