Free Guy Reviews

To be honest, at first, I wasn’t really interested by this movie but since I kept hearing some pretty good things about it and since it was available for free on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, there is no denying that the damned thing was rather derivative as it turned out to be a mix of many movies such as ‘Ready Player One’, ‘Groundhog Day’, 'The Matrix', ‘Her’ and obviously above all ‘The Truman Show’. They even thrown in some completely random references to ‘Captain America’ and ‘Star Wars’ because, well, Disney is nowadays such a juggernaut that they pretty much own most of the most famous brands and names in the business nowadays. Furthermore, I wish they found something else than an evil software developer stealing some code. Indeed, they could have gone slightly deeper in what it could mean to be alive for such an AI. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was definitely a fun blockbuster completely tailor-made for Ryan Reynolds’s skills and charisma. Furthermore, even though I don’t play much nowadays, I used to be a hardcore gamer and their depiction of the open world concept in videogames was pretty much spot-on. I also enjoyed how they displayed that, even though such games can be technically impressive, they also usually provide some really dumb-ass gameplay after all. Seriously, I can’t remember how many times I saw my stepson roaming around in ‘GTA’ just to steal some car and randomly beat someone around and, this, for hours on end. Eventually, it turned out to be a decent reflection on the fact, that even though we could technically create the most advanced and intricate worlds, we always go for something so much less ambitious and interesting after all, as long as it makes a profit. Anyway, to conclude, even if the damned thing was no masterpiece whatsoever, it was still an entertaining feel-good feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.