Red Notice Ending Explained

| November 12, 2021 |

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Ryan Reynolds Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson in Red Notice — *Photo: Netflix*

This article contains Red Observe spoilers.

Who ultimately is conning who here? That's upward for debate past the time the credits roll on Netflix's Red Notice , equally the tables turned and turned again between Dwayne Johnson's John Hartley, Ryan Reynolds' Nolan Booth, and Gal Gadot'southward "The Bishop." The three characters crossed, double-crossed, and maybe fifty-fifty triple-crossed each other more than once. Just when it'southward all said and done, they're each continuing on the same boat agreeing to go later another chore together.

The film spells out its switchbacks pretty thoroughly, but notwithstanding there are simply enough twists to leave us with some questions virtually how it all went downwards and what happens next. We've thus broken it down for you beneath.

Who is 'John Hartley?'

John Hartley doesn't exist. At least not as how we—or Reynolds' surprisingly gullible thief—came to know him. He's a construct, a conviction game played by Johnson's grapheme who reveals he's one-half of "The Bishop," which is actually a team of art thieves created by himself and his lover: Gadot'south otherwise nameless character.

It seemed like a cocky-aware joke when one of the museum security guards tells the Rock that he doesn't look like an FBI profiler, and Johnson's grapheme says, "I get that a lot." But the truth is that he never was a "Johnny Lawman" and it was all a con to get Booth to pb them to the undercover location of the third egg of Cleopatra. While some elements of the real Hartley presumably came through his character, such equally his utter disdain for Booth'south sarcastic sense of humor and apparently the sob story he told Booth near his criminal father, at the terminate of the twenty-four hours it was mostly just a lie.

How Hartley Tricked Berth

Hartley manipulated Booth and then many more than. At the beginning of the flick, audiences are led to loathe Ritu Arya'south Interpol inspector because she believes the Bishop's obvious framing of the FBI profiler. Simply every bit it turns out, Inspector Das was right to not believe Johnson's puppy canis familiaris optics when he insisted he was being prepare. As Das notes in hindsight, it's easy to pretend to be something y'all're not for 72 hours: like a fed.

Gadot'southward character claims she hacked into Interpol's servers to reroute the phone number Das called, causing her to recall she was talking to Quantico, but in authenticity, Hartley's papers were forged all along, including of his supposed FBI superior, whose number probably always belonged to Gadot'southward grapheme. It also explains why Hartley was so eager to not handcuff Nolan Booth when Das later attempts to abort them again at the masquerade ball, too as why he's happy to shoot at Interpol law enforcement during the climax of the pic.

The strained motivation for this con, I suppose, is that the Bishop team knew Nolan Booth would never willingly tell them the location of the third Cleopatra egg. So after getting Nolan arrested by Interpol at the beginning of the picture show, Hartley could accept himself "framed" by his better half. He so could share a prison cell with Berth (the Bishop likely bundled this since she already had infiltrated that prison house with bribes). Past breaking out of prison with Berth, and working as a team with him to steal the second egg, Hartley endeared himself enough to at to the lowest degree tag along to collect Cleopatra's third egg. Which is as well why I might believe his sob story nigh his father being a con man. Hartley only shares that when everything else had failed at gaining Booth'due south trust, so he sprinkled in a piddling bit of the truth with his lies.

This might besides explain Gadot's Bishop's otherwise pointless double cantankerous of Soto Voce (Chris Diamantopoulos). She poisons his champagne subsequently Nolan claims the third egg is hidden in the Great Pyramid of Giza, but then after claims she never trusted Nolan told her the real location. She probably did believe him in fact—at least enough to burn down a bridge with Soto Voce—because she had Hartley tagging along with Nolan as Plan B.

With that said, I still cannot explain why the Bishop told Das about the fugitives being at that masquerade ball, considering information technology but created a needless obstruction for a pair she intended to lead her to the 3rd egg. But I suspect the filmmakers are hoping yous don't think too hard nigh that!

How Berth Got Back at The Bishop

So nosotros come up dorsum to the cease of the moving-picture show where Hartley and the Bishop reveal they're essentially husband and married woman, and he's been duped. They then leave Nolan for Interpol. Unfortunately for the Bishop pair, Booth has a addiction of escaping constabulary custody and this fourth dimension doesn't even make it to the Russian prison house before he breaks free. His first stab at revenge doesn't seem to bother the happy couple. Yep, he tips off Das that the stolen eggs—including 1 being technically a piece of lost Nazi gilded—will be at that Egyptian billionaire's wedding party on that sure night. Merely since the Bishop already nerveless their $300 million, they couldn't care less.

He side by side hits them where it hurts, even so, every bit he inexplicably finds a way to get Interpol to freeze their Cayman Isle depository financial institution account. Some Cayman Island financiers freezing the assets of clients who may accept collected their wealth through dubious means? Aye correct.

Did Vin Diesel Really Audition for Cats?

It's the big laugh line of the finale. Dwayne Johnson asks, "Y'all know what I recollect is funny, Booth?" And Ryan Reynolds replies, "Vin Diesel fuel's audition tape for Cats . It exists." It'due south a skillful zinger, but as far as we tin can tell information technology does not exist—at least every bit far as the public record is concerned. With that said, Diesel fuel has revealed in the past he wants to do a musical, maybe even within the Fast and Furious franchise.

When asked past Kelly Clarkson on her talk show if he'd ever consider doing a Fast and Furious show-tapper, Diesel said, "Well, I'm dying to do a musical. Yes, I would. I was this close to doing Guys and Dolls with Steven Spielberg, and we ended up non doing that but I'g dying to do a musical."

One imagines Reynolds or one of the film'due south writers were riffing on that fact, also every bit Johnson's public feud with Diesel after they made four Fast and Furious movies together. Although Johnson told Jess Cagle on his SiriusXM evidence this week that he did non come upward with that joke.

Will There Exist a Cerise Notice 2?

While Red Notice two has non been officially appear or greenlit, it sure seems like there'll be a sequel, no? The film ends with the 3 leading characters officially existence given "red notices" by Das, and with the trio continuing exterior the Louvre in Paris, presumably about to start their iii-thief chore. What could information technology be? Will they be afterwards the Mona Lisa? Mayhap they're out to steal the sarcophagus box of Ramesses Iii after laying claim to Cleopatra'southward alleged three eggs? Who knows, but we have a hunch if Netflix has their way, nosotros'll find out soon plenty.