Kate Beckinsale‘s 2024 spy movie is a streaming success despite its 30% Rotten Tomatoes audience score. The English actress made her feature film debut in 1993 with a brief role in Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing and, during the remainder of the 1990s, continued to star in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland, Cold Comfort Farm, Emma, and The Golden Bowl. During the early 2000s, Beckinsale starred in films from a variety of genres, including Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor, the romantic comedy Serendipity, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, and Click.
However, since taking on the role of Selene in the Underworld franchise from 2003 to 2016, Kate Beckinsale has become best known for action movies, also including Van Helsing, Whiteout, Contraband, Total Recall, and Jolt. She’s also received some critical acclaim for her performances in smaller dramas such as Snow Angels, Nothing but the Truth, Everybody’s Fine, Love & Friendship, and The Only Living Boy in New York. Still, she remains committed to the action genre, recently starring in a new spy movie.
Kate Beckinsale’s 2024 Spy Movie Is A Streaming Success
It Ranks On Reelgood’s Chart
Kate Beckinsale’s 2024 spy movie, Canary Black, has become a streaming success. Directed by Pierre Morel – known for District 13, From Paris with Love, and Taken – the new action-thriller follows a CIA agent, Avery Graves, who is on the run after being blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her country to save her kidnapped husband. Kate Beckinsale leads the Canary Black cast alongside Rupert Friend, the late Ray Stevenson, Saffron Burrows, Ben Miles, Goran Kostić, Masayoshi Haneda, Michael Brandon, and Charles Nishikawa.
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Now, Kate Beckinsale’s new spy movie has become a streaming success on Prime Video. Canary Black ranks eighth on Reelgood‘s Top 10 most-watched movies on streaming for the week of October 24-30. It ranked below Woman of the Hour, Trap, Don’t Move, Caddo Lake, MaXXXine, It’s What’s Inside, Late Night with the Devil, and above Terrifer and Pearl. Check out the full list below:
What Canary Black’s Streaming Success Means For The Movie
It’s A Hit Despite Its 30% RT Audience Score
Canary Black is a hit on Prime Video despite relatively low cultural relevance and poor reactions from audiences. The movie was sent straight to streaming on October 24 and, with only 8 reviews from critics, doesn’t even have enough to qualify for a Rotten Tomatoes score. Still, critics consider it a predictable action thriller with some entertaining moments and decent visuals, though it lacks originality, excitement, and depth. Overall, Kate Beckinsale‘s performance is unable to elevate it beyond a mediocre genre movie. Audiences seem to agree, evidenced by its 30% score on the Popcornmeter.
Source: Reelgood
Avery Graves, a CIA operative, must betray her country to save her husband, relying on underworld contacts and her elite skills to prevent a global crisis.
- Director
- Pierre Morel
- Release Date
- October 24, 2024
- Writers
- Matthew Kennedy
- Cast
- Kate Beckinsale , Rupert Friend , Saffron Burrows , Ben Miles , Goran Kostic , Jaz Hutchins , Ana Cilas , Emma Gojković , Igor Pečenjev , Andrei Lenart , Romina Tonković , Luka Alagić
- Character(s)
- Avery Graves , Elizabeth Mills , DCIA Nathan Evans , Agent Maxfield , Abby , Evans Assistant , Hostage Agent , Niklaus , Sorina , Laszlo Stoica
- Runtime
- 103 Minutes