Wednesday, May 20, 2026
In The Grey
It’s “Ocean’s Eleven” meets “Mission Impossible” in Guy Ritchie’s latest action thriller. Somewhere between moral & amoral, there is a covert operations team that operates in the grey. When ruthless despot Manny Salazar cheats banking executive Bobby Sheen (Rosamund Pike) out of $1 billion, Sheen hires Rachel Wild (Eiza González) to recover the debt. Wild is a lawyer with an elaborate & complex scheme to complete the job by forcing a face to face meeting between her & Salazar. To guarantee her success, she has put together an elite team of mercenaries/extraction specialists with include Bronco (Jake Gyllenhaal) & Sid (Henry Cavill). This is an action packed, gun brazing, bomb exploding always one step ahead cat & mouse game. See the preparation plans laid out for you & the see how it plays out. González, Gyllenhaal, & Cavill are terrific & make a great team. Ritchie’s style drives the plot & action.
Alien gives it 3 “negotiating with a lawyer” stars out of 4.