I watched this on Apple TV+ on the train to Newcastle on the 25th of November, 2024.
Absolute classic action movie, burnished to a gleam by the old pals of Pitt and Clooney. Their comedy chops were on full force, aided by a decent supporting cast and great cinematography, but held back by an odd plot that was either too convoluted or too simple.
The single funniest moment was near the climax, where a pager rings with an address. Clooney looks at it, sighs, and slides is across the table to Pitt, who looks at him curiously, looks at the pager as well, and also sighs. Both men reach into their jacket pockets, bringing out what appear to be sunglasses, ready for the showdown… but they put them on and it turns out they’re just reading glasses and that neither man has actually been able to read the pager.
I liked their old coot chemistry, and their bonding over many spoken and unspoken moments, from their clothes and bad backs, to their shared experiences, and their orbiting around each other in the same city for decades.
Overall, p good and worth a watch.