Branagh Takes on Action Role in Apple's Cold War Comedy 'Mayday'

Branagh takes on action role in Apple's Cold War comedy 'Mayday'

But in his new film "Mayday," whether he's wrestling soldiers for a gun on a crowded train, smacking down bad guys in a bar fight or hijacking a missile delivery vehicle on the streets of Moscow, he seems surprisingly at home. Branagh stars as a disillusioned former KGB agent helping a downed US fighter pilot (Ryan Reynolds) to escape Cold War Russia in Apple TV's tongue-in-cheek road-movie romp. For writer-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John…

Cold War comedy Mayday is a cry for help

For some, the Cold War never ended. Communism is back in the news because it’s the best bogeyman politicians and Hollywood can conjure up without crashing into problematic territory. But for all its retro jokes about Cabbage Patch Kids and Top Gun, Mayday—the milquetoast, first-draft-like comedy from John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein that revisits the waning days of the Iron Curtain—still hasn’t figured out how to make the era funny. It’…

‘Mayday’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Have Infectious Chemistry in Derivative but Diverting Apple TV Action-Comedy

Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in 'Mayday,' about an American pilot trapped in Soviet Russian and the ex-KGB agent who helps him.

Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds teams up with Kenneth Branagh in Mayday

Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds has a brand new film out this week called Mayday.

Kenneth Branagh Left Ryan Reynolds 'Starstruck' With His 'Wild' Mayday Revelation

Kenneth Branagh left Ryan Reynolds “starstruck” with an unexpected skill that completely changed how he saw the legendary actor. The Mayday star revealed why working with Branagh became “the best job” he ever had. Ryan Reynolds discusses Kenneth Branagh’s genre shift in Mayday Ryan Reynolds praised Kenneth Branagh’s unexpected comedic talent while promoting their upcoming film Mayday, in an interview shared by […] The post Kenneth Branagh Left R…

British acting legend Kenneth Branagh stars in first-look clip for Ryan Reynolds film Mayday

Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh have teamed up for a new action-comedy coming to Apple TV this week – and Radio Times can exclusively reveal a first-look clip from the film.Mayday – which is set at the height of the cold war in the 1980s – is a buddy comedy that follows Reynolds's Troy, a US Air Force pilot, after he lands behind enemy lines in Russia and finds an unlikely ally in the shape of a former KGB agent (played by Branagh).It is writt…