Admit One 8/9/24
Here’s what’s out in theaters and on streaming this weekend: it’s Admit One
Borderlands (Theaters)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, Arianna Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Haley Bennett, Edgar Ramirez
Directed by: Eli Roth
Plot: Based on the best-selling videogame, this all-star action-adventure follows a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to save a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 7%
Critic Consensus: “Glitching out in every department, Borderlands is balderdash”
It Ends With Us (Theaters)
Starring: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Amy Morton, Brandon Sklenar
Directed by: Justin Baldoni
Plot: Lily overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life. A chance meeting with a neurosurgeon sparks a connection but Lily begins to see sides of him that remind her of her parents’ relationship.
RT Freshness: 58%
Critic Consensus: “Earnestly performed if marred by clunky dialogue, It Ends With Us is surprisingly at its most graceful when handling the more provocative elements of its melodramatic source material”
Cuckoo (Theaters)
Starring: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas, Jan Bluthardt, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Greta Fernandez
Directed by: Tilman Singer
Plot: A 17-year-old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.
RT Freshness: 79%
Critic Consensus: “Directed with inventive flair by Tilman Singer while given flavorful personality by stars Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens, Cuckoo is a madcap madhouse horror that’s on the right side of deranged”
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled City (Theaters)
Starring: Louis Koo, Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, Sammo Hung, Richie Ren, Philip Ng
Directed by: Pou-Soi Cheang
Plot: Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong’s underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter runs afoul of the most feared Triad boss in Hong Kong, a bounty is placed on his head despite his connections to the leader of the infamous enclave.
RT Freshness: 90%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Girl You Know It’s True (Theaters)
Starring: Tijan Njie, Elan Ben Ali, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Dayne, Graham Rogers, Ashley Dowds, Stevonte Hart
Directed by: Simon Verhoeven
Plot: Dancers Pilatus and Morvan rise to fame in the late 1980’s who become stars with No.1 hits and won Grammy. The duo never sang a word in their songs and the truth was revealed, they stared as one of the biggest scandals in music history.
RT Freshness: 94%
Critic Consensus: N/A
Good One (Theaters)
Starring: Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Sumaya Bouhbal
Directed by: India Donaldson
Plot: During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
RT Freshness: 98%
Critic Consensus: “A beautifully acted depiction of being caught between a rock and a hard place, confronts difficult emotions and yields a striking feature debut for writer-director India Donaldson”
The Last Front (Theaters)
Starring: Iain Glen, Sasha Luss, Julian Kostov, David Calder, Joe Anderson, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, James Downie, Emma Dupont
Directed by: Julien Hayet-Kerknawi
Plot: Amidst World War I’s chaos, a grieving father turns hero, leading villagers to safety while evading a relentless enemy driven by vengeance.
RT Freshness: 67%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Shakedown (Prime Video)
Starring: Carl Beukes, Emmanuel Castis, Julia Anastasopoulos, Berenice Barbier, Milton Schorr, David Isaacs, Zander Tyler
Directed by: Ari Kruger
Plot: When his mistress threatens to expose the secret of their affair, a respectable medical aid broker seeks the help of his criminal underworld brother to save his reputation.
RT Freshness: N/A
Critic Consensus: N/A
One Fast Move (Prime Video)
Starring: K.J. Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco, Edward James Olmos, Austin North, Jackson Hurst, Libby Blake
Directed by: Kelly Blatz
Plot: A young man seeks out his estranged father to pursue his dream of becoming a professional motorcycle racer. With help from his love interest and a motorcycle shop owner, he begins to break down the walls his father’s absence had created.
RT Freshness: 40%
Critic Consensus: N/A
The Instigators (Apple TV+)
Starring: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau, Michael Stuhlbarg, Paul Walter Hauser, Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina
Directed by: Doug Liman
Plot: Follows two robbers who must go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a theft doesn’t go as planned.
RT Freshness: 42%
Critic Consensus: “The alchemy of Casey Affleck and Matt Damon’s knucklehead rapport provides some charm, but this laidback caper unravels due to a lack of intrigue and pulse”
