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Taylor Sheridan’s Failed Franchise-Starter With a ‘Sinners’ Favorite Is a Free Streaming Smash
At first glance, it might seem like Taylor Sheridan has an unblemished track record, but look closer, and you’ll find a failed franchise-starter that was headlined by someone who might win an Oscar in a few days. The movie in question marked Sheridan’s second collaboration with director Stefano Sollima, after the very divisive Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Sheridan has expressed reservations about that movie, admitting that he perhaps isn’t cut out for franchise filmmaking. This isn’t strictly true, considering how expansive his Yellowstone universe on Paramount+ has become. He was also on board to kick-start a new franchise with Sollima for Prime Video, with Michael B. Jordan attached as star and producer.
The movie debuted in 2021 to mixed reviews, having been offloaded by Paramount due to pandemic-related strains. The studio also sold the distribution rights to the sci-fi action film The Tomorrow War, starring Chris Pratt, and the comedy sequel Coming 2 America, starring Eddie Murphy. Both movies did well on Prime Video, but Sheridan and Sollima’s film hasn’t exactly stood the test of time. It rarely shows up on viewership charts. Prime Video probably hoped that the Sheridan movie would pair well with its other dad-oriented programming, such as Jack Ryan, Bosch, and the then-unreleased Reacher. However, audiences finally seem to be checking it out, albeit on a different platform altogether.
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The movie in question, of course, is Without Remorse. Also based on books by Jack Ryan creator Tom Clancy, the movie now holds a 45% critics’ score and a 41% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The website’s consensus reads, “Despite a commanding performance from Michael B. Jordan, Without Remorse fails to escape its outdated patriotic tropes and forced franchise place settings.” Without Remorse featured Jordan as John Kelly, a character who appears in the Jack Ryan novels, and has previously been played by Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber in the movies Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears. Jordan is now up for an Oscar for his dual performances in Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners, while Sheridan is working on 1944, a new spin-off of Yellowstone. Today Without Remorse is currently among the most-watched movies on the domestic Tubi charts. You can watch the action-thriller on Prime Video. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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April 30, 2021
- Runtime
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110 minutes
- Director
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Lui Koon-Nam
- Producers
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Akiva Goldsman, André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Michael B. Jordan
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Michael B. Jordan
John Kelly
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