The streaming platforms they continue betting big on the incorporation of new content, as well as on the realization of original productions. Among the fierce competition that abounds in the field of streaming, Amazon Prime Video It is one of those that is strongly committed to differentiating itself from the rest, including titles outside the mainstream in its catalog that sometimes do not reach theaters.
Since a few weeks, Samaritan It is the film that dominates the Top 10 of the most watched on Prime Video, as far as the cinema category is concerned. This film is starring Sylvester Stallone as a veteran superhero who is forced out of retirement to save a young man whose life is in danger. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Stallone fans follow him in whatever role or genre he decides to venture into.
In recent days a new movie has dethroned Samaritan among the most watched on Amazon Prime Video. Is about Goldan Australian film starring Zack Efron premiered in January 2022.
Gold is a film set in a dystopian future where a lone traveler named Virgil arrives at a stall and pays a local named Keith to transport him to an area known as The Compound. Traveling through the desert, they both discover a huge boulder of gold. Lacking the necessary tools to extract the gold, Keith goes off in search of a bulldozer, while Virgil is left alone in the desert. Soon, his physical and mental deterioration will lead him to unleash his paranoia, taking him to the extreme.
The film was written, directed and starred by Anthony Hayeswho shares one of the leading roles with Efron. Although the premiere of Gold It did not have a great impact at the box office, the film received mixed but mostly positive reviews. On the Rotten Tomatoes site it has a 65% acceptance rate, while Metacritic assigned it a score of 48 out of 100.
Among the film’s highlights are the strong performances of Efron Y There is, whose interaction in the story brings more tension every minute. At the same time, the impressive cinematography by Ross Giardina. However, at times the script stays halfway, without deepening and increasing the tension of this thriller.
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The dystopian thriller that surpassed Samaritan as the most watched on Amazon Prime Video