While Kevin Costner‘s love for Americana and the Old West precedes that of Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-winner has found himself playing catch-up to the streaming maven following their fallout. The two worked together on the widely loved neo-Western series Yellowstone, which has spawned several spin-offs and significantly extended Costner’s career as a leading man. However, Costner and Sheridan famously didn’t see eye to eye during the show’s final stages, which eventually led to its abrupt end in 2024. Since then, Costner has devoted himself to producing, directing, and acting in his magnum opus project, a five-film Western franchise titled Horizon: An American Saga. Now viewed as a rival project to Sheridan’s work, the franchise debuted with its first installment in the same year as Yellowstone‘s final season. A second installment has been shot, while the third film is also in development.
Even before he began working on Horizon, however, Costner tried to capitalize on Yellowstone‘s success by targeting its audience with a crime movie that dealt with similar themes. The movie in question was released in 2020, around the time Yellowstone became one of the biggest shows in the country. Directed by Thomas Bezucha, the neo-Western film followed Costner’s character and his wife as they try to protect their grandson from a gang. The movie also featured Diane Lane and Lesley Manville, and was set, like Yellowstone, in Montana.
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Here’s the ‘Yellowstone’ Replacement That’s Doing Well on Netflix
We’re talking about Let Him Go, which grossed $11 million at the box office in 2020 against a reported budget of more than $20 million. The movie received positive reviews and now holds a “Certified Fresh” 85% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “Let Him Go‘s uneven blend of adult drama and revenge thriller is smoothed over by strong work from a solid veteran cast.” Despite the feud with Costner bringing Yellowstone to an end, Sheridan has gone on to produce a string of offshoots — the prequels 1883 and 1923, and the sequels Marshals and Dutton Ranch. A third prequel series, tentatively titled 1944, is also in the works. Meanwhile, Let Him Go is staging a resurgence on home video, according to FlixPatrol. It’s currently among the most-watched movies globally on Netflix.
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“Fear Factor: House of Fear” host Johnny Knoxville is opening up about one of his favorite parts of filming the reality competition show: keeping up with behind-the-scenes gossip about contestants. He recalled reading daily updates during production, turning it into a morning routine while having breakfast.
Season 1 aired its final episode in March, and Knoxville will be returning for a second season after the show was renewed, giving him more gossip fodder with a new set of players.
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At the Deadline Contenders TV panel on April 25, “Fear Factor: House of Fear” host Johnny Knoxville and Executive Producer Michael Heyerman discussed the series, a reboot of the dare game show that originally aired from 2001 to 2006 and was hosted by Joe Rogan.
Unlike the original “Fear Factor,” the reboot requires contestants to live together in a creepy house where they can strategize and form alliances, adding an extra layer of drama to the already stressful challenges they face.
As Knoxville revealed, he gained a new hobby while filming the 10-episode series. “One of my favorite things is the first thing in the morning when we were shooting was they would send out the gossip report — the ‘hot gos report’ of all the things that are happening in the house. And my wife and I sat over breakfast every morning loving it,” he said during the panel, per Deadline.
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The Host Was Invested In The Relationships
14 hopefuls are ready to conquer their fears, but who will conquer the competition and take home $200k!? 💸👀
The original “Fear Factor” was a self-contained competition where a new set of three men and three women competed against each other in each episode. The reboot added a social-strategy element and had a player eliminated each episode until one was crowned the winner at the end of the season. This allowed Knoxville to get to know the players better and form bonds with them.
“I’ve never had a host be so invested in the hot sheet that comes out the morning of,” Heyerman said of Knoxville’s keen interest in the players. “I was really invested in it. Who’s trying to form a friendship, who’s backstabbing someone, is that a real romance or a showmance, did they kiss or barely kiss? I love it,” explained Knoxville.
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Knoxville formed a kinship with some contestants, admitting that he became emotional when some were eliminated. “I turned into that person, but you can’t help it. You form relationships with these people.”
Johnny Knoxville Dishes On His Fear
Knoxville doesn’t seem like someone who scares easily, especially given his history of facing dangerous and often frightening situations throughout “Jackass,” where he regularly pushed himself through stunts that would intimidate most people. However, he revealed one thing about the show that scared him.
