What lies in retailer for Prime Video subscribers in October? The streaming big’s TV exhibits have continued to carry out nicely, however the scenario hasn’t been as secure within the characteristic movie class. Most of its hyped unique motion pictures have been met with poor evaluations from critics. Warfare of the Worlds, starring Ice Dice, debuted with a surprising 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes earlier than stabilizing at 4%, whereas Eddie Murphy’s The Pickup was awarded 25%, regardless of having a star-studded solid. An earlier hit (G20) was barely higher however nonetheless unconvincing, managing a 55% rating.
Of all Prime Video’s 2025 unique movies, solely Heads of State deserves reward. Starring Idris Elba and John Cena, the motion comedy flick scored 68%. Subscribers will thus be hoping for extra high quality movies within the the rest of the 12 months. There’s each cause to be hopeful since each October launch has an attention-grabbing premise. If each different manufacturing side is beautiful, we’re going to have loads of nice leisure.
For this record, we will omit The Man with the Bag, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alan Ritchson. The Amazon Studios manufacturing is about to hit theaters on October 3, however there’s nonetheless no phrase on when will probably be obtainable on Prime Video. It might be November, however we’ll replace the record if it is scheduled for an earlier date.
Right here’s what to be careful for.
‘Play Soiled’
October 1
Primarily based on the Parker e-book collection by Donald E. Westlake, Play Soiled stars Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield as Parker and Grofield, the 2 profession criminals who drive the occasions of the novels. In accordance with the data offered up to now relating to the premise, the protagonist might be up in opposition to a South American dictator, the New York Cosa Nostra, and the world’s richest man. Keegan-Michael Key, Rosa Salazar, Chukwudi Iwuji, Nat Wolff, Thomas Jane, and Tony Shalhoub will even seem in supporting roles.
Shane Black Was the Proper Individual for ‘Play Soiled’
E book followers might be hoping that director Shane Black fashions a haunting panorama of braveness and viciousness and an general work of austere magnificence that does correct justice to the venerable supply materials. Black has at all times been extra of a screenwriter than a director, however he could be trusted as a result of the themes he usually repeats advert nauseam in his motion pictures are likely to work.
The legendary Hollywood determine has at all times crafted nice tales each time there are two key characters concerned, so we are able to anticipate a whiff of the identical magic he delivered in Deadly Weapon and The Good Guys. Maybe he would have made one thing higher if he had been granted his preliminary casting alternative of Robert Downey Jr, whom he labored with in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3. Mark Wahlberg is sweet, however critics like to hate him. Let’s see the way it goes.
‘Upkeep Required’
October 8
Madelaine Petsch has pushed even tougher ever since Riverdale ended two years in the past. She is the lead within the upcoming rom-com Upkeep Required, the place she is an impartial proprietor of an all-female mechanic store. Enterprise begins struggling when a serious company competitor strikes in throughout the road, so she seeks consolation in an nameless on-line confidant. The 2 share a real bond and a gestating connection that can quickly be examined with tensions stoked by the revelation that the mysterious man is definitely the enterprise rival who’s giving her nightmares.
Will Love and Pleasure Combine
Hopefully, Upkeep Required might be so good that it’s going to refute the generally held view that rom-coms are dying. If Petsch’s interview with Glamour is something to go by, followers ought to anticipate a correct feminist film specializing in the challenges ladies face in relationships and within the office. “Often in heterosexual rom-coms, the person is the one who doesn’t imagine in love and the lady softens him, however right here it’s the alternative,” she revealed.
Judging from the set images, the movie additionally appears destined to subvert the hot-girl-next-to-car trope, settling for conventional mechanic overalls as a substitute of skimpy outfits. Pestch’s character is reportedly utilizing an outfit as soon as worn by her late father. Jacob Scipio might be enjoying her love curiosity, a brand new problem for him since he has principally since he has beforehand targeted on the motion house, showing in motion pictures like With out Regret, Exp4ndables, and Unhealthy Boys for Life. Given his earlier performances, guess on him excelling right here, too.
‘Our Fault’
October 16
Our Fault is the third and closing installment of the variation of the Culpables e-book collection by Mercedes Ron, following My Fault in 2023 and Your Fault in 2024. We’ll meet Noah (Nicole Wallace) and Nick (Gabriel Guevara), a number of months after their breakup. A marriage reunites them, with Nick now busy because the inheritor to his grandfather’s enterprise empire and Noah specializing in her blooming profession. Will they get again collectively?
A Ultimate Determination
Third installments in a trilogy are notoriously troublesome to drag off, so hopefully director Domingo González will get it proper, utilizing the supply materials to delve into the couple’s mystique. The e-book is fantastic, so all the pieces ought to movement easily if the filmmaker and screenwriter resist the all-too-familiar temptation to tweak as many issues as attainable
The title hints on the lovebirds doing what each conflicting couple is commonly too proud to do: settle for joint duty for a large number. It needs to be attention-grabbing to see how that performs out. And, as a result of filming came about concurrently with Your Fault to chop prices, don’t anticipate any main distinction in tone. No matter occurs, this pair will ceaselessly be remembered as one of the irritating will-they-won’t-they {couples}.
‘Hedda’
October 29
Primarily based on the play Hedda Gabler by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, Hedda follows the titular character (portrayed by Tessa Thompson), who sinks into distress after marrying the tutorial George Tesman (Tom Bateman). Upon coming back from an costly honeymoon to her husband’s nation property in Fifties England, she begins feeling caged and overwhelmed by societal expectations. Sooner or later, she hosts a celebration for the elite, hoping to safe her husband a professorship, just for her former lover to point out up wanting dapper and welcoming. What subsequent?
As Good because the Play
Fortunately, we don’t have to wonder if Hedda is sweet or not. Critics have already reviewed the film (following an early premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant) and given it a stamp of approval. The drama has an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with many evaluations singling out Thompson’s efficiency for reward. Different evaluations describe it as very addictive and filled with ardour, intercourse, and remorse. Sounds good!
An vital factor to notice concerning the movie is that the setting has been moved from Nineteenth-century Norway to ‘50s England. There are additionally character adjustments. For instance, Eilert Lövborg is now Eileen Lovborg (a girl). The director is Nia DaCosta, higher recognized for The Marvels and the 2021 Candyman sequel. And audiences couldn’t have requested for a greater lead than Thompson, who seems to have an ideal working relationship with DaCosta. This would be the second collaboration between the director and actor, who has two BAFTAs and an Emmy nomination to her identify. Will probably be nice seeing her outdoors the MCU, which has introduced her a lot of her glory.