Alan Ritchson's Motor City Finds a Second Life on Digital After Quiet Theatrical Run
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Alan Ritchson's action revenge thriller Motor City has become an instant streaming hit on digital platforms following a quiet theatrical run.
Action star Alan Ritchson is proving once again that his biggest audience lives at home rather than at the box office. Despite pulling in a modest three million dollars during its July theatrical run, his new one-man-army revenge thriller Motor City has quickly climbed the digital charts following its recent release on video-on-demand platforms. Within days, the film secured spots in the top ten purchases on Prime Video and Apple TV, showing that fans are more than happy to stream brutal action from the comfort of their couch.
Directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Shailene Woodley alongside Ben Foster, Motor City leans heavily into visual storytelling over exposition. Set in 1970s Detroit, the film follows Ritchson as John Miller, a working-class romantic framed by a corrupt gangster who returns from prison with a singular mission for vengeance. True to its lean runtime of 103 minutes, the movie reportedly features only five lines of dialogue, drawing favorable comparisons to modern kinetic landmarks like John Wick and Mad Max: Fury Road.
While critics gave the film a mixed sixty-three percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, Polygon highlights how the dialogue-light approach trusts the audience to engage with the film as a purely visual medium. Complete with a driving rock score and a standout elevator fight sequence, Motor City is currently available for digital rental and purchase across major home video storefronts.
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Original article: Polygon