John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) is the FBI's top profiler. Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is the world's second-best art thief. In this high-tech game of cat and mouse, the pair end up having to work together to save their lives and reputations. But it won't be easy. There are more than two runners in this particular race and some of them play very, very dirty.
John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) is the FBI's top profiler. Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is the world's second-best art thief. In this high-tech game of cat and mouse, the pair end up having to work together to save their lives and reputations. But it won't be easy. There are more than two runners in this particular race and some of them play very, very dirty.
After a spirited foot-chase around the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, John Hartley has finally cornered his prey. Just how will this play out?
Nolan Booth
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Jesus, you scared me. I know you. You're the... you're the slow bald guy that's been chasing me.
John Hartley
What do you got in the bag?
Nolan Booth
You're American. What brings you to Rome?
John Hartley
Gelato, the Colosseum.
Nolan Booth
Oh, it's beautiful. Beautiful place.
John Hartley
Yeah.
Nolan Booth
First time?
John Hartley
Yep.
Nolan Booth
That was a fun foot chase though, right? Lots of twists and turns. Hijinks. Who knew it'd end up like this?
John Hartley
I did.
Nolan Booth
Right.
John Hartley
Fun's over, Nolan Booth. Give me the bag, turn around, put your hands behind your back. You're under arrest.
Nolan Booth
Okay. Well, hold on one sec. I just have two questions. Okay. Um... first question, where'd you get that jacket? It's a statement piece. Somewhere there is a very nude cow whispering... "Worth it." And number two, on the whole arresting me thing, I totally get it. You know, baby... baby did a bad, bad thing. Yeah. But you don't happen to have, like, a badge or somethin' tucked away in the turtleneck, do you?
John Hartley
I don't need to show you my badge because I've got a gun.
Nolan Booth
Here's the thing, though... you're putting me in bit of a pickle with this because without proper identification, how do I know who you are? For all I know, you could be the bad guy, and I could be the other bad guy.
Clip 2
Surrounded by armed police in his own home and playing unwitting host to John Hartley and Urvashi Das, the game is finally up for Nolan Booth.
I wouldn't have missed this for the world. I'll take that.
[She takes the egg]
Thank you.
Nolan Booth
It's nice to meet a fan.
Urvashi Das
Oh, that's cute. You wanna know what else is cute? Because you're wanted in 18 separate countries, I get to choose which one of them detains you until trial, given your escape history. What are you, six for six now?
Nolan Booth
Yeah. One more and I get a Shawshank jacket.
Urvashi Das
Keep making your jokes because I'm about to send you to the worst place in the world.
Nolan Booth
Your Instagram account?
John Hartley
You know, I'm really starting to not like you.
Clip 3
If you're a cop and you're sent to prison, the last thing you want your fellow inmates knowing is that you're a cop. You want to keep that firmly under wraps. Which is a shame for John Hartley.
John Hartley
I know what you're doing. Don't do that.
Nolan Booth
I'm not doing anything.
John Hartley
I know what you're doing.
Nolan Booth
I'm not doing anything.
John Hartley
Listen to me -
Nolan Booth
These guys here, if they find out... they find out you're a C-O-P... this is a room full of... of convicted murderers and toilet vodka enthusiasts. We gotta make sure they know that you're not a cop.
[BOOTH stands up and addresses the entire prison population in the canteen]
John Hartley
Listen to me. I beg -
Nolan Booth
NYET POLITSIYA! GUYS? NYET POLITSIYA. NOT A COP. THIS MAN IS NOT A COP, ALL RIGHT? GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS RIGHT NOW! HE'S A PROFILER FOR THE FBI, WHICH DOES FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT NOT A COP. IT'S SIMILAR, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME THING. IT'S A COMPLICATED BACKSTORY. THIS IS OUR GOOD FRIEND, SPECIAL AGENT JOHN HARTLEY. LET'S GIVE HIM A WARM WELCOME TO THE PRISON, GUYS.
When The Bishop (not a real Bishop, obviously) pays Booth and Hartley in their Russian prison, it's not a friendly gesture. No. She's ALL business this one.
John Hartley
Well, too bad for you nobody knows where the third egg is.
The Bishop
He didn't tell you? You didn't tell him?
John Hartley
Didn't tell me what?
Nolan Booth
I don't know what she's talking about.
The Bishop
Your cellmate here knows exactly where the third egg is.
Nolan Booth
She's lying. I do not know where the third egg is. I swear to God.
[THE BISHOP plays a voice recording on her phone and we hear BOOTH's voice]
Recording
I know where the third egg is. I swear to God.
Nolan Booth
Yes, that is me. Scratch that. That was me. I did say that.
Clip 5
I'd never noticed this about Dwayne Johnson before. Why would I? But now that Nolan Booth has said it... yeah. There's something decidedly phallic about the back of his head.
John Hartley
Can you fly a helicopter?
Nolan Booth
Does the back of your head look like a huge penis? The answer is yes!
Clip 6
You'd be forgiven at first for thinking that in this scene, The Bishop is speaking to a counsellor. But no. She's speaking to a guy she's taken hostage in his own office.
The Bishop
Maybe that's my problem. I'm so focused on winning all the time, on being the best at what I do, that I can never just fully relax and just be. Is that normal?
Analyst
[Muffled by his gag]
How the fu*k would I know?!
Clip 7
Accessing Soto Voce's vault will require both his voice and his face. Which sounds impossible. Luckily, Nolan Booth has a plan.
John Hartley
How are we gonna get his voice and his facial?
Nolan Booth
Well, first off, a positive mental attitude helps. But so does some pretty kick-ass deepfake technology. Spooky, right? If you have more than twelve images on the Internet, I can send your mom a video of you mouth-sexing a goat. I'm not saying I'm gonna do that, I'm just saying I could if I wanted to. If I had enough time and enough pictures.
[BOOTH begins taking multiple photographs of HARTLEY on his iPad]
Clip 8
You can always rely on a quip from Nolan Booth, even when he's handcuffed, vulnerable and in mortal danger.
Nolan Booth
I didn't see the handcuffs coming. Mm, was a nice touch. God, this is such a confusing erection.
Clip 9
Nolan Booth just isn't willing to play ball. Not with The Bishop. But how to tell her that without offending her? Hmm. Quite the conundrum.
Nolan Booth
P*ss off for a thousand years.
Clip 10
The marriage of convenience between Soto Voce and The Bishop is over. She's left. And Soto blames Nolan Booth.
Soto Voce
You did this. This is your fault. She was mine.
Nolan Booth
Honey, honey, honey, homegirl is a hard ten. And you look like... like a muscular toddler.
Clip 11
Ed Sheeran himself plays a cameo in Red Notice. He's the wedding singer. And he's being arrested and wrestled away by some heavy-handed cops. To which he has this to say.
Ed Sheeran
Get off me. Do you know who I am? I was in Game of Thrones! I'm Ed Sheeran, b**ch!
Clip 12
Nolan Booth makes an unexpected return on a yacht to ruin John Hartley's day. Yet again.
Nolan Booth
This gouda is disappointing. Such a fancy yacht, you'd think they could stock some decent cheeses.
The Bishop
That's not cheese. That's uncooked pork.
[BOOTH spits the stuff into the ocean]
Nolan Booth
I've heard tapeworms can be quite slimming.
Clip 13
The final quip of the movie comes courtesy of Nolan Booth. Of course it does. He's the king of the one-liners.