One of the most deranged action movies you’ll ever see harvests success on streaming

Even though there’s no recipe, rhyme or reason to decide which movies end up securing cult classic status, it was obvious that Shoot ‘Em Up was destined to find it from the second genre fans were first made aware of the project.

An absolutely insane, gruesomely violent, foul-mouthed, disarmingly charming, and completely unhinged orgy of sex, swearing, and gunplay, it fit the template down to a tee. Clive Owen plays it so straight that he’s deliberately hilarious as the deadpan Mr. Smith, an assassin with a fondness for both carrots and bullets.

He saves a newborn baby from would-be killers, before teaming up with a lactating prostitute to protect the child from Paul Giamatti’s scenery-inhaling rival, who’d been tasked to recover the child so that a dying senator’s ambition to extend his lifespan by harvesting infant bone marrow can be accomplished. Obviously.

Writer and director Michael Davis wanted to create an exaggerated homage to his favorite action classics, and he definitely achieved that with Shoot ‘Em Up. Dialing things so far past 11 that even Spinal Tap would have no clue what the hell is going on, the film’s tongue remains firmly planted in cheek across a rapid 86 minutes that provides relentlessly bonkers entertainment from first to last.

As per FlixPatrol, Shoot ‘Em Up has been embarking on a streaming renaissance this weekend on the iTunes charts, 15 years after flopping at the box office by failing to recoup even $27 million of the $39 million budget.

Mention it to any diehard supporter of blood, guts, action, and octane, though, and you’ll instantly see their eyes light up with delirious glee.

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‘Doctor Strange 2’ fans go back and forth on the Tom Cruise rumors

While things haven’t quite reached Spider-Man: No Way Home levels, when any character to have even glanced in the direction of someone associated with Peter Parker being linked to a cameo, speculation nonetheless runs rampant around Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

So far, the only surprise guest we can bank on showing up is Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier, which leaves the playing field wide open for internet-breaking shocks. One of the most popular recurring slices of scuttlebutt is that Tom Cruise will show up as a Superior Iron Man variant of Tony Stark, although nobody seems too sure as to where it originated.

In that time we’ve seen some shoddy Photoshops claiming to be behind the scenes images showing Cruise in a motion capture suit, while plenty of fans are adamant his alternate version of the genius billionaire playboy philanthropist was teased in plain sight during the first trailer.

As you can see below, the debate has rather neatly been boiled down to one tweet and one reply, which perfectly encapsulates both sides of the divide.

CONFIRMED: Tom Cruise’s Iron Man has 0 minutes screen-time in #DoctorStrange  IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS! https://t.co/2LOecucgvB

— Skyler Shuler (@SkylerShuler) April 23, 2022

It should be noted that we can’t rule out with 100% certainty that the A-list megastar isn’t in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness until either May 6, or three days prior when the review embargo lifts and the internet inevitably becomes awash with spoilers.

With a running time of just 126 minutes, there’s not a huge amount of screentime to go around, so there’s every chance the movie won’t feature anywhere near as many cameos as some may be expecting.

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Streaming subscribers get caught up in a labyrinthine mystery thriller

Charlie Hunnam might be handsome, jacked, and charming, but he’s a much better fit for being an actor than he is a movie star. That’s not designed to be a slight on his talents, but his performances in Pacific Rim and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword leave plenty to be desired when compared to his work in the likes of Papillon, The Lost City of Z, Jungleland, The Gentlemen, and Last Looks.

The latter in particular deserved to find a much bigger audience than it did, with the literary adaptation quietly landing on VOD this past February. The labyrinthine crime thriller marked Hunnam’s first executive producer credit, and he clearly invested a lot of time and effort into doing Charlie Waldo justice.

The idiosyncratic former cop and private investigator lives alone in the woods, vowing never to own more than 100 items at any given time. When a famous TV actor becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his wife, Waldo is drawn out of isolation and plunged into a mystery that involves organized crime, industry executives, double-crosses, cover ups, and the disappearance of his former flame.

As per FlixPatrol, the underrated gem and potential future cult classic has been going down a treat among iTunes customers, having risen up the most-watched rankings by reaching the Top 10 in multiple countries.

Backed by an eclectic ensemble that finds Mel Gibson on delightfully hammy form as prestigious British thespian Alastair Pinch, there’s an awful lot going on in Last Looks at any given time, but it hits plenty of the right notes to deliver a winning old-fashioned thriller that twists and turns its way towards a fitting resolution.

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