Review of Ghosted

"Ghosted" is a brutally tedious film that wastes two star actors in roles that don't fit them from the start, then hands them a script that exacerbates the problem. I could probably watch Ana de Armis do just about anything; however, in this mess she is lost, and trying to turn her into a high-brow international fighting spy doesn't change a thing. There is zero chemistry between the leads and the filmmakers seem to know this, because they constantly have supporting characters vocalizing about how Armas and her co-star, Chris Evans, need to "get a room." This happens so often, it's like they're trying to convince the audience vocally instead of through actual chemistry that come off the screen. After about the fourth time, you start to feel sorry for everyone involved in this mess. The reality is the two of them aren't even believable as brother and sister, let alone anything more. The two of them don't even belong in the same room together. Their lines are recited like they're just reading them themselves for the first time. Even the little fights between them, that are supposed to establish romantic tension, are forced and a little silly. The espionage portion of the story adds nothing but typical dreck of a device that can destroy the eastern seaboard and blah, blah, blah....who cares? The whole thing is executed so poorly, the audience surely doesn't.