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10 Years Later, Cillian Murphy’s Cult Action Thriller Goes Free
For his titular role in the highest-grossing World War II movie of all time, Oppenheimer, the ever-brilliant Cillian Murphy finally reached the summit and took home the Academy Award for Best Actor. Under the directorial eye of Christopher Nolan, and alongside the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon, Murphy produced a performance more than worthy of the award, and one that is already proving to be a recent benchmark for this year’s Best Actor race.
Although Oppenheimer is Murphy’s best performance, the actor still deserves much more credit for some of his other work. One of his most underrated turns came in one of A24’s earliest movies: Free Fire. A pulse-racing action comedy directed by Meg 2: The Trench‘s Ben Wheatley, Free Fire was a relatively low-budget action affair that used just one location to make the most of its limitations. Alongside Murphy, the film stars the likes of Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Jack Reynor, and fellow Oscar winner Brie Larson.
A movie that went under most people’s radar, Free Fire is about to become available on a new platform for those interested in this gem of a Murphy performance. Starting this March, you can watch Free Fire on Plex in the U.S. The film proved somewhat popular with critics, earning a 69% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus on the site reads, “Free Fire aims squarely for genre thrills, and hits its target repeatedly and with great gusto — albeit with something less than pure cinematic grace.”
Cillian Murphy Is About To Return to His Most Famous Role
A viewing of Free Fire to begin your March is the perfect way to get in the mood for one of the month’s biggest releases. By the order of Netflix, Peaky Blinders is about to get a feature-length next installment titled The Immortal Man. Written by series creator Steven Knight and directed by Tom Harper, the movie debuts in select theaters on March 6, 2026, and lands on Netflix on March 20, 2026. A synopsis reads:
“Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders…”
Free Fire is streaming on Plex this March. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
- Release Date
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March 31, 2017
- Runtime
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90 minutes