In the first season, the challengers were made to face their biggest fears, including getting shocked, being buried alive, and being stuck with dangerous animals and critters, among other things. “Snakes, fine. Spiders, fine. I don’t care about heights. But the communal bathrooms in the house, it gives me anxiety. I don’t want to live with 14 people and have to share a bathroom. I’ll go out in the woods before I’ll do that. That gives me fear,” Knoxville shared.
The Stunt Performer Felt Like A ‘Perverted Life Coach’
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In an episode of the podcast “Books That Changed My Life” released in January, Knoxville spoke about his experience on “Fear Factor: House of Fear,” saying that his initial thought upon taking the project was to make the contestants’ experiences “worse” for them. However, as they started filming, his perspective changed, and he ended up encouraging the players to conquer their fears.
Knoxville said he told them not to quit, and to “at least try it.” “I became like a really perverted life coach,” he said, as he alternated between scaring them in one moment and motivating them in the next. The actor said he ended up liking the contestants and had more fun hosting than he expected.
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Johnny Knoxville Returns For ‘Fear Factor’ Season 2
A two-part follow-up special titled “Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear” will premiere on May 14, where six contestants endure challenges for 48 hours without sleep. Fox also announced that “Fear Factor: House of Fear” has been renewed for a second season.
As reported by Variety, the first episode of Season 1 drew in 16.5 million viewers from various platforms. “Johnny Knoxville’s fearless, unpredictable energy makes him the perfect ringmaster,” Fox Television Network President Michael Thorn said. According to him, the team behind the show is now “plotting new ways to raise the shock-and-awe quotient for Season Two.”
“Fear Factor: House of Fear” Season 1 is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
Filming for Season 4 of the Emmy-winning show “The White Lotus” is well underway in France, and producer David Bernad is sharing some tidbits about the upcoming season without revealing the plot. As he recently revealed, he and showrunner Mike White had an encounter with Cannes waitstaff that convinced them France was the perfect backdrop for the black comedy anthology series’ fourth season.
At the Cannes International Series Festival, “The White Lotus” producer David Bernad dished on how France was chosen as the location for the show’s upcoming season. Showrunner Mike White initially had a list of countries in mind, but an encounter several years ago convinced him that France was the most fitting environment for the idea he had brewing.
As Bernad noted, the interaction happened in 2021 in Cannes while they were attending the Canneseries Festival, per Variety. “We went to dinner and we had a really specific experience with a waiter and a maître d’, and it was the stereotype,” the producer said, without adding further details about what happened, only saying that it was “a funny moment.”
“And I think that it suddenly unlocked what the show is and the dynamics of the show,” he continued. At that point, he and White eliminated all the other locations they were considering and decided then and there that they were shooting Season 4 in France.
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David Bernad And Mike White Share The Focus Of Season 4
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Before choosing France, White already had a general idea of what Season 4 would be about, with Bernad saying it would focus on “the arts and what it is to be an artist.” Careful not to reveal anything further, the producer said the series will show “how fame can be corrosive and can dictate your choices in life,” adding that Season 4 is the “funniest season” yet.
In an interview with W Magazine in February, White, who writes and directs the series, confirmed that Season 4 will be about fame. “Who has the world’s attention, who is the plus-one, and how that can organize a relationship. Some people are satisfied with the love of just an intimate partner, and some people need the love of strangers and a bigger kind of attention,” he explained.
How ‘Survivor’ Helped Mike White’s Storytelling For ‘The White Lotus’
White was a castaway on “Survivor” twice, the second time on Season 50, which is currently airing. The director took time off before starting work on “The White Lotus” Season 4 to join the reality series’ milestone season that includes past players. According to White, one of the reasons he loves the show is seeing how the players react to and handle situations.
“It’s like a king’s court of intrigue and showing people under stress in these high stakes situations and how they act… it’s getting some insight into the human mind and motivations, it’s really valuable as a storyteller,” White told The Hollywood Reporter.
White revealed that he developed the characters and concept of “The White Lotus” Season 4 while he was on “Survivor 50,” adding that one of his early thoughts was which character to kill in the new season.
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Helena Bonham Carter Leaves ‘The White Lotus’
Helena Bonham Carter has departed ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4 just days into production, Deadline reports.
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In January, Helena Bonham Carter was announced as part of “The White Lotus” Season 4 cast. Filming began on April 15 on the French Riviera, but more than a week later, it was reported that the English actress would no longer be part of the series.
