Mayday Movie Review - Ryan Reynolds & Kenneth Branagh Are PERFECT

By Zach Pope

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Zach Pope reviews MAYDAY, the new Ryan Reynolds & Kenneth Branagh action-comedy from directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, premiering September 4 on Apple TV. Mayday follows hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly, played by Ryan Reynolds, after a top-secret Cold War mission into Russian territory goes horribly wrong. Stranded behind enemy lines, Troy encounters Nikolai Ustinov, played by Kenneth Branagh, a gruff former KGB agent with an unexpected love for American culture. What begins as an unlikely alliance develops into an action-packed buddy adventure as Nikolai attempts to help Troy escape. Written and directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the filmmaking duo behind Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Mayday also stars Marcin Dorociński, Maria Bakalova, and David Morse. The movie is set in 1987 and even incorporates Top Gun into its period setting, with the filmmakers receiving permission to use footage from th

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