It feels appropriate that Mayday is set in 1987. This is the sort of action-comedy buddy movie that used to regularly populate multiplexes and could easily have been made in the period in which it is set. Now, of course, this sort of fare usually goes to streaming, in this case Apple TV. David Ellison is among the producers, so presumably this project came about before his newfound religion about theatrical releases.
Ryan Reynolds plays Troy Kelly, a hotshot naval pilot nicknamed “Assassin” for comical reasons that are only revealed late in the film. Flying a secret spy mission, he’s forced to eject from his plane to avoid a deadly collision and finds himself trapped behind enemy lines in Soviet Russia.
Mayday
The Bottom Line
No rescue needed from this formulaic but fun throwback.