As The Blast previously reported, Carter’s character did not translate on set, and some rewrites will be done. “The role has subsequently been rethought, is being rewritten and will be recast in the coming weeks,” the statement read. The news was met with disappointment from fans who were looking forward to seeing Carter in the highly anticipated season.
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What Do We Know About ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4?
New cast members for ‘The White Lotus’ Season 4:
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“The White Lotus” Season 4 is already in production, with filming taking place across the French Riviera, including Cannes, Saint-Tropez, Monaco, and Paris. The story is set during the Cannes Film Festival, unfolding at luxury hotels such as the Airelles Château de la Messardière and Hôtel Martinez.
Season 4’s ensemble cast includes Heather Graham, Vincent Cassell, Kumail Nanjiani, Max Greenfield, Sandra Bernhard, Steve Coogan, Marissa Long, Frida Gustavsson, Rosie Perez, Ben Schnetzer, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka, Steve Coogan, and Alexander Ludwig.
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An official date has not been announced, but “The White Lotus” Season 4 is expected to premiere sometime in 2027.
Presented by Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, and Fabien Frankel, the new trailer promises what the cast described as a “bigger, bolder, bloodier, more brutal, more dangerous” season, and the footage absolutely seems to back that up. The trailer puts a heavy spotlight on two major conflicts, including the Battle of the Gullet and a large-scale field battle, while scattering glimpses of chaos from across the season. One of the standout additions is James Norton as Ormund Hightower, delivering a fiery speech about Rhaenyra’s illegitimacy. Elsewhere, Tom Glynn-Carney’s battered Aegon vows revenge against Ewan Mitchell’s Aemond, who now appears to be settled as King and is even seen occupying the Iron Throne himself.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
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Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
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🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
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The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
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Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
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Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
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The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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What Can We Expect From ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3?
Showrunner Ryan Condal, who appeared via video link at the event, teased that there would be a lot more of what the fans have been demanding — dragons.
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“I’m very sad to not be joining you all there, but I’m back here in the U.K., putting the finishing touches on post-production in season three. This is a huge season. It’s the biggest we’ve made by any margin and by a wide measure. It is dark. It’s funny. It’s action-packed. It’s emotional. And, of course, it has lots and lots of dragons. This season demanded the very best of everybody that collaborated to make it together, and I can’t wait for the world to experience it.”
Smith also teased that, unlike the more dialogue-heavy episodes of Season 2, this outing would contain “a lot of battles.” He added: “This season, we’re trying to make it bigger, bolder, bloodier, more brutal, more dangerous — just get back to the nuts and bolts of what we are as a show.”
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Surprising absolutely no one, Netflix’s new tentpole project has emerged as an instant blockbuster. The movie unites two stars who’ve already delivered hit movies for the streamer, and pits their characters against each other in a high-stakes battle for survival. The movie hails from director Baltasar Kormákur, who has cemented himself as something of a master of the survival-thriller genre, with past films such as the Icelandic film The Deep, the star-studded blockbuster Everest, and the sleeper hits Adrift and Beast. His new movie opened to mostly positive reviews on April 24 and immediately jumped to the top of the Netflix viewership charts.
The film features Charlize Theron as a grieving adventurer whose partner died because of a mistake she made during a climbing expedition. Alone in Australia, she runs into a menacing predator played by Taron Egerton, who previously starred in one of Netflix’s most-watched films, Carry-On. Theron headlined the streamer’s action-packed comic book adaptation The Old Guard and its sequel, The Old Guard 2. She also played a supporting role in Paul Feig‘s big-budget fantasy film, The School for Good and Evil, which was released on Netflix as well. Egerton, on the other hand, has starred in a trio of Apple TV projects — the limited series Smoke and Black Bird, and the drama-thriller Tetris.
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Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
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🔧John McClane
🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
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You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
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You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
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The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
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How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
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Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
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Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
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Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
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It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
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Rambo
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
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Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
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John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
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Ethan Hunt
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
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Here’s What Critics Are Saying About Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton’s New Netflix Movie
Their new movie is Apex. According to FlixPatrol, it emerged as Netflix’s number one film both domestically and worldwide a day after its debut. Apex pushed past the holdover hits 180, Roommates, and Thrash. The movie, also featuring Eric Bana in a cameo, currently holds a 65% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. This is slightly lower than Kormákur’s three most recent survival movies — Everest is perched at a 73% score, Adrift is floating at a 69% score, and Beast has settled at a 68% score on the aggregator. In his review, Collider’s Robert Bryan Taylor described Apex as a modern-day take on Deliverance and wrote, “Though Apex‘s story largely just updates survivor-thriller tropes we’ve seen many times before, it’s effective enough in its repackaging that it’s certainly worth firing up on Netflix during a lazy night in.” Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
The president, the first lady, pregnant White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other officials were rushed out of the ballroom at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington D.C. when gunfire erupted on Saturday, April 25.
