{"id":7949138,"date":"2026-02-13T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7949138"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:34:47","slug":"best-new-streaming-movies-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/what-to-watch\/best-new-streaming-movies-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 21 New Movies Streaming in February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

If you’re looking for new movies to watch, you’ve come to the right place. February is here, and with it comes a bevy of new films added to your favorite streamers. It’s a lot to sift through, so we’ve gone through and put together a curated list of the best new movies streaming on Netflix<\/a>, Prime Video<\/a>, HBO Max<\/a>, Paramount+, Apple TV and beyond this month. That includes new-to-streaming movies like “Predator: Badlands” and “Blue Moon,” noteworthy library titles like the “Ghostbusters” franchise and underseen indies that you’ve maybe never even heard of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out our list of the top new movies streaming right now below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“Hurry Up Tomorrow”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Abel Tesfaye and Barry Keoghan in “Hurry Up Tomorrow” (Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Starz – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you didn\u2019t see \u201cHurry Up Tomorrow,\u201d The Weeknd\u2019s attempt at a feature-length narrative tie-in to his album of his 2025 same name, don\u2019t worry \u2013 very few people did. (It only made $7.8 million on a budget of $15 million.) Now is your time. The film, which costars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, was co-written, edited and directed by the extremely talented Trey Edward Shults, who made \u201cWaves\u201d and \u201cIt Comes At Night.\u201d But the plotting of \u201cHurry Up Tomorrow,\u201d which follows the Weeknd playing a lightly fictionalized version of himself, who winds up falling in love with a girl (Ortega) and seeing reality slip away. It is alternately captivating and tedious, beautifully shot but also somewhat banal. If you\u2019re a Weeknd die-hard, you probably owe it to yourself to watch. He probably thought he was making his own \u201cPurple Rain.\u201d But it\u2019s more like his \u201cGraffiti Bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Us”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Paramount+ – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we wait, somewhat impatiently, for Jordan Peele\u2019s fourth feature as a director to be assigned a proper release date, why not revisit perhaps his second movie as a writer\/director, \u201cUs.\u201d Peele avoids the sophomore slump after the terrific, terrifying \u201cGet Out,\u201d this time focusing on a young family (led by Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong\u2019o, in an Oscar-worthy performance), who, while on a vacation to their beach house, encounter home invaders that look suspiciously like them. These doppelg\u00e4ngers (dubbed The Tethered) are looking to replace the family, which leads to some very violent encounters, leading to some shocking revelations. Peele synthesizes countless pop culture references \u2013 everything from \u201cLost Boys\u201d to \u201cC.H.U.D.\u201d to the dopey Hands Across America fundraising event \u2013 into a wholly unique, singularly iconic and deeply disturbing vision. It might be Peele\u2019s best film, full of wild tangents and hilarious asides, anchored by Nyong\u2019o\u2019s perfect, deeply felt performance. \u201cGet Out\u201d might have established Peele as one of our most exciting new filmmakers but \u201cUs\u201d cemented him as a generational visionary. Now can we please have movie 4?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Face\/Off”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Paramount+ – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Woo is having a moment. Most of his early classics have been rescued from obscurity and re-released in beautiful 4K UHD editions. And as audiences rediscover his Hong Kong output, they are likely to find a new appreciation for \u201cFace\/Off,\u201d which translated his trademark style to a big budget Hollywood blockbuster with shocking fidelity. In \u201cFace\/Off\u201d John Travolta plays a dogged FBI agent on the hunt of a terrorist (played by Nicolas Cage). When Cage winds up in a coma and a bomb that he\u2019s planted is set to go off, Travolta undergoes an experimental surgery which will swap is face for Cage\u2019s. Of course, Cage wakes up, takes Travolta\u2019s face, and the whole thing goes sideways. Part of the fun of \u201cFace\/Off\u201d is watching each performer play the other, adapting their mannerisms and tics. But the star of the show is obviously Woo\u2019s spectacular