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Fun Fact : Chris' appearance happened by chance. He just happened to be in town that day and Ryans like "hey wanna be in my movie"

The fact that it took this man until the glasses scene to realize the plot is hysterical, you're old school man

Alex not understanding Dude's unfinished writing was *ADJECTIVE*

The thing you might be missing about "Dude" is that the character details weren't finished when they loaded him into the game. Hence the blue shirt tattoo instead of an actual shirt, "Catchphrase" because they hadn't created whatever they were going to give him for a catchphrase yet and him saying friendly gesture as it would've shown up in his programming.

The 2 second Chris Evans cameo was my favorite part of the whole movie. It was done in like 1 or 2 takes.

You said "its Steve!" with such genuine joy 😂 I love it

At 14:42, fun fact. A few years ago, Ryan Rynnollds sat down for a interview/chat with Jacksepticeye. They talked and he made a great impression. Years later they met again on a boat, and Ryan actually remembered him and called him over. They introduced their girlfriends/wives to each other. So when this movie was being filmed, Ryan ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HIM, and asked him to be in his movie!! SO AWESOME !!
ALSO, at 37:03, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO I'VE SEEN REACT TO THIS FILM, WAS CONVINCED SHE'D GET CLIPPED BY A BUS. ME AND MY MOTHER INCLUDED. WEIRD HUH?

Fun fact: The rendition of Mariah Carey's Fantasy that plays as he runs to the island is sung by Jodie Comer, the actress that plays Millie.

This was possibly one of the best films for Alex to go in totally blind, knowing nothing about the film.. He had such a fun time !

Alex: I can't take this guy seriously wearing that pink bunny costume.
Pink Bunny ratchets his weapon.
Alex: Ok, well I can take him a little more seriously now.
OMG - this is why I love these reactions, Alex!!! 🙂❤

Some context for the Marvel and Star Wars easter eggs, Free Guy was mid-production under 20th Century FOX, when they sold their film and tv arm to Disney, knowing this, the crew contacted someone at Disney and basically said, because this is going to be released under your banner, can we just put in a few cool bits of your IPs? And Disney went, sure.

Honestly, "Catchphrase!" is one of my favorite lines of all time. It leaned into the ridiculousness of it. That's why it's so great.

This movie just wouldn’t have worked without Ryan Reynolds. One of my favorite movies that I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. I instantly clicked when I saw this pop up. Especially recently coming off of your Deadpool reaction. When Ryan pulls out the raunch jokes he literally never misses, it’s always funny. Aside from that, I don’t think anyone expected so many Disney/ Marvel or other character references in general. Chris Evans was definitely a surprise. And to think he just up and agreed to to shoot that little part on location just because he was around is what makes it the best surprise cameo ever. 😂

Pleasantville was actually a good movie. I'm glad you seen it Alex. Tobey Maguire and Jeff Daniels did their roles perfectly.

15:17 Re-typed: That villain boss actor is Taika Waititi, you might know him as Korg from the Thor and Avengers movies, BUT he's also the creative director behind Thor Ragnarok and Love & Thunder! With this, I would love to recommend you these simply hilarious beautiful amazing movies which he starred and directed in like "What We Do in the Shadows" and "JoJo Rabbit". I hope you haven't saw it yet! Cant wait to see your reactions on it, Alex!
Ps. This movie was directed by Shawn Levy who will be directing Deadpool 3 and it will mark as the 3rd movie that he and Ryan has worked on together, the second movie was called "The Adam Project" and to be honest, I liked it more than Free Guy, but both were great!

There were soooo many fun cameo's in this movie, the guy in the alleyway that told Millie about the clip was Hugh Jackman! Just to let you know the whole theater shouted out when he made that jump from the bridge, this movie was SOOO good, I own it digitally and on hard copy.

32:29 so do you happen to remember your Avengers Infinity War reaction, when you said Cap with that beard looked like a hipster who should be wearing a scarf while sitting in a Starbucks drinking coffee? Only thing missing here was the scarf. 😂😂😂

Taika Waititi's role in this so good. He's an absolute legend.

Ryan has the midas touch. Any movie he does is a huge success and deservedly so. He acts like many of us think or talk like on the day to day, that's what his movies are so likeable I think

I also underastimated this movie, I didn't even watched the trailer, but when I watched this movie with my friends I was completely blown away. This movie is so entertaining and refreshing

Antwan is Taika Waititi, also known as Korg and the director of Thor: Ragnarok

This guy is probably the best reaction youtuber. He says interesting, entertaining things and doesn’t leave out any important details from the movie by editing around it so it’s easy to understand

This movie and The Adam Project almost go hand in hand. Well worth watching that one too.
edit: Also, I like to see this one as a modern day version of Tron. It's a similar story line and setting, kinda. Both Tron movies are also worth a watch.

