Glen Powell's Action Movie With Near-Perfect RT Audience Score Battles Alan Ritchson's Thriller On Netflix
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It's a Glen Powell and Alan Ritchson fight on Netflix's charts, with a few other major stars involved as these two action hits clash on streaming. Powell and Ritchson are two of the biggest stars in the world right now. Both are experiencing streaming success on different streamers, with Powell's sports comedy Chad Powers trending on Hulu, while Ritchson's action thriller series Reacher stands tall on Prime Video, with both recently returning with new seasons. That said, the two actors also have multiple high-profile movies to their name. Powell's list of recent films includes The Running Man and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
The first became a huge streaming hit after a disappointing box office run, while the latter passed $1 billion. As for Ritchson's recent movies, the star of one of Prime Video's most popular TV shows has appeared in projects like the global streaming hits Playdate and War Machine. The latter, a sci-fi thriller, currently stands as the 10th most-watched Netflix movie of all time, according to official Netflix data. Now, the actors are seeing two of their star-studded movies clash on the streamer, as Powell's Top Gun: Maverick and Ritchson's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare throw down on Netflix's charts.
Top Gun: Maverick Has Flown Past The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
At the time of writing, Top Gun: Maverick is the 3rd most-watched movie on Netflix in the United States, while The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is one step below it, at 4th. That order worked the other way around just a few days ago. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was Netflix's #1 movie nationwide up until Friday, September 25, with Powell's action classic that brought back Tom Cruise's hit franchise as Netflix's 2nd most popular movie in the US at the time. Both have since fallen a few spots, with their order reversed as new movies came to shake up Netflix's US chart.
Top Gun: Maverick holds a near-perfect 99% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, while The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare boasts a stellar 91% RT audience score.
Above Ritchson's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Powell's Top Gun: Maverick is The Breadwinner, in 2nd, with the comedy having landed on Netflix on September 26. As the new most-watched movie on Netflix in the United States is Russel Crowe's crime thriller Unabomber, a Netflix Original movie that was released on the streaming service around the world on September 25. Those two new hits on Netflix follow the path of the Ritchson and Powell action movies, as both Top Gun: Maverick and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare also arrived on Netflix in September. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Miles Teller, Guy Ritchie, and more are involved in the films.
Could Alan Ritchson's The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Surpass Glen Powell's Action Classic?
Given how they are only one spot apart, there is still very much a chance that Ritchson's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare could rise above Powell's Top Gun: Maverick again. Not only is the R-rated action thriller still holding strong on the Netflix chart after trending in it for twice as long as the Top Gun sequel has, but Ritchson's name is flying high, as Prime Video just announced that Reacher has been renewed for season 6 before season 5 has even finished filming. That is the type of news that could see fans go looking for the actor's work, finding his action thriller trending on Netflix.
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Top Gun: Maverick
8/10
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- Runtime
- 131 minutes
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Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
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Penny Benjamin
Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to the 1986 original film starring Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a top-tier pilot in the Navy. Thirty years after the original film's events, Maverick is asked to head up a section of the TOP GUN program to embark on a dangerous mission. Things become personal when the program includes the son of Maverick's late friend, forcing him to confront his past.
- Director
- Joseph Kosinski
- Main Genre
- Action
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
6/10
- Release Date
- April 19, 2024
- Runtime
- 120 minutes
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Gus March-Phillips
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Eiza Gonzalez
Marjorie Stewart
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a World War II film depicting a British Army unit's covert operations against Nazi forces. The movie focuses on the Special Operations Executive, a clandestine organization established by Winston Churchill, whose unconventional tactics helped shape modern black operations.
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