A Secret Service agent was shot during the crossfire and transported to a local hospital for treatment. Washington D.C. law enforcement officials confirmed that a 31-year-old California resident was in custody and facing multiple charges after rushing a security checkpoint.
During a White House press conference, Donald said he owed a “debt of gratitude to the courage of law enforcement” at the Washington Hilton for their quick response.
Erika Kirk was in attendance as shots broke out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. CNN reported that Kirk, 37, was seen crying as the chaos unfolded at the Washington Hilton in Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 25. CNN’s Sara Sidner said on air that she personally witnessed Kirk leaving the main ballroom, telling aides, […]
“That was very unexpected but incredibly acted upon by the Secret Service and law enforcement and this was an event dedicated to freedom of speech that was supposed to and in a certain way it did … because the fact that they just unified us — a room that was totally unified,” Trump told reporters.
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The Washington Hilton is the same venue where President Ronald Reagan and three law enforcement officials were shot on March 31, 1981, by John Hinckley Jr. (Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was kept in a mental health facility for three decades.)
Keep scrolling for more information about what occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
What Happened at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?
While the investigation is ongoing, as of publication, the Secret Service has confirmed that gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and agents near the “main magnetometer” at the Washington Hilton.
The president, first lady and other administration officials — including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance — were all evacuated by the Secret Service.
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The White House posted footage purportedly showing the suspect rushing right past Secret Service agents at the hotel. The clip concluded with the shirtless suspect in handcuffs, with his face pressed against the ground, after being apprehended.
“A man charged a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, and he was taken down by some very brave members of Secret Service,” the president confirmed.
Who Is the Suspected Shooter?
Washington D.C. law enforcement officials confirmed that a 31-year-old California native was taken into custody following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The suspect’s motive and condition are unknown, as of publication.
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The suspect has been charged with two counts of using a firearm and one count of assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt promised there would be “shots fired” in President Donald Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech minutes before real gunfire erupted at the gala. “[Trump] is ready to rumble,” Leavitt, 28, told Fox News on the red carpet at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25. “I will tell you, […]
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Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said during a press conference on April 25 that more charges will likely be filed as the investigation takes shape.
In his own White House press briefing, Donald referred to the suspect as “a very sick person.”
Was Anyone Injured in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?
The president confirmed that a Secret Service agent was shot during the altercation. Per the Secret Service, the bullet struck the agent’s bulletproof vest and he was transported to the hospital for treatment.
“[He was] saved by the fact that he was wearing, obviously, a very good bulletproof vest. The vest did the job,” Donald told reporters. “I just spoke to the officer and he was doing great, he’s in great shape, in very high spirits and I told him we love him and respect him and he’s a very proud guy, he’s very proud of what he does, the Secret Service agent.”
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Did the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Continue After the Shooting?
The president initially broke his silence in a statement via Truth Social, where he expressed his desire for the dinner to continue.
“Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely,” Donald wrote. “The shooter has been apprehended, and I have recommended that we ‘LET THE SHOW GO ON’ but, will entirely be guided by Law Enforcement. They will make a decision shortly. Regardless of that decision, the evening will be much different than planned, and we’ll just, plain, have to do it again.”
White House Correspondents’ President Weijia Jiang spoke inside the ballroom a short time later to confirm that the dinner would be rescheduled within 30 days at Donald’s behest.
“Law enforcement has requested that we leave the premises. … [The president] wanted to emphasize that nobody was hurt. The cabinet and the first lady, everybody’s safe,” she explained. “I said earlier tonight that journalism is a public service because when there is an emergency we run toward the crisis, not away from it.”
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Jiang went on, “I saw all of you reporting and that’s what we do. Thank God everybody is safe and thank you for coming together tonight.”
What Did Donald Trump Say About the WHCD Shooting?
