Final month, Amazon added the very-much not underrated Gladiator II to its premium video service, and in the US followers have been throughout watching Denzel Washington’s efficiency (which ought to have been nominated for an Academy Award for my part). In the meantime, following the loss of life of Pope Francis, audiences each domestically and globally have been giving Conclave one other probability. Nonetheless, I’ve been most completely happy to see a new 2025 film launch creeping up the charts.
G20, like Gladiator and Conclave, has a stacked solid headlined by Viola Davis but additionally that includes The Boys’ Antony Starr, and black-ish‘s Anthony Anderson and Marsai Martin. I’d by no means sit right here and inform you the challenge is about to be the subsequent Die Arduous, however I positively loved the Cape City setting and the premise, which sees Davis as a feminine President of the US coping with her unruly daughter. CinemaBlend’s personal Philip Sledge known as it a “wild throwback,” and I completely get it.
She and her husband determine to carry their child to a Summit (the G20 Summit) the place world leaders are accused of corruption and shenanigans ensue. Sound enjoyable? Lots of people worldwide suppose so, as G20 is the No 1 film globally on Amazon proper now.
US Audiences Are Into One thing A Little Completely different Than International Audiences
Intriguingly, within the US it hasn’t caught on fairly as a lot, as Gladiator II took excessive slot on April twenty fourth, per monitoring retailers like FlixPatrol. Intriguingly, Amazon Prime additionally added a second huge Denzel Washington film this month, the also-underrated 2 Weapons with Mark Wahlberg. Not like G20, 2 Weapons is just not model spanking new, having initially launched again in 2013 to fairly stable evaluations. It’s extra within the buddy-cop motion drama although, if that’s your cup of tea.
2 Weapons debuted on in April 2025 on the streaming service and had a fast run on the High 10 listing earlier than falling off.
In the meantime, Amazon Prime originals generally tend to hang around on the High 10 listing for fairly a while, as we noticed one thing related occur with Pink One and extra. Intriguingly, in contrast to different streamers, Amazon has dedicated to the theatrical expertise and goes to be placing a slew of their slate into theaters earlier than it heads to the streaming companies a lot afterward. Amazon’s 2025 CinemaCon panel was the primary time a streamer has proven as much as the occasion and hopefully extra films within the mid-tier, like G20, will get the pink carpet rollout sooner or later.
For now although, rating on the High 10 listing isn’t too shabby.