It is an old school Bay, sorta of. Back when he was an upcoming director, when people talked about his movies and not about him. I'll give Bay the credit he's owed. Action is his name, explosions are his game. That long car chase in the beginning says it all and I am hooked. I'm a man who loves a story, but knowing that Bay is behind the wheel means I'm not going to get a good one. It also means I know what I am getting: action (and a series of great camera shots, which Bay has been greatly overdoing ever since icons like Spielberg and Cameron said he's so good at). In place of story we do get Ryan Reynolds who has this odd charm to him that really really works and makes everything so much more humorous. He's very good for the slow moments in this speed tunnel that should be filled with a little more narrative depth instead of the superficial everyone loves heroes movie click bait. It's Micheal Bay so I'll give it to him. Whatever we all like about Bay he gives it to us for Netflix. It's a perfect action movie cause it's Reynolds doing what he does well and Bay doing exactly what we expect of him.