set pieces \u2013 from an apartment shootout set to \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d (performed by Olivia Newton-John) to a climactic speedboat chase to the opening airplane hanger showdown. It\u2019s a beautiful symphony of violence, choreographed as only Woo could. At the time it was unlike anything most American audiences had ever seen. It still feels a little bit dangerous today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ghostbusters” and “Ghostbusters II”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who ya gonna call? <\/em>When Ivan Reitman\u2019s \u201cGhostbusters\u201d arrived in 1984, it was unlike anything anybody had ever seen. Toplined by some of comedy\u2019s biggest names (Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd and Rick Moranis) but featuring real emotional heft (thanks to a very dialed-in Sigourney Weaver) and sophisticated horror elements (with visual effects from \u201cStar Wars\u201d veteran Richard Edlund), it was a tonal tightrope walk that is accomplished with aplomb. It was a huge hit. People were singing the theme song in the theater. And it was a massive undertaking to get everybody back for the sequel, 1989\u2019s \u201cGhostbusters II.\u201d The magic had diminished but there are still some fun to be had. The \u201cGhostbusters\u201d movies are like pizza \u2013 even when they\u2019re bad, they\u2019re still pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“The Golden Child”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Paramount+ – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you feel like you\u2019ve seen every high-concept supernatural action comedy starring a 1980\u2019s mega-star, have we got the movie for you. \u201cThe Golden Child,\u201d directed by Michael Ritchie, the journeyman filmmaker behind \u201cThe Candidate\u201d and \u201cThe Bad News Bears,\u201d stars Eddie Murphy as a private eye specializing in lost children. But his latest case is a doozy, as he\u2019s tracked with finding a Tibetan boy kidnapped by sinister forces (led by a menacing Charles Dance). Murphy does a lot of solid mugging, occasionally interacting with stop-motion creatures and other dangerous foes. John Carpenter flirted with directing \u201cThe Golden Child,\u201d instead opting for the similar (but much, much better) \u201cBig Trouble in Little China.\u201d Still \u2013 if you\u2019ve never seen \u201cThe Golden Child\u201d or want an adrenalized shot of 1980\u2019s nostalgia, you could do a lot worse on a Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Unstoppable”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Scott\u2019s last film before his tragic suicide in 2012 is also one of his very best. In \u201cUnstoppable\u201d Denzel Washington plays an old school railroad engineer, who just so happens to be training his young replacement (Chris Pine) on the same day that a toxic cargo train has become \u2013 you guessed it! \u2013 unstoppable<\/em>. One of the most thrilling action movies you\u2019re ever likely to see, the movie\u2019s brisk 98 minute runtime flies by without Scott ever pumping the breaks. It\u2019s full of breathless set pieces and fine, flinty supporting performances from Rosario Dawson, T.J. Miller, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Corrigan and Ethan Suplee, all of which add to the movie\u2019s blue-collar charm. \u201cUnstoppable\u201d should be talked about in the same breath as edge-of-your-seat classics like William Friedkin\u2019s \u201cSorcerer.\u201d And while the tide might be turning on this one, with Quentin Tarantino recently discussing it as one of his favorites on an episode of \u201cThe Rewatchables,\u201d it has yet to be truly canonized. It\u2019s long overdue.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Robocop” Franchise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Video – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire \u201cRoboCop\u201d franchise is arriving on Prime Video. Are you ready for it? Paul Verhoeven\u2019s original \u201cRoboCop\u201d (released in 1987) was a satirical masterpiece that was also one of the most viscerally satisfying action movies of the 1980s. Its sequel, 1990\u2019s \u201cRoboCop 2,\u201d tried to replicate the formula but without Verhoeven\u2019s deft touch (he was replaced with \u201cThe Empire Strikes Back\u201d director Irvin Kershner), things often tip towards the silly or, in the case of the movie\u2019s occasionally shocking ultra-violence, profane. Still, it has some wonderful visual effects courtesy of stop-motion pioneer Phil Tippett, who also provided an all-timer of a robot design in the titular \u201cupgrade,\u201d made from the brain of a drug addicted murderer named Cain (played by Tom Noonan). