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Fans and critics are tearing down Netflix’s latest hit Trigger warning.
The film, which debuted on Netflix on Friday (June 21), went straight to number one on the UK’s top 10 list.
Trigger warning Jessica Alba plays Parker, a US Special Forces commando stationed overseas who is forced to return to her homeland after her father is killed.
Parker takes over the family bar in her hometown, where she finds herself caught up in a violent conspiracy while investigating the circumstances surrounding her father’s mysterious death.
Trigger warning It’s currently the number one film in the UK on Netflix, standing ahead of Jodie Comer’s gripping drama The end from which we begin And 24 hours at Lidl – A behind-the-scenes documentary about the supermarket chain.
Although he won first place, he… Trigger warning It receives dismal reviews from all sides, with both critics and subscribers panning the action film.
As noted by screenrantThe movie continues Alba’s slutty streak has been unenviable lately. The actor who is famous for films like honey (2003) and The Fantastic Four (2005), it has not achieved a score higher than 45 percent in audience or reviewer scores on Rotten Tomato since. Stretching. The 2015 comedy, in which she starred opposite Chris Pine and Patrick Wilson, was generally well received.
Three of Alba’s films in the past ten years – Hardly fatal, Kind of beautyAnd The unknown killers – They have Rotten Tomato scores of less than 30 percent. The latter received a score of 0 percent from critics, based on nine reviews, and a score of 16 percent from audiences, based on more than 100 reviews.
But unfortunately, Trigger warning It won’t do much to address the problem as Alba’s latest film only had a rating of 25 percent based on 20 reviews. It achieved a lower audience share of 19 percent.
Writing on X/Twitter, one Netflix subscriber said: “Trigger warning It’s one of the most boring movies I’ve seen all year, but it’s also the dumbest! The movie appears to have been made to justify Netflix’s ability to watch things at 1.5x speed.
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Another person criticized the way the film was written, describing it as one of the worst scenarios [writing[ in a while”.
“I watched Trigger Warning on Netflix last night,” said a third person. “I’m a fan of Jessica Alba but that movie is really bad.”
“Top 5 worst movie [sic] Ever,” another agreed. “Total waste of time. This is a review.” Meanwhile, others praised Alba’s acting ability and action sequences while still mocking the film’s plot and writing.
However, some critics were less harsh than others Watchman He awarded the film three stars in a review titled: “Jessica Alba returns with a powerful action vehicle from Netflix.”
Trigger warning Available to stream now on Netflix.
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