Admit One 4/24/26 - Everything Action

Here’s what’s new in theaters and on streaming this weekend, it’s Admit One.

Michael (Theaters)

Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Juliano Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, Colman Domingo

Directed by: Antoine Fuqua

Plot: The story of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 39%

Critic Consensus: “While Jaafar Jackson’s smooth moves bring the King of Pop to uncanny life, this musical biopic mostly plays like a “greatest hits” album that could’ve benefitted from including liner notes to give actual insight into the icon”

Fuze (Theaters)

Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Saffron Hocking , Elham Ehsas

Directed by: David Mackenzie

Plot: An unexploded WWII bomb is discovered on a busy construction site in the centre of London. Chaos ensues as the military and police begin a mass evacuation against a ticking clock.

RT Freshness: 83%

Critic Consensus: “Unapologetically leaning into its own pulpy excess, Fuze detonates as a stylish thriller with energy, craft, and twists to spare”

Desert Warrior (Theaters)

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart, Sharlto Copley, Ben Kingsley, Ghassan Massoud , Sami Bouajila

Directed by: Rupert Wyatt

Plot: Defying a ruthless emperor, a princess flees into the Arabian desert, hunted by mercenaries. Forged into a warrior and aided by a legendary bandit, she unites warring tribes for a last stand that will change history.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Over Your Dead Body (Theaters)

Starring: Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis

Directed by: Jorma Taccone

Plot: When miserable couple Dan and Lisa retreat to a remote cabin for a romantic reset, each arrives with a secret plan to kill the other. However, their carefully plotted traps and counterplots quickly unravel when strangers crash the weekend with plans of their own.

RT Freshness: 70%

Critic Consensus: “With Hitchcockian flair, inventive gore, and electric performances, Over Your Dead Body blends tense thrills and playful twists into a satisfying, if occasionally conventional, ride”

The Wolf and The Lamb (Theaters and VOD/Digital)

Starring: Cassandra Scerbo, Adrianne Palicki, Jaydon Clark, Eric Nelsen, Angus Macfadyen, Q’orianka Kilcher, Zach McGowan, James Landry Hébert, Sammi Rotibi, Clint Howard

Directed by: Michael Schilf

Plot: When a schoolteacher’s son mysteriously vanishes, her desperate search leads her through a maze of folklore, paranoia and faith. When the boy returns, his eerie behavior spreads paranoia and violence throughout their town. Facing hostility from neighbors and local authority figures, she must confront terrifying forces that challenge everything she believes.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Broken Bird (Theaters)

Starring: Rebecca Calder, James Fleet, Jelana Moore, Paul Kampf, Sacharissa Claxton

Directed by: Joanne Mitchell

Plot: Sybil works as an undertaker. It’s a lonely job, with few perks so she takes solace where she can.

RT Freshness: 100%

Critic Consensus: N/A

No Ordinary Heist (Theaters)

Starring: Eddie Marsan, Éanna Hardwicke, Eva Birthistle, Michelle Fairley, Desmond Eastwood, Patrick O’Kane

Directed by: Colin McIvor

Plot: Based on the true 2004 Northern Bank robbery, two feuding bank employees are forced to execute Ireland’s biggest heist after criminals kidnap their families and threaten to kill them.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Frankie, Maniac Woman (Theaters)

Starring: Dina Silva, Stefanie Estes, Tim Fox, Jordan Kelly Debarge, Rocio De La Grana

Directed by: Pierre Tsigaridis

Plot: Battling against the legacy of childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and the image-obsessed fat shaming of the LA music business, aspiring singer-songwriter Frankie Ramirez ﬁnally snaps, with bloody results.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

Omaha (Theaters)

Starring: John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam, Christina Cooper

Directed by: Cole Webley

Plot: A father conceals the truth about his family’s seemingly spontaneous road trip across the American West.

RT Freshness: 91%

Critic Consensus: “A melancholy journey leading to a mysterious destination, Omaha rewards patience with its cumulative emotional wallop and John Magaro’s quietly haunting performance”

I Swear (Theaters)

Starring: Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, Peter Mullan, David Carlyle, Steven Cree

Directed by: Kirk Jones

Plot: John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.

RT Freshness: 98%

Critic Consensus: “A deft balance of prickly and sweet that’s bound together by Robert Aramayo’s knockout performance, I Swear doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges of Tourette syndrome while delivering an uplifting tale of resilience”