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993\u2019s \u201cRoboCop 3\u201d has little of the DNA that made the first two films so special, including RoboCop himself, with Peter Weller leaving, replaced by Robert Burke. It was also delayed due to financial difficulties and was rated PG-13, a severe softening to the movie\u2019s nearly NC-17-rated charms. The remake, released in 2014 and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Jos\u00e9 Padilha, is somewhat underrated, with a terrific cast (Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael K. Williams and more) and some impressive visual effects. While the remake was PG-13, it still had a satirical edge, attuned to the modern anxieties about foreign wars and drone strikes. Honestly, you could do worse than marathoning these four movies. Have a Robo-good time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Video – Feb. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the essential cult artifacts of the 1980s, \u201cThe Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th<\/sup> Dimension\u201d follows our title character, a scientist, daredevil and rock\u2019n\u2019roll star (his band is called the Hong Kong Cavaliers), played by the great Peter Weller, who must save the world from a band of evil, interdimensional aliens. You know, that old story. Directed by the great W.D. Richter, who wrote the 1978 \u201cInvasion of the Body Snatchers\u201d and would, a couple of years after \u201cBuckaroo Banzai,\u201d pen \u201cBig Trouble in Little China\u201d for John Carpenter, he has an uncanny understanding of tone and character, which makes this movie come alive. Sure, it\u2019s goofy and silly and fun but it\u2019s also incredibly endearing. If you aren\u2019t smiling ear-to-ear by the time the final credits roll, which feature the members of the Hong Kong Cavaliers walking through Los Angeles\u2019 river basin to the sounds of Michael Boddicker\u2019s rollicking score, you might be dead. Or some kind of alien in disguise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ella McCay”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James L. Brooks\u2019 first film in 15 years bombed pretty hard in theaters this December (it made $4.5 million worldwide), but perhaps the time is right for a streaming resurgence. The film stars Emma Mackey as the lieutenant governor of an unnamed state who struggles to balance her personal and professional life against the backdrop of politics. As usual, the \u201cBroadcast News\u201d and \u201cTerms of Endearment\u201d filmmaker assembles a top-notch ensemble cast that includes Albert Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ayo Edebiri, Woody Harrelson and Rebecca Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“Boys Go to Jupiter”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – Feb. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of last year\u2019s most charming animated features, \u201cBoys Go to Jupiter\u201d was written and directed by Julian Glander, an artist and videogame designer with a sensibility and style his own. \u201cBoys Go to Jupiter\u201d was animated by a small crew, including by Glander himself, and follows a suburban teenager named Billy 5000 (voiced by Jack Corbett), who gets a job at a food delivery service, in order to move out of his sister\u2019s home. Between Glander\u2019s insightful commentary on the gig economy and the truly one-of-a-kind animation style, which incorporates elements from early CGI and turn-of-the-millennium aesthetics, \u201cBoys Go to Jupiter\u201d is a beguiling experience. Plus, it\u2019s got the hippest voice cast maybe ever, with Janeane Garofalo, Tavi Gevinson, Julio Torres, Sarah Sherman, Eva Victor and Joe Pera, among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Queen of Chess”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – Feb. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the synopsis for this new sports documentary, in 1989 \u201ca 12-year-old Hungarian prodigy named Judit Polg\u00e1r embarked on a David-and-Goliath mission to become the top chess player of her generation, which meant going up against men who thought that women \u2014 never mind young girls like her \u2014 could never be truly great at chess. In particular, Judit had her eyes set on besting the top-ranked Garry Kasparov, whom some consider the greatest player of all time. What followed was a 13-year saga of thrilling wins, petulant opponents, dramatic showdowns, and surprising friendships as Judit charged toward her goal.\u201d \u201cQueen of Chess,\u201d which just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, fits nicely into the Netflix ecosystem with their blockbuster series \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit.\u201d Because when you think \u201cchess,\u201d you think \u201cNetflix.