Henry Cavill’s In the Grey Is Quietly Becoming a Streaming Hit
Henry Cavill’s latest action thriller may have struggled at the box office, but In the Grey is finding a much warmer reception on streaming. The Guy Ritchie-directed film has climbed the charts, making it a strong pick for a September weekend watch.
Cavill leads the cast alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González in the high-stakes thriller, which centers on a covert team sent to recover a billion-dollar fortune stolen by a ruthless criminal organisation.
With Ritchie behind the camera, the film delivers the ingredients audiences have come to expect from the director: rapid-fire action, sharp characters and a plot packed with deception, danger and shifting loyalties. Fans of his earlier crime films Snatch and The Gentlemen may find plenty to enjoy here.
When can you watch In the Grey?
In the Grey opened in US cinemas on 15 May before arriving on streaming platforms in several countries in June.
For viewers waiting to watch it on Prime Video, the film will become available on 9 September, making it a timely option for the first weekends of the month.
What is In the Grey about?
The story follows a secret team of elite operatives who operate in the shadows of the global underworld. They are equally comfortable manipulating power and influence as they are handling automatic weapons and high explosives.
Their latest assignment begins when a ruthless despot steals a fortune worth $1 billion. The team is ordered to recover the money, embarking on what would be a suicide mission for almost anyone else.
What starts as an apparently impossible heist soon becomes something far more dangerous. The operation develops into an all-out battle involving strategy, deception and survival.
Who stars in the film?
Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González lead the cast.
They are joined by Kristofer Hivju, Emmett J. Scanlan, Jason Wong, Rosamund Pike and others.
Cavill is particularly well known for playing Superman in Man of Steel and Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. González also brings previous action experience to the project, while Gyllenhaal is another major presence at the center of the story.
From box-office disappointment to streaming success
The film’s performance in cinemas was considerably less impressive than its current showing on streaming services.
In the Grey earned just over $23 million at the worldwide box office, against a reported estimated budget of $70 million. Despite that disappointing theatrical result, the film has gained momentum since moving to streaming.
According to FlixPatrol, the thriller climbed to fifth place on Prime Video’s global Top 10 and reached number nine on Apple TV’s US Top 10.
That turnaround suggests the film is finding an audience beyond its original theatrical release.
What are viewers and critics saying?
The response from audiences has been notably positive. On Rotten Tomatoes, In the Grey has an audience score of 83 per cent, with viewers describing the movie as “brilliant” and “absolutely incredible.”
Critics have also found plenty to appreciate.
The Guardian awarded the film four stars, praising the amount of fun to be found in Ritchie’s sly but unexpectedly serious approach to the thriller.
The New York Times, meanwhile, described it as a “sleek, sun-drenched actioner.”
For anyone looking for an action-packed film to watch in September, In the Grey could be worth adding to the list. With Cavill, Gyllenhaal and González leading a Guy Ritchie thriller, the film brings together a cast and director well suited to this kind of high-stakes crime story.