Alex wonders how he doesn't know what pop culture movies even exist - then goes on to reference a pike jump in gymnastics, and look up the definition of 'NPC.' I find this really incredible for a person of his age, but can only imagine it has something to do with living in the real world for the majority of his childhood and then pursuing law school before becoming the YT personality he is now. What a weirdo 😆😆🤣🤣💖💖

I thought this movie came out two years before it actually came out. I was so happy to see that it finally did reach DVD and Blu-ray. We need more movies like this. 💕

The guy that gave Millie the video clip is voiced by Hugh Jackman. The robber who was played by the two girls is voiced by Dwayne Johnson.
Edit: Revengamin Buttons' mom is Tina Fey.

14:25 spotting Jack was such a clutch moment. These cross platform connections are the best. Jack was great in this movie 😅

Jodie comer, is an absolutely amazingly talented actress from the UK, you should check out killing Eve as she has so many accents and characters in it, also help or thirteen, along with many other shows shes done are great, she even had a cameo in the rise of skywalker.

The boss is played by Taika Waititi, which you might also know as Korg from the Thor movies (He also directed some of those).
The song that you recognized as being used in a horror film (“make your own kind of music”) was actually used in season 2 of “Lost”, in an episode introducing the bunker (Great scene by the way!).

I know the "DUDE" character was a bit confusing sometimes.
But he's basically unfinished. So the game code is saying Execute: Catchphrase but since he doesn't have one it just says "CatchPhrase" or he actively states "Friendly Gesture".
It's obviously not a perfect representation of unfinished code but I thought it was funny way to show it lol.

I'm not sure what else the song was in, but "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was in the show LOST
Also, Jodie Comer (Millie) is the one singing the "Fantasy" cover. Ryan Reynolds made her do it lol. I wish there was a full version of it

"How would you guys describe this dude?". I'd describe him as one of the great directors/writers of this generation :D

Fun Fact: The movie was in production during the Fox acquisition by Disney. After the acquisition was finalized, this movie was delayed to add the MCU and Star Wars references.
Aslo, Because of his success with Freeguy, Ryan Reynolds got Sawn Levy to join him on writing and directing Deadpool 3.

Shawn Levy, the guy who directed Free Guy, also directed many Stranger Things episodes, The Adam Project, Real Steel, Crater, and the upcoming Deadpool 3 with Wolverine

when Dude was saying things like 'friendly gesture', 'third thing here' and 'catch phrase' its because his coding was not complete and those words were place holders for his actual catch phrase and the third thing

At the end when Keyes and Milly were looking at each other across the street, I loved that they had Keyes wearing a blue shirt. Wrapped things up with a nice neat blue bow.

Antwan is of course the legend himself, Taika Waititi, Director of Thor Ragnarok and Love&Thunder, Korg in those movies, director and screenplayer of masterpieces like Jo Jo Rabbit, What we do in the shadows and Hunt for wilder people, actor in a lot of movies and tv shows , and much much more.
It was hilarious tp see someone do not recognise him in this movie 😂
I love absolutely everything about this movie, but "catchphrase" is my favorite thing ever 😂😂😂😂

YES! This is unironically in my top 5 movies

Taika Watiti is a legend!! Plays Korg in the Thor films. And directed Thor: Ragnarok and Love & Thunder. Plus his work on What We Do in the Shadows! A movie I definitely recommend for you Alex!

Taika Waititi is the director and the “bad guy” in the movie. If you liked this, try JoJo Rabbit by him as well!

If you notice a recurring musical score in this movie, that's from Paperman, the Disney animated short, which had the same composer, Christophe Beck. I see a similarity between that short and Free Guy, especially near the end, with Reynolds saying, "I'm just a love letter, but someone out there is the author."

If you don't know, there are a few hidden cameos, including Hugh Jackman, Dwayne Johnson, and Tina Fey.
This film was a lot of fun. I believe anyone who plays video games would enjoy it.

Oh, you really need to watch the Blood & Ice Cream Trilogy, if you haven't already, Alex!
1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Hot Fuzz
3. The Worlds End
Aboslute class movies that you will definetly enjoy :D

I don't think i've ever seen a bad movie with Ryan in it. He is my absolute favorite actor of all time. And, I LOVE that he plays "himself" in so many movies. And to answer your question - I would pick him before Gosling every day of the week!!