Donald spoke to reporters late Saturday at the White House, where he said he was “honored” to be a target after multiple attempts on his life in recent years. (The president survived being shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. A separate suspected shooter was arrested at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September 2024.)
“When you look at our great presidents, [this] doesn’t happen to people who don’t do anything,” he told the media.
Donald also shared how his wife Melania responded to the sudden outbreak of violence at a star-studded Washington D.C. gala.
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“I want to thank the first lady, that was a rather traumatic experience for her,” he said.
Later in his briefing, Donald elaborated, “The fact, we were sitting right next to each other, first lady on my right, and I heard a noise … I thought it was a tray going down and it was a pretty loud noise and it was from quite far away. [The suspect] hadn’t reached the area at all. They really got him … but it was a gun.”
“Some people really understood that very quickly, other people didn’t … I was watching what happened,” the president went on. “Melania was very cognizant of what happened. I think she knew immediately what happened. She was saying, ‘That’s a bad noise.’ And we were whisked away. It was very quick … it was a matter of seconds that we were out the door.”
It’s hard to find a show that is made up entirely of perfect episodes. Even as a series is still running on TV or streaming, sometimes still in its second season, we are bound to be disappointed by an episode or two that doesn’t meet expectations. Some would say that there is no such thing as a perfect TV series, unless, of course, we’re talking about really short, initially low-profile gems such as Adolescence or Station Eleven — artsyprojects that are allowed to explore their characters and worldbuilding far beyond what we normally see on television. However, all it takes is one look at Apple TV+’s catalog to find a show that, at least so far, has lived up to every expectation, delivering one amazing episode after another with no hiccups. This science fiction extraordinaire goes, of course, by the name of Severance, and it’s not unfair to claim that it has quickly become one of the most iconic series out there.
With just two seasons released between 2022 and 2025, one with nine episodes and the other with ten, Severance does have a serious advantage over other big shows of its genre. Doctor Who has been basically running since 1963, with its little bumps on the road, so it is bound to have its “Love and Monsters” or “The Interstellar Song Context.” Likewise, The X-Files would eventually deliver something as reviled as “Schizogeny” with nine seasons and a revival. It’s hard to build a perfect show when you have a lot of episodes to make, sometimes with stories that don’t necessarily add something to the overarching plot. Severance isn’t necessarily a better series than Doctor Who or The X-Files, but among the iconic sci-fi shows of our time, it is definitely the most consistent.
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‘Severance’ Has Quickly Become Apple TV+’s Most Iconic Series
Is it fair to call Severance an iconic series? Ever since its first season dropped, our way of looking at our jobs has certainly changed because of it. Lines like “The work is mysterious and important” and “Praise Kier!” have become commonplace among fans of the genre, and the show’s visuals are striking and easy to recognize, as well as to apply to the small horrors of our everyday life. If that isn’t enough to convince you of the series’ status, numbers might do the trick: earlier this year, Severance surpassed Ted Lasso and became the most-watched series on Apple TV+, also claiming the fourth spot on Nielsen’s Top 10 Originals chart for the week of January 13, according to Deadline. That’s the beginning of Season 2 that we’re talking about. Over the course of the show’s second run, viewership numbers would naturally grow.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
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🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
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You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
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The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
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You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
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Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
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The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Severance also garners recognition in the form of critical acclaim and awards. With a whopping 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, the series created by Dan Erickson has also won ten Emmys so far. In 2025, protagonist Britt Lower, who plays the defiant Helly R. (or the super conformist Helena Eagan, depending on your perspective), and main antagonist Tramell Tillman, known in-universe as Mr. Milchick, the current face of Lumon when it comes to the Macrodata Refinement employees, have been lauded for their performances in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series categories, respectively.
When we take into consideration the fact that Apple TV+ has become the home of cerebral sci-fi ever since its launch in 2019, things get even more impressive. Amidst shows like Foundation, Silo, and For All Mankind, Severance shines the brightest. If Apple TV+ were a band, Severance would definitely be the frontman. Therefore, it is no stretch to claim that, if Severance isn’t yet an iconic science fiction series—or just an iconic TV series, period—it is certainly on the path to becoming a true staple of the genre. Unless, of course, something horrible happens in the upcoming seasons or, even worse, in the series finale.
