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Bautista and Momoa's flop has climbed back into Prime Video's global top 10

Bautista and Momoa's flop has climbed back into Prime Video's global top 10
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A global streaming hit throws two action heavyweights into a bruising dust-up — and it’s probably not the pairing you’re expecting.

Prime Video can't seem to get enough of action at the moment, and audiences are absolutely lapping it up. Reacher has just dropped its fourth season and, unsurprisingly, is leading the pack. But it's not only Alan Ritchson doing well on the platform: everywhere you look there's another action hero clawing their way up the charts. Even He-Man and Masters of the Universe have made an unlikely streaming comeback, and Jason Statham is still swinging away with A Working Man—that one's been a streaming juggernaut for weeks.

But right now, Dave Bautista is back in the spotlight, swaggering onto the Prime Video Top 10 with his latest outing, The Wrecking Crew. The platform's newest streaming chart puts Bautista in good company—certainly not at the top, but solidly in the mix. The Last Sunrise, for the record, holds number one as I write this, but The Wrecking Crew has muscled its way to ninth on the global movies leaderboard.

The Wrecking Crew landed its streaming debut on Prime Video in January 2026 and has already re-entered the platform's Top 10 movies worldwide.

Bautista, Momoa, and a Whole Lot of Mayhem

This one's helmed by Angel Manuel Soto (who clearly enjoys a well-timed explosion), and the main attraction is the pairing of Bautista and Jason Momoa as the bickering Hale Brothers, James and Jonny. The plot? Their dad dies under suspicious circumstances, they decide to do a bit of DIY detective work, and immediately find themselves out of their depth, dodging bullets and running into trouble.

If you want subtlety or deep emotional arcs, look elsewhere. But if you're after big fights, bigger explosions, and the occasional one-liner, this does the trick. The story is practically held together by sticky tape—it's about as thin as you'll get—but somehow, Bautista and Momoa's banter makes it work more often than not.

The supporting cast actually pulls a fair bit of weight: Morena Baccarin, Jacob Batalon, Temuera Morrison, and Lydia Peckham all get their moment to shine (or, more accurately, deliver snappy dialogue before the next chase scene).

Critics have been, surprisingly, kinder than expected. The film managed a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which, for a film like this, is about as good a score as you could hope for. Audiences were a bit cooler on it, with a 66% user rating—not disastrous, just not exactly feverish enthusiasm.

The Case of the Missing Sequel

Anyone hoping for a proper franchise might be in for a wait. Naturally, the film's finale leaves the door wide open for another round. Seven months after its original debut, though, there's no official word from Amazon MGM Studios. What we do know is that writer Jonathan Tropper apparently has a story ready to go if the greenlight ever comes through—so it really is just down to whether Amazon fancies stumping up the budget.

  • Dave Bautista as James Hale
  • Jason Momoa as Jonny Hale
  • Morena Baccarin
  • Jacob Batalon
  • Temuera Morrison
  • Lydia Peckham
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