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Pointers are very much appreciated :P

But yea, I did enjoy the movie very much, a fun watch, not much plot going on, this seems to be more of an appetizer to the plot of the story that is supposed to occur later down the line yet. I mean, the USB got destroyed, evil duke basson revealed that there are longer strings behind him, there are fouler things at play, there may be other sierras, they may or may not yet be expanded on, sierra four may have known some people. The thing is, we are just about to witness the rock Sisyphus is pushing near the top of the hill roll to the bottom again. That's what this movie felt like, exciting but the battle is just about to start. I wouldn't mind watching it again, it's Ryan Gosling competently beating *rses and showing off his arms most of the time. I also wanna crack the character's head open and check at what exactly makes six tick. He's stoic and seemingly unfeeling, but has enough of a conscience to mind collateral, he does fine enough committing crimes I guess, he's likely compartmentalizing, he's trained enough he doesn't express much through his body language. He didn't show distress when the camera guy tricked him, tamil guy took the necklace, not Hansen threatening him. He still does express something though, his frustration at margaret at her insistence on staying, a tired slump when telling Miranda about murdering his father, his hesitation at leaving Fitzroy final suicide stand, he's definitely a paranoid one, enough not to express anything. Trained to be an asset he may be, he cares enough to be human is what my most definitely biased opinion would be. I should get into the books sometime

Edit: to jiby - don't worry you didn't come off as aggressive or anything, that was just me muttering to myself. I'm actually very happy to know things, I don't mind being told about it, I'm grateful, it's really nice to interact/discuss something on a shared interest. I'd still watch a sequel, I'll watch it for the plot (hehe). Thank you, truly.

The Gray Man by Mark Greaney. Rating: 2.5 stars.

Read from May 5th to 7th.

I'm going to try to keep the review short and sweet because I didn't have a great time with this one. I picked this one up on my husband's suggestion for a book for my yearly challenge. The challenge for 2026 is to read a book with an adaptation and watch the adaptation within the same month. I just hope the movie is better than the book for this one because I didn't have a good time. This is one of those Action Thriller books that is definitely more plot focused than character focused. I also just got sick and tired of the repetition. It was Good Guy gets into a bad position, fights his way out, makes it to a different safe location, gets found, gets put into a bad position. Over and over and over. There was always someone out there trying to kill him or someone else trying to give him up to someone who is trying to kill him. I'm sure that money and power and resources are all the answer for this in this book, but it was just the same thing again and again and again. The only real moments of intrigue I had with this one were the other people's motivations. I know the Good Guy of the story was just trying to stay alive, but for the rest it was interesting to see how all of their own motivations dictated their actions and how those actions affected everyone else.

This was a great movie. And it made me want to read the whole book series, written by Mark Greaney. Yes, it was full of crazy action but what I fell in love with were the emotional beats: Court's relationship with his handlers, Fitzroy and Margaret Cahill, and with Claire.

Fitzroy and Cahill honestly loved Court - or Sierra Six - like their son. And they were so very proud of him, of what he'd achieved - and that he always, always did the right thing, even when it was inconvenient or it cost him everything. And they both laid down their lives for him. Yes, it was horribly sad but it was also tragically beautiful.

And then there was Claire. And she was awesome, such a tough little cookie. And the amount of trust that she had in Six! I loved that they ended up as a little found family of two. It was just *chef's kiss* Yes, I know that it wasn't like that in the books but I'm glad that they added that.

Chris Evans as Lloyd was hilarious. Such a sociopath devil. His "Ballsy!" line when Six dropped the grenade had me LOL'ing hard. It was obvious he had a lot of fun with the part.

Introduction to The Hard Line Summary & Review I’ve followed Court Gentry for fifteen books now. That’s fifteen years of watching him bleed, run, and fight across every continent. Mark Greaney has built something rare with this series: a protagonist who feels both superhuman and deeply wounded, capable of impossible feats yet haunted by every life he’s taken. The Hard Line sends Court on two…