Alan Ritchsonâs Explosive New Sci-Fi Action Movie Just Landed on Netflix â A High-Octane, Adrenaline-Fueled Thriller Fans Are Calling the Perfect Weekend Watch⊠and Possibly the Most Addictive Movie Youâll See All Month!â!If youâre looking for the perfect weekend movie, this might be it. Action star Alan Ritchson is back with a brand-new sci-fi action thriller on Netflix, and early viewers are already calling it one of the most entertaining surprises of the month. Packed with intense action, futuristic twists, and the kind of high-stakes story that keeps you glued to the screen, itâs the kind of film thatâs impossible to watch âjust a little bitâ of. Between the explosive set pieces, gripping suspense, and Ritchsonâs commanding performance, this fast-paced sci-fi ride is quickly becoming a must-watch for action fans looking for something thrilling to dive into. And honestly? We could all use a movie like this right now.
While we wait for Alan Ritchson to return as Reacher in the fourth season of the hit Prime Video show, heâs taken a detour to a rival streaming service for Netflixâs new action sci-fi War Machine â available to watch right now â which turns out to be a bit Reacher, a bit Predator and a whole lot of fun.
Directed by Patrick Hughes (who also co-wrote with James Beaufort), War Machine sees Ritchson play a combat engineer who is on his final chance to make it as a US Army Ranger, a dream that he shared with his brother (Jai Courtney). Weâll leave why his brother isnât there with him out of this, but the movie wastes no time getting to his fate.
What follows in the first act of War Machine could be any other military movie youâve seen. Now known only as 81, Ritchsonâs combat engineer is put through his paces over eight gruelling weeks of intense training and, unsurprisingly, is one of only a few candidates left to take on âDeath Marchâ, the intense final stage of selection.
The training exercise soon turns very real though as 81âs team find themselves facing a seemingly-unstoppable alien robotic killing machine, who can track them anywhere and can brutally kill them with one shot. But weâre pretty sure that the killer alien robot also hasnât met somebody like 81 before, and 81 wonât go down without a fight.
It morphs War Machine into a non-stop chase movie that knows exactly what it is. Yes, itâs ludicrous (check one moment where somebody strapped to a stretcher manages to survive a huge waterfall) and yes itâs incredibly cheesy (check a slow-motion walk to a line that 81 keeps going on about), but itâs exactly the type of movie youâre expecting when you press play on a movie thatâs essentially Reacher vs massive alien robot.
What helps is that Alan Ritchson is exactly the type of actor you need to lead this kind of movie, capable of delivering the necessary one-liners and also somehow finding some depth in the one-note character development.
Heâs also an exceptional action star and even though 81 doesnât punch the robot (missed opportunity, to be honest), he sells the intensity of the genuinely brilliant action sequences. The stand-out is a breathless five-minute sequence where 81âs team try to outrun the robot in a security vehicle, but every set piece really hits the spot.
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Will War Machine be the best movie you see this month? Probably not. Might not even be the best movie you see this weekend depending what else is on the agenda. But it is 100-odd minutes of action-packed entertainment that you can enjoy to switch off from the world which makes it an ideal weekend watch.
And really, we could all use a bit of that right now.
War Machine is available to watch now on Netflix.