‘Severance’s Episodes Are Cohesive and to the Point
And it is not hard to understand how Severance became such a tour de force. All it takes is a look at some of its most beloved episodes, like “The We We Are” or “Cold Harbor,” the finales of the first two seasons. Just pick any episode of Severance at random, and you will quickly realize why this is such a great show. You might be a little confused, but you will also be intrigued and, more than anything, disturbed by the unnerving pacing and the aseptic visuals. The cohesiveness of these episodes is mostly owed to the fact that they are almost all directed by the same person. Ben Stilleris the name behind 11 of the show’s 19 episodes, and he has more than proven himself as a director throughout his work on the show. However, the other four names working on the show have such a synergy with him that the show feels entirely cohesive, like the work of a unique mind.
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Severance‘s episodes are all to the point. There is a story being told there, the story of a group of employees trying to escape the prison that is their all-encompassing job, as well as the story of a man trying to rescue his wife from the grasp of a psychopathic company. Severance never wastes any time in telling this story. All episodes add something to the overarching plot, even if initially one might get a little lost while trying to understand the significance of the baby goats. In the end, it all makes sense. This certainly helps to make the episodes all the more satisfying, for there is never the feeling that something has been forgotten or added just for shock value.
It’s possible that Lumon is even more sinister than it first seemed.
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But it is perhaps important to point out that there is an episode of Severance that fans tend to get a little sour on. Said episode is Season 2’s “Sweet Vitriol,” the lowest-rated on IMDb. A trip to the hometown of big bad Ms. Cobel (Patricia Arquette), the episode is often seen as pointless and distracting from a much more important main storyline. This assessment is simply wrong. “Sweet Vitriol” is a deep exploration of how capitalist interests might get in the way of communities and even families, as well as being essential to setting Cobel on her path to turn against Lumon. Ultimately, “Sweet Vitriol” adds the same to Severance as, say, “Chikhai Bardo.” Every episode of Severance is just as mysterious and important as the next. As Ms. Casey (Dichen Lachman) would put it, they should all be enjoyed equally.
CNN reported that Donald, 79, Melania, 56, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt were “safe” after they were evacuated for security reasons.
“A suspect is in custody,” a Secret Service spokesperson told CNN.
A Secret Service spokesperson told the media that the shooting occurred near the “main magnetometer” at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Per the Secret Service, the condition of the suspect is “unknown.”
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Trump broke his silence via Truth Social, writing, “Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely. The shooter has been apprehended, and I have recommended that we ‘LET THE SHOW GO ON’ but, will entirely be guided by Law Enforcement. They will make a decision shortly. Regardless of that decision, the evening will be much different than planned, and we’ll just, plain, have to do it again.”
Guests take cover after an unknown safety event took place at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on April 25.Nathan Howard/Getty Images
The network reported that Trump was rushed to “a safe location” but wanted to return to deliver remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was also moved to a safe location during the fracas, according to the White House Correspondents’ Association pool.
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk was in attendance at the event as well and was reportedly seen crying after shots broke out, via CNN. (Erika’s husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. He was 31 years old.)
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin told reporters that he was tackled to the ground for his safety by Secret Service agents.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitz — who was present at the event — revealed on air that “very loud, very scary” gunshots were heard outside the main ballroom where the annual event took place.
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Agents draw their guns after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents’ dinner.Getty Images/Mandel NGAN / AFP
“Apparently they got the gunman … It was very, very scary,” Blitzer, 78, shared on air via phone. “It was just a terrible, scary, frightening moment for me. … The incident looks like it’s over.”
Blitzer added that he witnessed the shooter “on the ground” after being tackled by police. “I could be wrong,” he said later of whether or not the shooter was shot. “There’s a lot of law enforcement here dealing with this.”
Several minutes after the security incident, a spokesperson returned to the podium to announce that the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will continue.
“The program is going to resume shortly,” journalist and White House Correspondents’ President Weijia Jiang told those in the room. “We will have more details to share momentarily, but for now, please be patient.”
Charlie Kirk‘s cohosts returned to their podcast days after the 31-year-old’s death. During the Friday, September 12, episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which is cohosted by Jack Posobiec, James O’Keefe and Kash Patel, an empty chair was shown as a way to honor Kirk. “Charlie would’ve wanted us to be here,” said one […]
Later, Jiang returned to the podium to announce, “Law enforcement has requested that we leave the premises. … [The president] wanted to emphasize that nobody was hurt. The cabinet and the first lady, everybody’s safe.”
