One could almost think that it would be a new month: In the last few days, a lot of films worth seeing have started in the Amazon Prime Video subscription, which we would like to recommend to you. The clear highlight is the bitterly angry contract killer thriller “Killing Them Softly” with Brad Pitt, closely followed by the crazy neon gangster satire “Spring Breakers”. But that’s not all, science fiction and horror fans in particular can look forward to plenty of supplies.
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In “Killing Them Softly“ Two small-time crooks attack a poker tournament and flee with the prize money. But then the assassins Cogan (Brad Pitt) and New York Mickey (James Gandolfini) are put on them and the situation escalates. Staged by Andrew Dominik (“Blonde”), this mix of gangster thriller and resounding social criticism is genre cinema of the highest artistic perfection.
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“Spring breakers” comes from scandal director Harmony Korine (“Gummo”) and is therefore, despite the (former) Disney stars Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, not a shallow party comedy, but a loud, bulky, weird, crazy gangster satire in a garish neon look.
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We will not present all of the numerous horror and sci-fi films that are new to Amazon Prime Video individually, as that would go beyond the scope of this article. But we are happy to give you a brief overview.
New Sci-Fi Movies on Prime Video:
- the sci-fi insider tip “The Osiris Child”
- the alien invasion spectacle “Skyline”
- the moon mission horror film “Apollo 18”
- and “Battleforce 2: Return of the Alien Warriors” also known as “Alienate”
New Horror Movies on Prime Video:
- “Scream 4”
- “Room 1408”, based on a Stephen King short story
- the Spanish horror film “The Orphanage”
- the horror thriller “Sleep Tight”
- the medieval occult horror “Black Death”
- “Houses Of Terror” aka “The Houses October Built” aka “Halloween House”
- and “The Lazarus Effect”
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There are also numerous other newcomers from the last few days, including the French comedy “Ein Mordsteam” with “Pretty Best Friends” star Omar Sy or the Swedish gangster film series “Easy Money”, in the first two parts of which the meanwhile follows Hollywood transfer Joel Kinnaman stars.
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