WEBVTT - Mayday

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<v Speaker 1>Hello and welcome to Now Streaming with Jordan. This may

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<v Speaker 1>shock you. I admire your country very much. Your democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>your culture and your films and your food. I have

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<v Speaker 1>never had McDonald's, but I suspect I would love it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that right? Produced by Apple TV, the movie is

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<v Speaker 1>called Mayday, that in the old days you'd expect to

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<v Speaker 1>see on the big screen. This one went right to streaming,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's quite entertaining. A smart action film, helped by

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<v Speaker 1>the casting of the likable Ryan Reynolds, and a scene-stealing

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<v Speaker 1>performance by the great Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh, playing an

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<v Speaker 1>ex-KGB agent who rescues Ryan Reynolds, a Navy pilot shot

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<v Speaker 1>down over Russia during the height of the Cold War.

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<v Speaker 1>The action sequences really work well, and when I found

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<v Speaker 1>out that Kenneth Branagh's doing most of his own stunts,

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<v Speaker 1>I was even more impressed. Ultimately, the message of the

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<v Speaker 1>film is that despite the politics, we as people, at

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<v Speaker 1>least back then, are not that different. A buddy picture

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<v Speaker 1>with not a lot of heavy mental lifting needed on

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<v Speaker 1>your part. Just enjoy the action and repartee between the

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<v Speaker 1>two characters. Mayday on Apple, and that's now streaming with

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan WBZ, Boston's news radio.