Abu Dhabi and the UAE has featured in a quite a few movies in recent years.
From the Fast and the Furious, to Mission: Impossible and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the desert landscape and amazing skylines have been showcased on the big screen many times.
Well, now Abu Dhabi is on the silver screen once again.
Netflix film 6 Underground, starring Ryan Reynolds, is now streaming on the service and it features a number of scenes shot in the UAE capital.
This is the second Netflix movie to choose the UAE capital as a filming destination after Brad Pitt’s War Machine was partly filmed in Abu Dhabi.
The Abu Dhabi skyline, Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Liwa Dessert, Aldar HQ, Etihad Towers, Jebel Hafeet and Louvre Abu Dhabi all feature in the film at different points.
If you watch the movie, which also has scenes shot in Hong Kong and other locations, you can try and spot all the Abu Dhabi scenes as you go.
The film, supported in the UAE by Abu Dhabi’s twofour54, was released on December 13, and is Netflix’s most expensive feature film to date, costing around Dhs560 million to make.
Ryan Reynolds and director Michael Bay were spotted filming at locations across the city last year while making the film including a number of scenes shot on Reem Island that weren’t featured in the trailer.
Alongside Reynolds, the film also stars Dave Franco, Melanie Laurent, Corey Hawkins, Adria Arjona, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy, Payman Maadi and Lior Raz.
Have you watched it yet?
