Ghosted

Director: Dexter Fletcher

Cast:  Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, David Ellison,  Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Jules Daly, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese

Genre: Romance/action/ comedy

 

 

Movies that intermix action, romance, and comedy inevitably seem to lean more in one direction than the other. Perhaps, it tends to be funny. Maybe, it happens to be an action flick? Or, it could be a seriously romantic version. Whether you witness romantic movies with guns and fighting, you hardly notice a genre hybrid that completely works. If you take Ghosted, for instance, all three elements fall a little flat. None of them were entirely unsuccessful, yet the project was to portray magnetic and attractive leads. It was successful in that case at least.

 

 

Two complete opposites, Sadie (Ana de Armas) and Cole (Chris Evans) are drawn to one another at a farmer's market. In between trips around the world for work, she goes shopping. Following a split, he is employed there. Cole is thrilled when they end up going on an unplanned all-night date. Although they are happy for him, his parents, Tate Donovan, and Amy Sedaris, caution him to keep it cool. Of course, he can't, and out of fear of being ghosted, he decides to surprise Sadie by traveling to Europe with her (don't ask how or why; it's quite stupid).

Cole is abducted and tortured as soon as he lands in Europe. Sadie, who subsequently reveals herself to be a CIA agent, saves him at the very last second. They then engage in an adventure that includes arguments about who lied about what, comments from others about their chemistry and sexual tension, and a standard terrorist plot by Leveque (Adrien Brody) to obtain a weapon. Mostly, you're there to see the couple's eventual union while the fate of the planet happens to be at stake.

 

 

Ana de Armas and Chris Evans as actors do not lack charm. Both are stunning actors having this cute chemistry between them. They are showing a better performance by playing opposite roles in this movie than what they had previously done before. From falling in love to traveling to following each other and having fight and love scenes will make to tie up with your seats till the end of the movie.

Most of the dialogue is subpar, but occasionally some of the humorous set pieces succeed. Fletcher, on the other hand, has a culmination that feels even more banal. Even the ingredients that are effective are beaten into a pulp, decreasing their potency.

 

There are hints of a wonderful action rom-com in Ghosted. Unfortunately, they are few and few between since the movie is willing to be serviceable. It ends up falling short because it just aims for that mid-tier. I wouldn't call this a poor movie, but it's so forgettable that you won't be able to recall anything about it once the credits have finished.

 

-Sajid Ali

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