Gunfight at Dry River tells the story of the denizens of Dry River, a Mexican border town at the twilight of the Old West stricken by drought and preyed upon by vicious family of cutthroat American prospectors looking to strike gold. Where to watch: Available to rent $6.99 on Amazon Prime Video, Apple $5.99 on Vudu Photo: Quiver Distribution And Western fetishization of the yakuza as businessmen with samurai swords is getting pretty uninspired as well.
The film’s depiction of Japanese culture as insularly obsessed with “honor” and dismissive of outsiders isn’t particularly fresh, either. It isn’t - not for Netflix, immediately following Gunpowder Milkshake, and not for other studios, with The Protégé and Jolt piling up on each other’s stiletto-clad footsteps over the past few months. From our review,Īnother unimaginative woman-led action flick written and directed by men who telegraph their twists and lean on flashbacks instead of bothering to write character development, Kate mistakes “Women can kill just as well as men!” for some sort of new idea. At least it’s got a scene of a slick neon pink-lit sports car peeling recklessly in-between oncoming traffic and a set piece inside a bizarrely monochromatic Japanese tea room. Produced by John Wick and Atomic Blonde director David Leitch and featuring cinematography courtesy of Lyle Vincent ( A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Thoroughbreds), the film looks like a standard riff off of Leitch’s previous work. Where to watch: Available on Netflix Photo: Jasin Boland/NetflixĬedric Nicolas-Troyan’s ( The Huntsman: Winter’s War) action revenge thriller stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( Birds of Prey) as Kate, a highly skilled assassin who embarks on a 24 hour manhunt to exact vengeance on the conspirators who poisoned her before her own untimely demise. Maybe a more serious version of the film existed at some point in the development process, but in the version that wound up on screens, Wan’s unabashed focus on its sillier elements is what makes it worthwhile. Wan makes a visual meal out of several scenes by sending his Steadicam zipping around the room. There’s cartoonish wailing and thrashing, and CGI grotesqueries that resemble winking practical creations.
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But at times, the film places physical anguish on full display with a gonzo sensibility. Its themes of family, abuse, and trauma rarely materialize into something meaningful. Malignant is a laugh riot, both by design, and when it slows down to be more thoughtful. The film itself might be a tad bit sillier than most audiences would expect, though. Wan’s previous work would suggest that we’re at the very least in for a solid horror flick, if not an outright franchise starter. Halloween is right around the corner, so what better way to prepare than with Saw and Insidious director James Wan’s latest spooktacular psychological horror movie about a woman (Annabelle Wallis) haunted by visions of ruthless real-life murders perpetrated by her imaginary friend? The trailer for Malignant looks absolutely unnerving, with locations melting away into nightmarish tableaus, quick deep-focus zoom shots, a creepy contortionist bodies crawling backwards into dark cramped holes. Where to watch: In theaters and available to stream on HBO Max Photo: Warner Bros. To help you get a handle on what’s new and available, here our guide to the movies you can watch on video on demand and streaming this weekend. The film is also streaming on HBO Max for a limited time, but there are plenty of new and recent releases to watch this week.Īmong the new additions are Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in the new Netflix revenge action thriller Kate as an assassin hunting down the culprits responsible for poisoning her, and the new indie Western thriller Gunfight at Dry River from director Daniel Simpson follows the story of a beleaguered Mexican border town controlled by a ruthless family who look to a mysterious stranger (Fabricio Christian Amansi) for salvation. This week saw the release of not only the exciting first look at Lana Wachowski’s upcoming Matrix sequel, The Matrix Resurrections, but the premiere of Insidious director James Wan’s latest supernatural horror thriller Malignant starring Annabelle Wallis ( The Mummy).
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