“Ghosted”

Movie Review

Adapted from a Reese and Wernick story, Ghosted is a 2023 American romantic action-adventure comedy film that is directed by Dexter Fletcher and written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers. Chris Evans and Ana de Armas are the movie's stars. April 2023 was the date. Critics gave the movie unfavorable reviews, faulting Fletcher's directing, the script, and the lack of chemistry between Evans and de Armas.

While between missions, Sadie, an accomplished but now depressed CIA agent, encounters Cole, a charming but romantically desperate farmer, and seller. Despite their early disagreements, the two ended up getting along and went on a lengthy date that ended in sex. Cole texts Sadie when he gets home, but she doesn't reply. Cole's sister assumes Sadie is "ghosting" him because of his overbearing demand for connection. He is ridiculed, but his family persuades him to surprise her in London after he locates her using a tracker on his inhaler.

When Cole gets to London, he starts looking for Sadie. He enters a trap set by arms dealers for a CIA agent known as "Taxman" just as he is about to locate her. He is given drugs and taken to a Pakistani cave. Cole is being tortured by people who mistake him for the Taxman and try to get a password from him. Cole is saved by a disguised assailant who sneaks into the cave and reveals themselves to be Sadie, also known as the "Taxman." After a protracted chase through Khyber Pass, the two manage to get away from their captors, who turn out to be working for a disgraced French Intelligence agent named Leveque. Leveque is trying to sell "Aztec," a bioweapon that he has in his possession but does not have the key to unlock.

In a neighboring town, Cole and Sadie hideout. The two dispute over lies they had previously told. Sadie claimed to be an art curator to Cole, and Cole claimed to have traveled the world to impress Sadie. They run across Marco, an old acquaintance and Sadie's lover, who cautions Cole against dating Sadie because, much to Cole's dismay, she is more interested in the success of a mission than the life of a partner. In order to allow Sadie to carry out her job, Marco offers to send Cole back to the US. However, their plan is derailed when Leveque places a price on Cole. After Cole and Sadie are tossed between bounty hunters, who unintentionally murder everyone and let the two escape, Marco is slain by a bounty hunter. Cole admits that the torturers were attempting to get the passcode out of him while he was trying to escape. When Sadie learns this, she comes up with a scheme to lure Cole into a confrontation with the Aztecs while also putting Cole to sleep.

Sadie delivers Cole to Leveque and collects the Taxman's prize. Before Leveque leaves and sends his main goon, Wagner, to unlock Aztec on a plane with Cole and Sadie, the three have a meeting. Up until Wagner comes across a picture of Cole and Sadie in bed together, their plan stays the same. Cole and Sadie and Wagner and his goon get into a brawl inside the cabin. Cole and Sadie manage to subdue the henchman for a while, but Sadie is badly hurt and begs Cole to jump with the Aztecs and leave her behind. While grabbing Sadie and leaving the plane, Cole takes the Aztecs.

Cole is delivered to Leveque by Sadie, who also collects the Taxman's bounty. The three get together before Leveque leaves and sends Wagner, his chief goon, to free the Aztecs while Cole and Sadie are on a plane. Until Wagner discovers a picture of Cole and Sadie in bed together, their strategy remains unchanged. Cole and Sadie get into a brawl in the cabin with Wagner and his goon. Sadie is gravely hurt and begs Cole to jump out with the Aztecs and leave her behind even if Cole briefly defeats the henchman. Although Cole grabs Sadie and leaves the plane, the Aztecs are his.

The two arrive on an island, where Cole successfully heals Sadie's wounds with resources found there while also reuniting them. In order to attack the island, Wagner tracks the Aztecs and puts together a team. Wagner escapes with the Aztecs, but Cole and Sadie are ambushed and saved by the Marines. Sadie receives a censure and suspension at CIA Headquarters for allowing the Aztecs to flee. Cole is once more unhappy when Sadie apologizes for placing Cole's life before the Aztecs and exhorts Sadie to rediscover caring for others. Despite the agents' initial mistrust of Cole, they come to appreciate his invaluable assistance in cracking the Aztec passcode. The agents come up with a scheme to have Cole continue to pose as the Taxman and lure Leveque, who is getting anxious due to mounting pressure from Mr. Utami, his customer.

Cole and Leveque were scheduled to meet at an exclusive dining establishment by the agents. Cole is encouraged to feel he is fully safe, but Leveque's men kill the field agents right away. Cole decides to carry out the task. When Cole, Leveque, and Mr. Utami first meet, things start to go awry until Sadie arrives to assist Cole and reveals herself to be the real Taxman. She gives Mr. Utami the passcode for $10,000,000 and sells it to him. As an escape strategy, she then sets up a $10,000,000 bounty on Leveque. Bounty hunters, Utami and Leveque's men, Cole and Sadie, and others cause chaos to break out in the restaurant. Leveque kills Utami but is ultimately killed after being pushed through the window by Sadie's firing, who also retrieves Aztec. Wagner is killed by Cole after being thrown into a gear mechanism. Sadie also recovers Aztec. Finding time for one another between and during Sadie's missions, they renew their love and start a formal relationship.

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