Wednesday 29 September 2021

Free Guy

Free Guy is now on Disney+ after a 45-day cinema exclusive, while still in some cinemas. It stars Ryan Reynolds as a glitching NPC in GTA Online by way of Fortnite (so basically Saints Row) and Jodie Comer as the real person he bumps into.

Sort of The Truman Show meets They Live with the sunglasses of secrets in a much sillier tone, and a reminder to treat your NPCs with more care, though in a more Wreck-It Ralph than Westworld way.

Director Shawn Levy has a hand in Stranger Things (hence one casting choice) but here is more in Night At The Museum mode.

Also for fellow old Buffy fans, music by Christophe Beck (who has since done the likes of Frozen and WandaVision) so always nice seeing him do something in our neck of the woods, and this score is sometimes bouncy and sometimes referencing fellow Disney-related stuck in a game movie TRON Legacy.

One thing D+ doesn’t have up is this pre-trailer bit.

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