I love this film so much. It’s my go to when I need cheering up. Love the soundtrack, the references to other games. Lightsaber for heavens sake.
Took my son to see this at the cinema and seriously the whole place was just laughing and having a great time at a great film. What more do you want?! And it got loads of award nominations/wins including (believe it or not) Best American film in China… yup, really. They loved it.
I love this film. It’s breath of fresh air when everything is so heavy…

I feel like Ryan Reynolds always plays a version of himself, but I always find it entertaining. One of my favorite roles of his is the movie Just Friends. To me it’s classic Ryan Reynolds comedy, I think you would enjoy!

Another fun fact: The slow version of Fantasy that's playing while on the bridge was actually sung by Jodie Comer, the girl who plays Milly Rusk AKA Molotovgirl.

I was so pleasantly surprised going into this movie. Absolutely loved it! Definitely in my pickmeup movie roster. Did you notice The Rock cameo?

I usually gravitate towards older movies, but when this movie came out and I saw it in theaters I laughed and cried and gasped and smiled so hard my face hurt and it's in my top favorite movies of all time. one of the literal best movies ever made period.

Another Ryan Reynolds movie you should check out is Hitman's Bodyguard, it stars Ryan Reynolds and Sam Jackson. Action movie with Ryan and Sam's humor mixed in, it's a win win

Alex talking about playing Grand Theft Auto sounds like "Yeah I smoked once, but I didn't inhale."

Throughout the entire scene involving the destruction of the servers, Antwan decided to leave the visual effects server perfectly intact

alex liking henleys and wanting to work corny hollywood lines into his vocabulary only further reinforces the kind of guy i already thought he is lol. i might make a cinema sins-esque channel one day just reacting to your reacts

20:13
"If he knows how??"
It's actually very clever writing that EVERYthing in-game follows game code rules. This is the mistake that the McConaughey movie Serenity made, not following its own rules of its premise so the reveal later made earlier things make no sense.
There would be no command in a game like this to allow characters to kiss. And SHE still thinks BSG is another player, as does everyone else in the real world (a player using an NPC skin that isnt even available, therefore a hack). So she's assuming maybe HE knows of a hidden command that would allow a kiss action in game. But she herself cannot initiate as she doesnt know the command. And yeah, she's falling for him in a player v player virtual way.
So.... "okay, if you know how to" makes perfect sense from a game code perspective.

At 2019 New York Comic Con everyone got a text that there was a surprise panel with Ryan Reynolds, fist coke, first served. You never saw so many people haul ass to the main stage. It was to introduce Free Guy. We previewed the first 10 minutes of the move, which still wasn’t finished. Ryan Reynolds, Joe Keery and Taika Waititi (Antwan) all there. I’m amazed you haven’t run into Taika Waititi before, he’s super talented. He created What We Do In The Shadows and Jojo Rabbit. He directed Thor: Ragnarok, Thor: Love and Thunder.

This is such a funny Movie, just FYI The boss is Taika Waititi he is the Director of Thor Ragnarok, and Love and Thunder, also he plays Korg, one of the funniest ever

That’s Taki Waititi as the Game Dev and as Cinemawins would say “Korg is always a win”

It was fun watching this movie again with you Alex. Love Reynolds. He’s awesome. 😂❤

The guy with the video clip at the beginning who got shot by Milly in the game was voiced by Hugh Jackman aka Logan from X Men, also the robber who guy killed at the beginning was voiced by The Rock

I loved this movie. Everything about it was great.

Great reaction! I love Ryan Reynolds movies. Next up you should check him out in Hitman’s Bodyguard. He co stars with Samuel L. Jackson. Great movie.

Hilarious to hear you talk about Taika Waititi like that. 😄😄
Thing you gotta remember about “Dude” is that he was rushed into the game before his code was complete, so a lot of his responses are “placeholder” phrases. So it’s actually funny, see? Really funny. My 8 year old brother died laughing when he got it, and he’s 8.
Ok i don’t really have an 8 year old brother. Fun reaction, especially the part when your face did that thing when you recognized “Steve.”

Alex the villain of the movie is Taika Waititi. He was the Director of Thor Ragnarok and Thor Love and Thunder. Plus he does the voice of Korg the rock alien from the Thor movies.

Fun fact: the guy who plays Antwon is Taika Waititi and he directed Thor Ragnarok and played Korg

Weird seeing someone not recognize Taika as Antwan 😂 Love these really blind reactions

I love watching you watching movies I've seen and enjoyed, I'm so happy knowing others do this because first time I co-watched I thought I were creepy. 😅 Hugs from Sweden.

