Michael Phillips: America has an action movie problem, thanks to Netflix. ‘Prey’ shows ‘The Gray Man’ how they should be done
by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Aug 12, 2022
4 minutes
You know what the Netflix movies “The Gray Man,” “Red Notice” and the forthcoming Jamie Foxx vampire hunter splurch “Day Shift” accomplish? They make “Prey” over on Hulu look even better by comparison.
I saw all four in a marathon stream-a-thon at home the other day, interrupted by the usual interruptions and the occasional deployment of the pause button in order to, oh, you know: trip to the fridge, trip to the bathroom, trip to the alley when the garbage needed taking out. I watched these four action movies the way most of us stream most things: in a state of semi-distraction.
Here’s what I
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