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Splitsville”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re looking for a rom-com that\u2019s slightly left of center, check out \u201cSplitsville\u201d when it hits Hulu this month. Co-written, directed by and starring Michael Angelo Covino, the film follows a couple (Adria Arjona and Kyle Marvin) whose relationship is on the outs, and who get a boost when they discover their friends (Dakota Johnson and Covino) have an open marriage. It\u2019s incredibly funny, but also sweet and quietly sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How to Train Your Dragon” (2025)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – Feb. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the recent Disney live-action remakes have reminded us, the transition from an animated story to one with flesh-and-blood characters can be a mixed bag. But \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon,\u201d based on the DreamWorks Animation film of the same name, is arguably the best of the bunch \u2013 it\u2019s fidelity to the original material is unimpeachable, making minor tweaks and adjustments while retaining the essence of made the first one so special. But it also embraces live-action in a full-bodied way that makes the story more dangerous, more romantic and more tactile \u2013 you can feel<\/em> the world in a way that you never could before. The story of young Hiccup (Mason Thames), a teenage Viking who befriends an injured dragon, to the chagrin of his dragon-hating community, has even more poeticism and poignancy in live-action, with some truly dazzling visual effects and a new score by the returning John Powell, that will leave you breathless. If you missed this in the theaters last year, time to correct that mistake. The live-action remake of the second animated film is out next summer. Be prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Pope’s Exorcist”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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HBO Max – Feb. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most entertaining movies of the past few years, \u201cThe Pope\u2019s Exorcist\u201d is, just so we\u2019re clear, about an exorcist hired by the pope. The pope isn\u2019t possessed in \u201cThe Pope\u2019s Exorcist.\u201d Although that other scenario would be cool. Russell Crowe plays the titular exorcist, based on a real-life fighter of evil named Father Amorth (the movie is based on a pair of Amorth\u2019s nonfiction books \u2013 \u201cAn Exorcist Tells His Story\u201d and \u201cAn Exorcist: More Stories\u201d), in appealingly full-bodied glory. Nobody commits quite like Crowe. The story takes place in the late 1980\u2019s, which means there are no cell phones and there\u2019s a great moment set to The Cult\u2019s \u201cShe Sells Sanctuary,\u201d as a family living in Spain is haunted by some truly nasty spirits. By the time naked women are exploding into a vaporous cloud of goo, you realize that \u201cThe Pope\u2019s Exorcist,\u201d nimbly directed by Julius Avery, is more than you probably thought it would be. It\u2019s much, much more.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“Predator: Badlands”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rejuvenation of the \u201cPredator\u201d franchise continues. Dan Trachtenberg, who directed 2022\u2019s prequel \u201cPrey\u201d and last year\u2019s animated \u201cPredator: Killer of Killers\u201d (both went direct-to-Hulu), returns the character to the big screen for \u201cPredator: Badlands,\u201d which hit theaters last fall. The latest entry in the franchise that began with 1987\u2019s \u201cPredator\u201d takes a delicious left turn \u2013 instead of being about a group of human characters stalked by the titular alien menace on Earth, this time the predator, named Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), is the main character. He\u2019s dispatched to a hostile alien world, where he is tasked with bringing down the planet\u2019s most unkillable creature. Along for the ride is a broken android named Thia (Elle Fanning), who helps him along his journey. Trachtenberg perfectly understands the assignment, creating a wonderfully psychedelic fantasy landscape that you could imagine being spray-painted on the side of a van in the 1970\u2019s, full of imaginative creatures and stunningly realized set pieces. It harkens back to earlier installments in the franchise without quoting them directly, making for a movie that feels inclusive, unique and warm. Additionally, he integrates elements from the \u201cAlien\u201d series in a way that doesn\u2019t feel too nerdy or lore-heavy too. This is a \u201cPredator\u201d movie for everyone. And it really does rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Eternity”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Apple TV – Feb. 