Critics Review Apple TV+ Action-Comedy 'Mayday' Starring Reynolds and Branagh
Critics have praised the Apple TV+ release of "Mayday," highlighting the strong on-screen chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh in the Cold War-era buddy comedy. While acknowledging its familiar genre conventions, reviewers agree the film offers a witty and consistently entertaining experience.
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Mayday review – Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh set cold war bromance alight
An American fighter pilot teams up with a retired KGB officer for hijinks and hilarity in Soviet Russia Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in this goofy but entertaining action-comedy bromance set in the cold war 80s, when it seemed every red-blooded young guy in America adored Top Gun and wanted to be a US Navy fighter pilot. It’s got some outrageous close-quarter fight scenes – and who knew Branagh could bust out martial arts moves? Is he going to follow Bob Odenkirk into an unexpected ...
By Peter Bradshaw
Read full article →Apple TV’s witty Mayday puts Ryan Reynolds exactly where he belongs: behind enemy lines
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s fast-paced buddy comedy follows a U.S. Air Force pilot who crash lands in Soviet-era Russia
By Barry Hertz
Read full article →‘Mayday’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Have Infectious Chemistry in Derivative but Diverting Apple TV Action-Comedy
Maria Baklova also appears in this film about an American pilot trapped in Soviet Russia and the ex-KGB agent who helps him.
By Frank Scheck
Read full article →‘Mayday’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Steals The Show From Top Gun Ryan Reynolds In Skydance And Apple’s Wild Buddy Action Comedy That Should Have Been In Theatres
David Ellison keeps pledging that both Paramount and Warner Bros. will release 30 movies a year each if the infamous ParaBros merger goes through. Hopefully they will even be good movies. That would be nice. But with Skydance and David Ellison as producers of the raucously entertaining, big scale, star-driven action comedy, Mayday they have […]
By Pete Hammond
Read full article →Mayday Review: Fun, Creative Buddy Comedy Isn't Just Blind '80s Nostalgia
It's a little too hemmed in to be truly great, but Apple TV's new action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh has more than enough life.
By SR Staff
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