“I said earlier tonight that journalism is a public service because when there is an emergency we run toward the crisis, not away from it … I saw all of you reporting and that’s what we do,” Jiang went on. “Thank God everybody is safe and thank you for coming together tonight.”
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Trump was making the first appearance of his two presidencies at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, having skipped the event from 2017 to 2020 and again last year amid his ongoing attacks against the press — who he consistently refers to as “fake news.” While the event has traditionally been hosted by a comedian, mentalist and magician Oz Pearlman landed the job this year.
In July 2024, Trump survived an assassination attempt when he was shot in the upper ear while delivering a campaign speech near Butler, Pennsylvania. Audience member Corey Comperatore was killed and two other attendees were severely injured.
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Authorities reported that Thomas Crooks, 20, fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle from a rooftop across from the rally before he was killed in crossfire with law enforcement on the scene.
It’s not hard to see why “Thrash” went straight to streaming instead of its planned theatrical release. It’s a shark movie set during a hurricane, and no, I’m not talking about “Sharknado.” If you want laughs, there are many “Sharknado” movies to choose from. “Thrash” tries its best to play it straight, but leaves in some jokes for levity. The tonal shift and the many, many plot holes, however, might end up drawing more laughs than “Sharnado” if you’re willing to coast along with characters that end up losing a hand, an arm, and even a butt cheek (I warned you).
Warning: Spoilers Below.
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This movie is probably going to go down in history as the movie where Phoebe Dynevor’s character, Lisa, gives birth during a hurricane surrounded by sharks and ends up cutting her own umbilical cord with a rotting piece of wood, which is a sentence that I can’t believe I just wrote. Her mother’s comment about having a “water birth” in her character’s opening scene definitely jumped the shark, along with pretty much every other joke in this movie. Her pregnancy storyline here is actually pretty ironic if you’ve watched the first season of “Bridgerton,” which is also streaming on Netflix if you want to watch something with a little bit more substance.
Through a series of very unlikely events, she ends up getting trapped in her car by a tree branch that almost made me feel like I was watching a “Final Destination” movie. But she survives this, and two men quickly show up to rescue her.
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Cue the sharks.
Since they quickly become shark food, Lisa is rescued by a girl named Dakota, who clearly doesn’t have her life together. In her opening scene, she decides to walk to the grocery store right before the hurricane hits because she realizes she’s out of food. Turns out, she’s afraid of water, and while a good-meaning neighbor tries to get her to leave with them, we never actually see how that pans out. It looks like she’s going to have a panic attack, and then the camera cuts to her back inside her apartment.
This isn’t the only time the camera decides to play fast and loose with the rules in this universe. After climbing onto a shed in order to cut through the branch trapping Lisa with a kitchen knife (yes, really), Dakota is somehow strong enough to lift the very pregnant woman up out of the car. They then look at the shed and up at the second-floor window. They’re surrounded by sharks. How are they going to get up there?
Well, that doesn’t matter, because the next shot shows the two women climbing in through the window. Like I said before, if you’re hoping for any sort of logic in this movie, you’re going to have a bad time.
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Logic? Gone. Butt Cheek? Also Gone
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The same can be said for three foster kids, who are given nothing but stale white bread to eat while their guardians feast on steak and beer that’s hidden in the refrigerator (that will come into play later). Although the kids are more likable than some who appear in horror movies, it might just be because the parents are so unlikable, almost comedically so.
There’s a scene in which the father tries to escape in his car, which is outfitted with a snorkel, only to have his hand bitten off. After he loses that, his butt cheek is the next to go, and he’s slowly dragged out into the water. How he shows up twenty minutes later inside the house with the children, without a hand or a butt cheek, is not a plot hole worth dwelling on. He doesn’t make it to the end of the movie, but you already knew that from the opening scene. The movie doesn’t exactly make it a secret that the bad guys, who are very upfront and obvious about the fact that they are terrible people, are going to be shark chow before the credits roll.
I won’t reveal the end of the movie, but let’s just say it involves Dakota’s uncle, who is actually a marine biologist tracking the bull sharks that emerge throughout the movie (because of course he is). He also has a tracker on the great white shark, and their later encounter leads to what might be the movie’s best scene. Unfortunately, it takes place less than five minutes before the credits roll.
In the end, the most believable thing about “Thrash” is that it bypassed theaters entirely. I guess some disasters are best kept confined to the small screen.
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