Motor City, di revenge thriller wey dey star Alan Ritchson, wey people sabi from Reacher, don finally go digital streaming dis week. Di film, wey director na Potsy Ponciroli, no do well for box office at all, so e dey try to find audience for online platform.
Inside di movie, Ritchson play John Miller, wey be factory worker for 1970s Detroit. E fall in love with Sophie, wey Shailene Woodley play, but Sophie na ex-girlfriend of Reynolds, wey Ben Foster play. Reynolds na powerful crime kingpin. E set John up, wey make dem arrest am for drugs wey e no carry. John serve prison time, but eventually e escape, and e dey look for revenge against Reynolds and everybody wey involve for di frame-up.
Di film get only few lines of dialogue, and critics from Rotten Tomatoes still talk about am well for dat bold choice. Dem note say e be like love letter to Detroit and 70s cinema, but di film still no reach di audience. According to Deadline, dem shoot Motor City with $30 million budget, before marketing money. Despite moderate praise, e only make $1.6 million for im opening weekend from 1,600 cinema for North America, from July 24 to 26.
Up to now, Motor City don gather $2.7 million for domestics and almost $243,000 for international, wey make total worldwide box office reach $2.743 million. Dat one na far from im budget, so e no surprise say e dey look for streaming to make more money.
From Tuesday, Aug. 25, di movie go dey available for premium video on demand. You fit buy am for $24.99 or rent am for $19.99 for 48 hours. Di platform wey dey available include Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and YouTube Movies. So if you no see am for cinema, you fit watch am for your house now.
Aside from Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley, and Ben Foster, Motor City still get Pablo Schreiber, Lionel Boyce, Amar Chadha-Patel, and Ben McKenzie for di cast. Dem all dey inside dis action drama wey dey struggle for audience.
