Netflix’s action movie that has been among the most watched: it is a masterpiece

Neither the renowned franchises nor the greatest Hollywood stars seem to be, a conditioning that ensures success At the box office. Marvel for example, has been failing mostly for more than a year with its blockbusters and star profiles such as Ryan Gosling have ended up failing in products such as The specialist (2024). Equally and, although it may seem an antagonistic format, to streaming services The same happens to them a bit. There is the billionaire proposal of Electric status. The film starring Millie Bobby Brown cost the “Great Red” about 320 million dollars, which represent a Budget chimera Without return and without beating the road, the records that every project of that draft should aspire to break. And it is that right on the opposite side of this philosophy, we find Netflix’s latest action moviewhich has been the most seen feature film of the catalog last month and a half. We talk about the Mexican film, Counterattack.

Directed by Chava LettersIt is not strange that proposals a priori so unknown, end up working at a thousand wonders in front of the audience of the brand led by Ted Saraonds. Caprichos of an algorithm that despite its power and dominance in the system, still has many variants to polish. Among them, the bulk of some 300 million subscribers who can choose from more than 17,000 titles (between ribbons and series). This variety explains in a certain sense, how culturally remote products from the western enclave as The squid game (2021) represent the most watched within an American content distributor. Sometimes and as was the case in the rooms, it is enough that something so paradoxically analog Like mouth mouth works as a recommendation between spectators and thus, boos Counterattack.

With a duration that does not reach The hour and a half of footageit is always appreciated-more in these times-the presence of a plot that resolves its approach without the tedious mania of a today, in which we are increasingly feature films of two to three hours of exhibition. Therefore and with a lot of trade, letters has made an action film that involves its debut within Netflix. Of course, the Jalisco director has been leading productions in his country of origin for more than 20 years. From soap operas like Miss Gunpowder (2015) to police proposals such as The dandy (2015) and even horror stories based on real facts of the impact of Tenants (2018). The success of Counterattack It could function as a premonition of the audience that will have hypothetically Our timeshis next collaboration with the company founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings. But, returning to our recommendation today …What really is Counterattack?

‘Counterattack’: synopsis and cast

The starting point of this Netflix action film was born when two women are, by accident, with A common grave. A place where the dangerous poster The swarmhide the bodies of their crimes. Despite being something fortuitous, the knowledge of this location makes both women kidnapped by the fearsome criminal organization. Luckily for them, the captain of the special forces, Guerrerogo to the rescue with his squad the bats and end up being saved. But this is only the starting point in the attempt to end The dangerous hood the stingwhich will not leave a puppet with the head in order to end the life of this elite group.

In the main cast of counterattack we find Luis Alberti (Labour), Noé Hernández (Miss Bala), Luis Curiel (Olympiad) y Leonardo Alonso (Bardo, false chronicle of a few truths).

A record action film in Netflix

At the moment, Counterattack It is found in The eighth place of Netflix Top 10within the category of movies more watched outside English. Its merit, apart from the million visualizations and almost two million reproductions is, of course, having maintained such a brutal regularity during 10 weeks on the viral list of the platform.

Released in Netflix the past February 28, Counterattack landed in the streaming channel catalog at a time when the tape Emilia Pérez She was accused of treating the issue of disappearances at the hands of drug cartels in Mexico. Theme that Counterattack confronts fully, denouncing in part Violence established in the country For these criminal organizations.