Ryan Reynolds stars as a bank teller in an epic adventure-comedy “Free Guy” who discovers he is actually a background player aka as a NPC (nonplayer character that is not controlled by the gamer) in an open-world video game.
If you are looking for a fun-spirited summer blockbuster movie, then head to the theatres to see Free Guy. Yes, it may be a bit derivative of other “gamer” movies, but I really enjoyed it.
Ryan Reynolds is perfectly cast as the perpetually cheerful Guy who has the same daily routine and has never done or accomplished anything extraordinary. Guy is a teller in a big city bank who is a fan of mid-90s pop divas. When he discovers he is actually a background player in an ultra-violent open-world video game called “Free City” and that he exists only in the game, he decides to become the hero of his own story. Of course, the story would not be that interesting if Guy doesn’t fall for the girl.
Jodie Comer as Molotov Girl. Photo by Alan Markfield. © 2020 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
And who should play the love interest but everyone’s favorite assassin? Sorry, wrong show. Jodie Comer of Killing Eve fame plays totally against type as Millie Rusk, a beautiful, brilliant and somewhat reserved video game designer and programmer who comes into Guy’s life and helps him change the course of his destiny.
Millie’s avatar in the open-world video game “Free City” is a mysterious badass British biker chick in knee-high leather boots who goes by the name Molotovgirl, but she detests the company behind the game, believing they stole her work.
Without the supporting cast which includes Buddy (Lil Rel Howery), a security guard at Free City’s beleaguered bank and Guy’s one dimensional best friend to Antwan (Taika Waititi) TAIKA WAITITI) as the greedy, loud, and obnoxious tech mogul behind “Free City” which has stolen the code from Millie and her fellow coder Walter “Keys” McKeys (Joe Keery of Stranger Things fame, it would be a pretty boring movie.
It’s not perfect but you will definitely have a good time at Free Guy and will be surprised by the Easter eggs in the movie.
“Free Guy” opens in U.S. theaters on August 13, 2021
Disclosure: NYC Single Mom attended a screening to facilitate this review. Opinions are 100% my own.
