All 6 Ryan Reynolds Action Comedies of the 2020s, Including Mayday, Ranked

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Ryan Reynolds discovered a formula with 2016’s Deadpool and has never looked back. He found out that audiences adore his take on the wisecracking, irreverent Marvel anti-hero. And since then, nearly every one of his roles has at least a tiny bit of Wade Wilson with them. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but the results have been rather mixed. Some of his movies make better use of that formula than others.

Now, Mayday is here, and early reviews are quite positive (84% on the Tomatometer, as of September 4). A Cold War-era action comedy, it features Reynolds starring alongside Kenneth Branagh in a buddy movie setup. Here’s how all six of Reynolds’ action comedies in the 2020s rank from worst to best.

6 Red Notice Is Netflix’s Most Forgettable Action Comedy

An image for Red Notice showing three actors in formal wear standing in a museum gallery lined with glass display cases of artifacts and weaponry, under ornate chandeliers. A man in a white dinner jacket stands on the left, a woman in a red slit gown stands in the center, and a bald man in a maroon tuxedo stands on the right.

Red Notice on paper has all the ingredients of a blockbuster. It has known faces (besides Reynolds, it features Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot in lead roles). But the Rawson Marshall Thurber-written and directed movie does not do much with any of it. The performances are uniformly just okay. It is watchable but quite bland to the point that you forget the plot as soon as the credits begin rolling.

5 Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard Is All Noise and Little Fun

Four people seated in an ornate room. A man in a fedora watches warily on the left; center, a woman in a green leather jacket sits tensely as an older man in a paisley jacket leans over her shoulder; right, a bruised man in a rumpled blazer looks on tensely.

I found the original quite fun, though that had more to do with the charisma of its leads (Samuel L. Jackson, besides Reynolds) rather than the movie. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, though, is just a repetitive mix of explosions and increasingly ridiculous situations. Reynolds, Jackson, and Salma Hayek have some moments that are mildly amusing, but that’s it. But unlike Red Notice, this one is at least interesting in parts.

4 The Adam Project Makes Time Travel Surprisingly Emotional

Ryan Reynolds in a tactical flight suit stands in a dark forest at night, lit in cool blue tones, gazing upward with a tense expression. Beside him, a boy in a plaid jacket holds a small glowing device and looks up in the same direction.

The Adam Project, directed by Shawn Levy, is at its best when it forgets its needlessly complicated time-travel mythology. Reynolds plays a future pilot who travels back in time and meets his younger self. The two share an interesting dynamic while realizing the weirdness of it. The story’s focus on family and loss gives it more thematic weight than its sci-fi premise would suggest. And yet, while it is pretty formulaic, it is also an engaging watch.

3 Free Guy Turns a Video Game World Into a Charming Adventure

A man in glasses and a lavender henley stands in front, looking alert, while a woman with a shoulder holster over a white blouse looks back over her shoulder behind him, both lit in warm red-orange light against a glowing backlit wall.

Also directed by Shawn Levy, Free Guy puts Reynolds in a fictional open-world video game (similar to Fortnite). His character, Guy, is an NPC (non-playable character), which, in video game parlance, refers to a character that players interact with for quests and other purposes. Guy, though, decides to take control of his own story. The movie is light but also explores some deeper ideas like free will and AI. It’s never subtle, but has enough charm to make it worthwhile.

2 Deadpool & Wolverine Makes for an Entertaining Buddy Movie

A close-up of two costumed superheroes standing side by side against a dusty, sunlit outdoor backdrop. On the left, a man in a red-and-black masked suit with sword hilts visible over his shoulder. On the right, a man with tousled hair in a yellow-and-blue armored suit, both looking off to the side with tense expressions.

Deadpool & Wolverine is packed with cameos and the usual multiversal nonsense. But its simplest idea — to put Deadpool and Wolverine in a movie and let them bounce off each other — works wonderfully. It works precisely why good buddy movies work: their characters are so different. Deadpool won’t stop talking, and Wolverine would rather be anywhere else than with him. The movie was the highest-grossing R-Rated movie ever, until The Odyssey beat it for the top spot.

1 Mayday Is One of Reynolds’ Most Enjoyable Movies in Years

In Mayday, we find Reynolds’ character, a US Navy Pilot in the backdrop of the Cold War. The presence of Kenneth Branagh brings a completely new dimension to the film. The Pilot gets stranded behind enemy lines and has to collaborate with Branagh’s ex-KGB agent in order to return to safety. Their conflicting nature forms the film’s biggest source of entertainment, and the thriller elements keep things moving. FandomWire’s M.N. Miller gave it 6 stars in his review.

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Mayday is now streaming on Apple TV.

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