6 Underground

Porn made up of explosions and self-indulgent action scenes that (unfortunately) doesn't have the necessary balls of Michael Bay's earlier work. The worst thing about an action movie is when you start yawning, which happened to me quite regularly here. Michael Bay unfortunately loses all reason and completely unceremoniously lets his uncontrolled and frightening imagination run wild. The result is an extremely tasteless film that presents all its characters as mere pawns used for action orgies. As lobotomizing weekend entertainment, it's pretty good, I just feel the need to humbly suggest that the 150 million could have been spent more effectively. (09/01/2020)

It’s as if someone wanted to launch a new Netflix action franchise featuring a team of agents in the mold of M:I. Unfortunately, Bay doesn’t think it is important to elicit any sympathy for the characters, who are the second most important thing in the genre after action. Or at least give them broader characterization than the cars, boats and inanimate pink ducks get. If anyone from the group screams, he is quickly dispatched in three quick shots, and then on with the show. Even Reynolds isn’t nearly as much of a smart-ass as he is in everything we love him in (and for). The dialogue is simply painful; it would have been better if no one had spoken at all. The best thing about the film is the action-packed opening car chase, both in its unmistakable stylishness and humorous Bay elements. Here it as if we find ourselves in better times for Bay before the second Transformers. The rest of the film is entertaining with traditionally spectacular filters, epileptic editing, ladies’ costumes and the over-the-top glamourous settings of the other action scenes. And it’s annoying with its dullness and endless lack of feeling for anything. (15/12/2019)

The action movie of the year arrives just before the end of a year where Netflix is clearly winning on the full front. Michael Bay is let off the chains like a hungry pit bull and serves up perhaps the purest action ecstasy, orgy and orgasm I've ever seen. From start to finish, this is an adrenaline-fueled, uncompromising, explosive, glammed-up wild ride that features two potentially iconic scenes (the opening chase in Florence and the finale with Magneto). Ryan Reynolds is traditionally excellent and his actor boost is nearly 100%, but the rest of the crew is impressive as well, with everyone being a pro at something different. On the action side of things, there's pretty much everything you can think of ( fast cars, beautiful women, parkour, shootouts, slow motion, location changes, explosions, destruction and juicy gore). The only thing I found lacking here was a proper fight, but otherwise a Bay beauty that I would love to have framed. Those who complain about the script should run against the wall to realize they're watching an action movie, not an Oscar-winning existential art sophisticated drama. 10/10. (13/12/2019)

Michael Bay is simply nuts. Moreover he thinks that a movie about a bunch of people who want to save the world but actually kill many innocents is going to be fun. And yes, I can say that the action was fun. I’ve probably never seen it affect it its surroundings as much in any movie. However, the action was the only thing that worked. The boys and girls here didn’t offer anything the audience could relate to. Even a sight of the half-naked Mélanie Laurent left me totally unaffected… and that’s saying something. (15/12/2019)

The beginning bummed me out a little, even though I like fast car chases. This one took way too long. If I wasn't an unhip and uncool straight guy, I would probably have enough time to paint my nails (toenails included) while watching. The whole film would have been a guarantee of a five-star rating if it hadn't descended into the occasional bathos which went hand in hand with powerful American patriotism, and if the creators hadn't been so desperately trying to make a cool film full of oh-so-funny one-liners. By the way, for such good guys, they sure left behind a fairly high number of casualties. (11/01/2020)