The older boss you hate is the famous movie Director Taika Waititi also directed Thor Ragnarok and voices Korg

Ironically, I had the same thought about that joke that never got told. Even tried looking it up to see if it existed; it doesn't.
Also, the irony in letting him have the current code to Free City is that since Free City 2 was intended to be a replacement, it would lose its AI coding and without Millie (who built the initial A.I.), they wouldn't be able to fix it.

You’d love watching Korg and Deadpool react to the trailer to Free Guy. Have to wait till after you watch deadpool 2 before you watch it though.

I randomly decided to watch this movie on a whim and was so unexpectedly surprised. It was so good!

16:55 The tv show Lost. Desmond was listening to it before Locke blew up the hatch!

The song that plays for the emotional/kiss scenes is from Paperman. It’s a short animated film from Disney. I get emotional everytime I hear it. It’s so sweet.

I love the fact you don't recognise, or know that Antwan is Taika Waititi, and probably who he is and what he has done.

I love this movie so much. I cant wait for what Shawn Levy will do with Deadpool 3

Alex, you are right about the shirt being "grandma's shirt"; my husband said the same thing about it when I looked at one JCPenney and the girls in my 7th & 8th grade classes wore that pattern on their skirt and blazer outfits back in 1967. So, yeah, "grandma's shirt." I still like it.

This is the type of movie where actors come together as friends. To hell w/ the copyright and cross roles/contracts or who we pi$$ off... lets just do what we love doing, working on a great movie. And it really shows in this project.

A lot of other reactors and I are with you on the love scene at the end. You are just waiting for a car or bus to take them out.

Love your enthusiasm! Keep up the great work!! 😁

"a 55 year old that acts like a 15 year old" Actually describes Taika Watiti pretty spot on.

Taika is the director for thor ragnarok and also plays the stone character fyi. He's hilarious

I've been waiting for this!!! Free Guy is an awesome movie. However Now You See Me better be next😂

I did not have high expectations for this movie before it came out at all, but I figured Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi and Joe Keery were worth seeing it and I absolutely loved this movie, seeing that Chris Evans cameo in the cinema is one of my fave movie moments ever, I was completely unprepared.
Antwan is such a dick, but I love watching him being a dick. I'm total Taika trash at this point (especially now the teaser for ofmd s2 dropped 😅) and I've been so since I saw Thor: Ragnarok back in 2017 (which he directed and played Korg in). If you haven't seen Jojo Rabbit it's a must-see, it's been my favourite movie since 2019 and What we do in the shadows is hilarious, too.

The scene with Guy trying to get his friend Buddy to try on the sunglasses reminded me of the scene from "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David.

17:00 yes, the song was in DEXTER.
It was also in LOST.

One of my favorite movies. Glad you had so much fun watching it. Your reactions are priceless. Check out The Adam Project, another Ryan Reynolds movie. I've watched both of these many times.

Chris Evans showing up was the best part!

The park scenes were filmed right outside my office. On the Boston waterfront on the back side of Moakley Courthouse.
A few other places in Boston are used and also some spots in Worcester. The city also had to be reproduced exactly in a 3D model for some of the shots.

I love Taika Waititi even when he’s playing a unlikeable character I still love him so much as an actor 🥰

I totally dig this movie. Enjoyed the hell outta it!
And yes, Ryan Reynolds is always Ryan Reynolds. Like a Sam Jackson or a Jeff Goldblum. The opposite acting style of a Gary Oldman. Who you can get half way through the movie and be thinkin, “holy💩, that’s Dracula, Commissioner Gordon, Zorg etc…?!!!”

How did she know a kiss button!?

In case you didn't know dude, Antwon is played by Taika Waititi. Director of the last 2 Thor movies and also plays Korg.

Adam Project NEEDS to be next. Ryan Reynolds is phenomenal in it

Your energy is unmatched, never stop!

44 seconds ago is insane

Guy did a really good job playing Ryan Reynolds in this movie.

Did everyone miss that Keys wears a blue shirt in the final scene? Also, the best ending ever would have been to show that they were also AIs in a simulation themselves.

I freaking love this movie so much! Too 5 for sure, along with another Ryan Reynolds movie - The Adam Project.

One of my favourite movies in recent years. Fun concept, hilarious comedy, excellent cast, and some truly great action beats (the Marvel & Star Wars references in particular).
Side Note: Hef, that is a truly impressive shirt. 👍

This movie is like Ready Player One smashed together with The Truman Show with a Ryan Reynolds comical twist instead of Jim Carrey. Great movie and a great role for Ryan, he killed it.

Alex... This one I was so excited & happy to see you do when it popped up on my feed! Was so fun watching it with you! lol