Ghosted

On Apple TV+

Directed by Dexter Fletcher and starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas is this romcom action adventure. Cole Turner (Evans) is a farmer helping out on his parents (Tate Donovan and Amy Sedaris) farm and market stall. Having just “mutually” ended a relationship, he finds himself swept up in a new one after a chance meeting with Sadie (De Armas). However when he doesn’t get a response to his texts his family suggest he’s been “ghosted”. So when he discovers she’s in London, he decides to make a big romantic gesture and fly there to surprise her. The surprise is on him when he discovers Sadie, rather than working in Art, is a CIA operative, landing Cole in the middle of an international arms deal, fronted by a former French intelligence officer Leveque (Adrien Brody). This leads to a chase for Cole and Sadie across the world trying to retrieve a dangerous weapon and keep Cole alive while doing it!

Ghosted is no more than passable fare. It starts off with a fun premise, a romcom that takes a turn into action adventure territory, but rather than working on playing with the genre it instead ends up a pretty nuts and bolts comedy action film.

It’s not terrible and Evans and Ana de Armas are always watchable. While their relationship doesn’t quite crackle, it is fun, with some nice exchanges, humour and some fun action set pieces.

The cast are all equally passable with Brody supporting the leads with his “Austin Powersesque” bad guy and a list of entertaining cameos, particularly in one five minute bounty hunter scene.

But that said, it is pretty predictable and rather forgettable and to be honest runs out of steam long before it reaches the end of its 116 minutes.

Ghosted is a predictable and slightly overlong action romcom, that doesn’t quite deliver on its entertaining premise. Evans and Ana de Armas ensure it’s never terrible, but it’s nothing special failing to get beyond felling like a disposable straight to streaming offering.