There’s one thing about low-to-mid-budget motion films and Netflix that simply appear to go very effectively collectively. Perhaps it is simply because motion followers are loyal and these films are sometimes those that individuals do not get an opportunity to see in theaters. Perhaps it is as a result of persons are usually simply searching for one thing simple sufficient to half watch within the background whereas doing different issues. Proper or improper, motion might be seen as a greater choice for that than, say, an Oscar-winning drama. No matter equation has made it so, Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth’s “Land of Dangerous” has discovered a large viewers on Netflix as of late.
The motion/warfare flick from director William Eubank, who beforehand helmed “Paranormal Exercise: Subsequent of Kin,” has been sitting comfortably within the Netflix Prime 10 movies chart for the previous couple of weeks. As of this writing, it’s sitting at quantity three behind “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” and “Trolls Band Collectively,” each of which had been a lot greater studio movies with mass-appeal in thoughts. In its first week on the streamer from July 15 to July 21, “Land of Dangerous” was seen a complete of 16.6 million hours, behind solely “Trolls Band Collectively” and the romantic comedy “Discover Me Falling.”
Whereas “Discover Me Falling” fell sooner, at the moment sitting at quantity 5 on the charts, Eubank’s gritty warfare image has held sturdy. Be it via phrase of mouth or extra individuals clicking out of curiosity, this movie is discovering life effectively past the field workplace because of a run on the world’s largest streaming service. For what it is value, “Land of Dangerous” did land within the prime 10 on the field workplace when it opened in February with minimal advertising and marketing, however this film was all the time going to make its hay at house.
Land of Dangerous was constructed to thrive on Netflix
“Land of Dangerous” facilities on an elite extraction crew on a mission within the South Philippines. They’re ambushed deep in enemy territory, leaving rookie officer Kinney (Hemsworth) on his personal and outnumbered. Decided to go away no man behind, Kinney’s solely hope lies with Air Power drone pilot Reaper (Crowe), who’s doing all the pieces he can to convey these males house alive from afar. The solid additionally contains Liam’s brother Luke Hemsworth, of “Westworld” fame, in addition to Ricky Whittle (“American Gods”), Chika Ikogwe (“Heartbreak Excessive”), and Milo Ventimiglia (“That is Us”).
It is not exhausting to see how this one may increase an eyebrow or two whereas scrolling round on Netflix. For one, it has that, “How have I not heard of this?” issue. Crowe, in any case, is an Oscar-winning actor and it has two Hemsworths for the worth of 1. It additionally very a lot looks as if the sort of motion film that advantages drastically from Netflix, because the streamer often sees movies like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “The Final Stand” enter the highest 10. Not precisely classics, however films which have that simple watch power, or that “I completely forgot about that film” issue.
What I can say personally is that this one feels worthy of discovering an viewers. I caught the film on a flight a few months in the past and was downright shocked by how a lot I loved it. It delivers extremely strong motion, a genuinely nice efficiency from Crowe, and it feels surprisingly cinematic for a film that had such a restricted presence in theaters. It is no secret that a variety of dangerous films get a variety of viewership on Netflix, however it’s good when a semi-hidden gem like this positive factors traction. That is exactly the sort of film that was seemingly designed to thrive on streaming.
“Land of Dangerous” is streaming now on Netflix.
