Of all the Michael Bay movies Michael Bay ever made, 6 Underground is by far the most Michael Bay of them all – which is to say that this is a film that eschews logic and reason in favour of jingoistic bombast and flashy camera work in action scenes. And what underpins it all – running through the background of each and every frame, like the low and constant growl of a middle-aged white man’s Harley Davidson? Misogyny and racism, of course.

It’s a Michael Bay movie because Michael Bay is in the director’s chair here, but he’s working from a script written by Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. This is important to remembe...

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