Knock at the Cabin, Nope, Netflix’s Furies, and every other movie you can stream from home this weekend
Good news, Polygon readers. This week is one of the most jam-packed for new releases available to watch at home so far this year. And there’s a little bit for everybody.
Right out of the gate, M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic Dave Bautista vehicle Knock at the Cabin makes its streaming debut on Peacock. It’s one of our favorite movies of 2023, and one of the scariest horror movies of the year, too.
That’s far from all — two of 2022’s best movies also make their way to streaming platforms. The animated fantasy drama Inu-Oh, from the legendary director Masaaki Yuasa, lands on Hulu, and Jordan Peele’s exemplary Nope moves from Peacock to Prime Video.
That’s not it, especially for action fans. Global mega star Shah Rukh Khan returns to the screens with his big-budget action epic Pathaan, the fourth installment in the YRF Spy Universe, now on Prime. Veronica Ngo takes the reins of the Furiefranchise with the sequel Furies, out on Netflix. And Guy Ritchie’s latest Jason Statham collaboration, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, arrives on VOD.
Let’s get into it.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Genre: Action-thrillerRun time: 1h 49mDirector: Veronica NgoCast: Veronica Ngo, Song Luan, Thuan Nguyen
I’m on the record as being a big fan of 2019’s Furie, a martial arts revenge thriller that broke box-office records in Vietnam and cemented star Veronica Ngo and director Le-Van Kiet (who went on to direct The Princess) as talents to watch.
It’s four years later, and Ngo has been handed the keys to the franchise. She’s now behind the camera (as well as in front of it) in this brutal twist on a Charlie’s Angels-like story.
Set in 1990s Saigon, Furies follows three traumatized young women who are recruited by a gangster
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