6 Underground is Netflix’s next questionable attempt to build a blockbuster movie franchise
Netflix is still looking for its big blockbuster franchise, but it seems unlikely that Michael Bay and Ryan Reynolds’ new spectacle, 6 Underground, is the answer.
6 Underground is Peak Bay. The story is, frankly, difficult to parse, but focuses on six specially skilled people tasked with taking down a dictator in the Middle East. None of this matters. Instead, 6 Underground is defined by its 15-minute chase scene, an exuberant number of explosions, self-satirizing quips, and parkour. It’s a movie that feels like it should have premiered in 2007, but instead was forgotten and handed over to Netflix more than a decade later.
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