In the Grey: An engaging guilty pleasure

In the Grey (2026) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five); rated R, for violence and profanityAvailable via: Amazon Prime and other VOD optionsBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 10.4.26British writer/director Guy Ritchie’s action thrillers always are clever, vicarious fun, in great part because of the snarky, deadpan dry wit with which his characters operate. This one is no exception. With bodyguards Sid (Henry Cavill, left) and Bronco (Jake Gyllenhaal) keeping a closewatch, Rachel (Eiza González) executes her next move, in an ongoing scheme to makean unscrupulous billionaire pay back the $1 billion that he "borrowed" from a U.S.-basedasset management firm.Its fleeting, blink-and-you-missed-it release on this side of the pond, back in mid-May — resulting in a paltry $5.7 million gross in the United States and Canada — therefore can be chalked up to marketing incompetence, rather than any indication of the film’s merits. In short, it was dumped, and subsequently…