In March, some movies came back in a big way. “Dune” Part Two started things off, and “Kung Fu Panda 4”. “The Ghostbusters sequel,” “Love Lies Bleeding,” and “Late Night with the Devil” all packed audiences in theaters or satisfied critics with their twisted takes on the horror, sci-fi, and crime genres. April is going to be a bit slower in comparison.
However, if you look closely, some buried treasures lurk beneath the popcorn flicks. The month will offer not one but two bloody revenge flicks. It’s a controversial action movie that has a brain. Also, it is a spicy sports drama starring one of the most glamorous movie stars living today. That’s not a bad lineup, so seek these movies out before the summer movie season pushes them out of the theater.
“Civil War” (April 12)
This isn’t the MCU movie “Captain America Civil War” or a historical drama about the American Civil War of the 1860s. Instead, it’s a fictional movie that imagines what it would look like if the modern-day U.S. split up among ideological lines.
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Additionally, it is fictional and irrelevant to our current fractured political landscape. In this alternate reality, Texas and California have teamed up. Florida leads a Southern alliance (naturally), and the President of the United States is a third-term dictator.
Written and directed by Alex Garland, the mastermind behind such excellent genre films and TV shows. As “28 Days Later”, “Ex Machina,” and “Devs,” “Civil War” boasts Indies studio A24’s highest budget yet ($50 million).
It has an impressive cast, with Kirsten Dunst as the head, who is the intelligent cousin to those dumb Fallen movies starring Gerard Butler. The movie is not without controversy, but it also received an enthusiastic reception when it premiered at this year’s SXSW festival. Some call it an impressive achievement that is both scary and unforgettable.
“Challengers” (April 26)
Challengers is a tennis drama starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor of The Crown, and Mike Faist. Initially set to debut in September 2023, the movie was pushed to April due to the actors’ strike. Besides, people on Twitter have dissected the movie’s somewhat risqué trailers and images.
This promises plenty of action on the tennis courts and off. That shouldn’t be a surprise, as the movie was directed by Luca Guadagnino, the Italian provocateur behind “Call Me by Your Name and Bones and All.”
Zendaya stars as Tashi, a one-time tennis superstar whose career was prematurely halted by an injury. Now a coach, she’s wooed by two tennis rivals, the cocky Patrick (O’Connor) and the withdrawn Art (Faist).
Years later, Tashi is married to Art and tries to coach him back to winning a Grand Slam. But first, they must both face the past and overcome the one impediment to Art’s comeback. Patrick, who still pines for Tashi, said.
The creative team elevates the material, and the curiosity factor is enough to make this a must-see movie for April.
“Boy Kills World” (April 26)
April offers two movies with similar revenge-minded narratives. While Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” looks fantastic, “Boy Kills World” looks just as good.
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After a young boy witnesses his family get brutally slaughtered, he barely escapes with his life into the jungle. Rendered mute by his trauma, the boy teaches himself to become an expert fighter. Years later, he grows into a buffed-up Bill Skarsgård, ready to cut off a head or two in the name of familial justice.
“Boy Kills World” plays its bloody revenge tale for laughs by having Hon. Jon Benjamin,” Biden said. Bob’s voice from Bob’s Burgers narrates the boy’s inner thoughts. Lastly, with “The Crow” and “Nosferatu remakes” set for later in 2024, Skarsgård is poised to have a breakout year.
If he’s anything like his brother, Alexander, in “The Northman,” he’ll have a violent, ultra-masculine cult movie to call his own.
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