‘Ghosted’ Review: Chris Evans And Ana De Armas Lift Hyped-Up Action Comedy That Throws Everything At The Screen
deadline.comGhosted is an over-caffeinated action comedy romance that tries too hard to be too many things, starting out as a sweet budding rom-com before drastically morphing into a violent international spy-chase movie anchored by a constantly bickering couple.
This is one of those Hollywood movies that rarely slows down to breathe, throwing everything at the wall and just hoping some of it sticks.
It is also the kind of big-scale concoction that lives or dies on the appeal of its two big movie stars. In that regard, with a lovestruck Chris Evans working against his Captain America persona, and gorgeous and smart Ana de Armas switching gears on a dime, we do have a winning combination in front of the camera no matter how much the credibility of their instant union is stretched.
You only wish director Dexter Fletcher (Rocketman) had slowed it down more often in order to make the one or two scenes in which he does seem less like a brief encounter with real-life human beings before the next big set piece turns it back into a Road Runner cartoon.
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