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year’s “Eternity” has a pretty brilliant premise for a romance. An older woman dies and goes to the afterlife, where she’s returned the appearance of a younger version of herself (Elizabeth Olsen). Her longtime husband soon joins her (Miles Teller), but matters are complicated when they both encounter her first husband who died in World War II (Callum Turner), who’s been waiting for his wife for decades. The decision before her? Choose which husband she’ll spend her afterlife with. It’s sweet, charming and definitely owes a debt to Albert Brooks’ brilliant afterlife comedy “Defending Your Life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Blue Moon”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Netflix – Feb. 14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke have been making masterworks together since the 1990s, and they did it again in 2025 with the Oscar-nominated “Blue Moon.” In this contained chamber piece, which takes place almost entirely in one bar, Hawke plays lyricist Lorenz Hart as he drinks, opines and ponders on the opening night of “Oklahoma!,” a new musical that his writing partner Richard Rodgers wrote with a different lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein. Hawke is phenomenal as he gets into the intricacies of art, jealousy, love and loneliness, and Linklater somehow manages to make this chamber piece feel epic and intimate in scope all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffering from \u201cStranger Things\u201d withdrawal since the show ended on New Year\u2019s Eve? Well, why not revisit \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife.\u201d Not only does it co-star \u201cStranger Things\u201d breakout Finn Wolfhard, but it has a decidedly \u201cStranger Things\u201d-y approach to the material, eschewing New York City for a bucolic farm and the core Ghostbusters team for a somewhat family (Carrie Coon, Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace), who move to the countryside to settle the estate of Coon\u2019s estranged father (Harold Ramis\u2019 Egon Spengler). Sweet and entertaining, \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife\u201d brought the franchise back after the brink after the wildly divisive (but still pretty funny) Paul Feig female-led \u201cGhostbusters.\u201d It\u2019s got some good scares, some good ghosts, Paul Rudd as a wacky science teacher and a whole lot of heart. And if you\u2019re missing \u201cStranger Things\u201d real bad, it should totally do the trick. Who else you gonna call?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hulu – Feb. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeapons\u201d filmmaker Zach Cregger has a fresh take on \u201cResident Evil,\u201d the beloved horror survival videogame series, arriving later this year (just in time for Halloween, of course). But before you watch Cregger\u2019s new take, why not check out the last attempt at a franchise reboot \u2013 the fiercely underrated \u201cResident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City.\u201d Eschewing the enjoyable but overblown theatrics of the Paul W.S. Anderson film series, this new take, written and directed by British filmmaker Johannes Roberts (\u201cThe Strangers: Prey at Night,\u201d Paramount\u2019s recent \u201cPrimate\u201d), takes a back-to-basics approach. The movie is set in 1998, following classic characters from the videogame as they first encounter the undead hordes created by the evil Umbrella Corporation. There are some nifty set pieces, some terrific needle drops and some gnarly monsters. If for some reason you missed this one (it was released during the pandemic) and are a fan of the videogame series, the earlier movies, or just want to get yourself pumped as hell for Cregger\u2019s upcoming version, you should really check out \u201cResident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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“The Bluff”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prime Video – Feb. 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine if John Wick was a woman\u2026 and a pirate\u2026 in the late 19th<\/sup> century. And you\u2019ve mostly got the plot of \u201cThe Bluff,\u201d from \u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo, who produce via their AGBO banner, and director Frank E. Flowers. In \u201cThe Bluff\u201d Priyanka Chopra plays a mother and former pirate, whose past catches up with her with the arrival of Karl Urban, a pirate with a deep-seeded grudge against her. Chopra\u2019s pirate past instincts kick into gear and she kills a bunch of people, sort of like an ultra-violent \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d movie crossed with, yes, the \u201cJohn Wick\u201d franchise. Ismael Cruz C\u00f3rdova, Safia Oakley-Green, Zack Morris and Temuera Morrison also star. Arrrrrrrrr you ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n