Technically speaking, there's nothing wrong with this film. Mildly entertaining, skillfully shot, and - if you think Deadpool humor gets better the more there is of it - somewhat humorous.

And yet, I hated everything about it. Back in the days, 40 and 50 year old men on screen were adults. Whether it was Michael Douglas as a cheating husband in "Fatal Attraction," Robert Redford as a CIA researcher in "Three Days of the Condor," Steve McQueen as a liutenant Frank Bullitt in "Bullitt", or Dustin Hoffman as a struggling father in "Kramer vs. Kramer". They spoke like adults, acted like adults, and were exposed to credible, adult life situations.

Those days seem to be gone. The Hollywood of the 21st century thinks that what we need is endless superhero nonsense, fatuous comedies with middle aged characters doing their best to appeal to young audiences, or uninventive, woke remakes full of characters that... apart from trying hard to appeal to young audience, assure us that it is the precious feelings of the easily offended, children-like adults that we should have at our hearts.

"Free Guy" is another product of Hollywood that says "it is okay to have an aging population, as long as we all remain children." One should not blame a single movie for this, but as long as "Free Guy" is a safe, revenue guaranteeing cliché of that culture, one can feel somewhat justified in giving it three stars.