Featuring three of the biggest stars currently working and a budget of $200 million, Netflix's latest attempt at bringing a Hollywood caliber blockbuster straight to your living room is their best yet, easily blowing prior efforts like Bright and 6 Underground out of the water. That's because it follows a more traditional action-comedy formula. Offering big heists and some Indiana Jones style globetrotting for ancient artifacts with plenty of quips along the way. It still has the same all over the place writing found in those aforementioned titles. The story flows smoothly from one exciting set piece to the next, but the characters are borderline schizophrenic with their ever-shifting allegiances and plans. This has more twists and backstabbings than a Mission Impossible flick. Plus, whoever wrote the script has some serious daddy issues. That all means very little however in the face of how funny and action-packed it is. Ryan Reynolds showcases his typical irreverent, sarcastic wit delivering an inexhaustible supply of off-the-wall lines, and Dwayne Johnson as the straight man proves to be the perfect foil while sporting that always indescribable presence that says "you must watch me." The adrenaline-fueled escapades they get up to are exhilarating with parkour chases, helicopter shootouts, and frantic prison escapes. A small touch I really appreciated was that given how our leads are technically the bad guys a lot of attention to detail was given so that we never see an innocent correctional officer or any other member of law enforcement found in the various countries visited get gunned down in one of the multiple firefights. In fact, the only thing I was bothered by was the ending. Not only does the final surprise development serve to cheapen the begrudging buddy aspect of the film, but it seems to have been included solely as a means of ensuring that each of three headlining names can return for a sequel, when to be perfectly honest the main duo are all that need to. Particularly since Gal Gadot's villain receives no development, largely serving as simple eye candy and a recognizable talent to bring in the viewers. Still, this is hilarious and thrilling. If you enjoyed the chemistry shared between "The Rock" and Reynolds during their brief time together in Hobbs & Shaw know you finally have a full movie of it. It feels like the kind of cinematic event everybody would rush to see in the days before Disney basically had a freaking monopoly on everything you can see in theaters and the MCU became the model for having any hope of achieving box-office success in the modern age.