Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/mayday-2026-kenneth-branagh-steals-the-show-from-ryan-reynolds-in-an-unapologetically-formulaic-throwback/ Rating: B- MAYDAY knows exactly what it wants to be: a fun, unpretentious '80s throwback carried almost entirely by the chemistry between its two leads. Kenneth Branagh is the real standout, gruff and unexpectedly funny, while Ryan Reynolds keeps his usual instincts nicely in check. The action is sharp and the pacing brisk, but the film takes zero risks — predictable from start to finish, with underdeveloped side characters and…
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Mayday
Overview
When a U.S. Navy pilot on a top-secret mission during the Cold War gets trapped behind enemy lines, his only chance at survival is to form an alliance with an eccentric ex-KGB agent.
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Release date
03/09/2026
Votes
1,051
Popularity
13.9
Ryan Reynolds
Troy Kelly
Kenneth Branagh
Nikolai Ustinov
Marcin Dorociński
Alexander Volkov
Maria Bakalova
Anna Ustinov
David Morse
Harold Kelly
Clark Johnson
CDR Keith Hardwick
Wendy Crewson
Assistant Director Karen Meadows
Louis Cancelmi
Maj Pete Sanders
Josh Hamilton
Consul General Dan Hennessy
Alex Mallari Jr.
Danny 'Longshot' Bowers
Alden Adair
James 'Mullet' Mullen
Lovell Adams-Gray
Tomas 'Boomer' Garcia
John Francis Daley
LSO
Robert Crooks
Air Boss #1
Lorrie Odom
Nurse
Jean Bernard
Bouncer
Vadim Kroll
Belsky
Andrei Kovski
Yuri
Alexander Drojjine
Lev
Patrick Kerton
Ivan
Arthur Holden
Barkeep
Alex Ozerov-Meyer
Viktor
David McKeown
Train Car Attendant
Alexandre Sazonov
Train Announcer / General Ternovyh
Elbina Oulmacheva
Yelena
Leonid Citer
Yevgeniy
Jacob Hanlon
Gorgo
Mark Antony Krupa
Dacha Guard #1
Niko Nikolov
Dacha Guard #2
Raphael Kepinski
Eduard Dukhov
Aleksandra Kimaeva
Julia
Roksana Olsinskaya
Nadia Dukhov
Nikita Olsinskiy
Boris Dukhov
Veronica Gorbov
Mila Dukhov
Chanel Mings
US Embassy Staffer
Jurij Kekalo
KGB Agent #1
János Timkó
KGB Agent #2
Attila Halász
KGB Agent #3
Gábor Maday
KGB Agent #4
Roland Imre
MAZ Driver
Elek Kőri
MAZ Driver
Sándor Qpa Bencze
Volkov's Police Driver
János Füzi
Russian Policeman
Péter Fancsikai
Airport Gate Guard
Erniel Baez
TAO Price
Donald Sales
Capt S. Anderton
Christian Jadah
Operations Officer Tyler
Sophie-Thérèse Stone-Richards
Air Boss #2
Joey Coleman
F/A-18 Pilot
Jonathan Goldstein
LT Jack Stebbins
R.F. Daley
Congressman J. Parks
Brendan Gray
Aircraft Handling Officer
Charlie Ågadjanian
Singing Russian Soldier
Vassif Aliev
Singing Russian Soldier
Valentyn Colton
Singing Russian Soldier
Luis Escobar
Singing Russian Soldier
Nichita Ghidulean
Singing Russian Soldier
Alexander Peganov
Singing Russian Soldier
Jonathan Pariente
Singing Russian Soldier
Rhys Alexander Phillips
Singing Russian Soldier
Antoine Nicolas
Singing Russian Soldier
Alex Rykov
Singing Russian Soldier
Fedor Pastoukhov
Singing Russian Soldier
Richard Wesley Montgomery
Singing Russian Soldier
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**The return of filmmaking as they used to make it** What a rare treat it is to be genuinely surprised by a movie nowadays. And how telling it is of contemporary cinema that stumbling upon a gem like this feels more like a stroke of pure luck than the product of routine industry talent. The year is 1987, at the absolute height of the Cold War. Troy "Assassin" Kelly (Ryan Reynolds), a cocky, reckless US Navy pilot, is shot down over enemy territory during a top-secret reconnaissance mission. Stranded in the brutal Siberian wilderness and hunted by Soviet security operatives, his only hope…
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There was a time when Ryan Reynolds presentation on screen was refreshing. Now it is repetitive and derivative of his own work. He becomes less and less funny the more you see him, and this movie brings **nothing** new. I wish to emphasize that it is really nothing new. It is just watching the same character in a different suit do the same thing all over again. He is perfectly cast for the part because he's playing the same character that he does in every other movie. The addition of Kenneth Branagh is of course very welcome, and he does his best with the material, but his character is simply …
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