The trend existed long before the coronavirus, but the pandemic that closed theaters accelerated it. Building your film catalog has become as vital for streaming platforms as it is to diversify their series portfolio. Netflix, Amazon, Disney + or Apple TV + are racing to develop their own titles and acquire feature films that the studios are giving away rather than waiting for a return to normal and a traffic jam of new releases in theaters. While waiting for Mulan to come to Disney +or the One and Only Ivan , here is a trio of works to liven up your sofa sessions.
Project Power , Netflix, 1:54 a.m.
Tyler Rake , The Old Guard... Same boredom, same emptiness. Too many explosions, not enough heart or storyline. The duo Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost ( Paranormal Activity 3 & 4) corrects the situation with this variation on the superhero stereotype. Here, in this Netflix production, there is no mutation but a drug. It wreaks havoc in New Orleans and gives the consumer a few minutes of prowess or a lethal reaction. A Russian roulette. A cop (the all too rare Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception ) teams up with a drug dealer (Dominique Fishback) and an ex-soldier on edge (Jamie Foxx) to stop the trafficking. The castagne is there like a post-Katrina melancholy. And a rather raw and fair look at the relations between the police and the African-American community.
Greyhound, Apple TV +, 1:31 a.m.
After Saving Private Ryan , Tom Hanks returns to American flags in the midst of World War II. This time, at the head of a destroyer to escort 37 ships full of men and equipment across the Atlantic where Hitler's submarines lie in wait. On the scenario written by Tom Hanks himself, the scenario writer Aaron Schneider grafts a minimalist camera under tension with the very technical jargon. The Apple-based firm bought this naval battle from Sony, which sold it to it for $ 70 million in June. This in the context of room closures due to Covid.
Seberg , Amazon Prime, 1:42 a.m.
Classically made, this biopic of Benedict Andrews, acquired by Amazon once filming is over and presented at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2019, is worth its distribution. Kristen Stewart, Yvan Attal, Anthony Mackie and Zazie Beetz revive the bond between the idol of Breathless Jean Seberg and the militant Hakim Jamal, close to the Black Panthers, at the end of the 1960s. under FBI surveillance. The fascination that Seberg exerts on her lover as on the agents who track her is well captured. Too bad the Hitchcockian promises of this film crumble in its last third.