This ‘Captain America’ Star’s, 46, Critically Panned Sci-Fi Movie Is a Streaming Hit

Folks with an Amazon Prime Video subscription can catch one movie that’s being “elevated” on the worldwide streaming platform. Vertical’s Elevation, the 2024 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie led by Captain America: Courageous New World star Anthony Mackie, is at the moment sitting within the prime 10 on Prime Video’s streaming charts. Whereas the movie itself didn’t get nice critiques, the sci-fi actioner is clearly making waves for individuals at residence.

As of this text’s publication, Elevation is at the moment sitting within the quantity three spot on Prime Video’s High 10 movies chart globally, in line with FlixPatrol. It’s behind two different motion movies: Heads of State, starring Idris Elba and John Cena as politicians-turned-action heroes, and The Accountant 2, a thriller starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal. The excessive rankings for Elevation is sweet information for a movie that underperformed on the field workplace, grossing lower than $4 million on a price range of about $18 million.

The movie stars Mackie as a single father, Will, who lives along with his son excessive up within the Rocky Mountains. Most of humanity has been decimated by predators who emerged from underground. Surviving people stay at excessive elevations, about 8,000 toes, heights that the predators are unable (or unwilling) to enterprise to. Nevertheless, when Will’s son begins to get sick, he recruits a scientist, Nina (Morena Baccarin), to enterprise out of elevation with him to search out assist. The movie at the moment holds solely a 55% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, although it was extra nicely acquired by common viewers with an 80% viewers rating.

Anthony Mackie Stars within the MCU

Elevation marked yet one more motion movie within the lengthy guidelines of this style for Mackie, who’s finest recognized for portraying the unique Falcon, Sam Wilson, within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After the occasions of Avengers: Endgame in 2019, Mackie’s Wilson takes on the mantle of the brand new Captain America, with the aforementioned Captain America: Courageous New World being the primary MCU movie during which Mackie performed that position. Mackie is about to return as Cap in each Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, set to hit theaters in 2026 and 2027.

Elevation was directed by George Nolfi from a script by John Glenn, Jacob Roman, and Kenny Ryan. Producers embrace Mackie, Glenn, Nolfi, Brad Fuller, Alex Black for Lyrical Media, Jeremy Kipp Walker, and Joel Viertel.

Elevation is at the moment streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Supply: FlixPatrol