Amazon Prime Video: Films and series not to be missed in August 2021

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Ghost Rider, the Saga – August 2nd

Born in Marvel Comics, the Ghost Rider is an antihero originally sent by Méphistophélès the devil to sign a series of contracts and rescue the damned souls. In the awareness of the dangerousness of the thing that Bounty hunter ends on the run. In the 2007 film, we find him a century after the conquest of the West, while a certain Johnny, played by Nicolas Cage, sold his soul to cure his father’s cancer. Years later, Mephistopheles reappears and makes Johnny a ghost riderwho manifests when the sun goes down with a mission to relentlessly hunt souls who have escaped hell.

However, when Roxanne (Eva Mendes), the woman he loves, is threatened, he does not hesitate to use his powers and turn against the devil, his son and his three henchmen. However, Mark Steven Johnson saw the film as disappointing by critics and audiences alike a sequel in 2012, Spirit of Vengeance, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The action takes place eight years after the first film, when Johnny tries to send the Ghost Rider back to where it came from. Even less well received than the first feature film, this sequel made “only” $ 132,563,930 at the box office, compared to $ 228,738,393 for the first.

Cruel Summer Season 1 – August 6

Written by Tia Napolitano, who leads the story of Season 19 of Gray Anatomy, Cruel Summer is a 10-episode series which takes place over three summers in the 1990s. The series begins in 1993 in a small town in Texas, where the popular Kate Willis is kidnapped. After this disappearance Jeanette Turner, an introverted young woman attending the same high school, suddenly becomes very popular before she ends up being the most hated person in the country because everything indicates she is responsible. The series then follows the point of view of the two characters from 1993, 1994 and 1995. The whole idea is therefore set up different perspectives, and watch the situation evolve, with people only having certain pieces of the puzzle while the audience knows exactly what is going on. The series unites in particular Olivia Holt, who starred in Cloack & Dagger, Chiara Aurelia, Michael Landes, Froy Gutierrez, Harley Quinn Smith, Allius Barnes, Blake Lee and Brooklyn Sudano

Throwback – August 12th

Regression is a Horror thriller directed by Alejandro Amenábar, Released in theaters in 2015. As the name suggests, the feature film focuses on this mechanism that would allow immerse yourself in the memory and bring back deeply buried memories, sounds, smells and images. The story takes place in Minnesota in 1990 when John Gray (David Dencik) is arrested for molesting his daughter, played by Emma Watson. The latter, however, who confessed without arguing, absolutely no memory, and the evidence on this case is floating around Doubts about guilt of character. Investigator Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) and Dr. Kenneth Raines (David Thewlis) are then assigned to investigate and track down John’s memories. What they could find there endanger the whole of the United States. The reception of the film was fairly honest, with critics praising the narrative structure of the work, but criticizing the director for playing with the viewer for too long.

Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 – August 13th

Completion of a series of four films launched in 2007, aims to make the mythical anime / manga more accessible, Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon A Time will soon be available in France with the help of Amazon. Evangelion sets its mystical story in a post-apocalyptic world and has a context the struggle of mankind against creatures called “the angels”. However, the narrative leaves plenty of room for metaphysics, but also for deeper themes and interpretations. The version we will have access to was slightly revised compared to the one released in Japan on March 8th. These changes are just for editing, and the film tells the exact same story. Born in 1995 from the fantasy of Hideaki Anno, the saga tells the story of the pilots of Evangelions (or Eve), artificial humanoid creatures designed to fight the angels, strange creatures that appeared after a catastrophe destroyed the earth. The other three films in the Rebuild of Evangelion saga will be available on the same day.

Nine Perfect Strangers, Season 1 – August 20

Exclusively on Amazon Prime, Nine Perfect Strangers is one of the most anticipated series of the summer. Created by David E. Kelley, John-Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss, the series tells how nine people who don’t know each other come together in a fitness center, with different goals. However, Tranquillum House seems to be hiding something and the residents will discover many secrets about each other and about the director of the place Masha. This is not embodied from none other than Nicole Kidman, who we’ll find a number of confirmed actors alongside, including Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Melvin Greff, Samara Weaving, Michael Shannon, Asher Keddie and Regina Hall. The set is adapted by eponymous novel by Liane Moriarty and published in 2018. A huge literary success, the book is part of the coveted list of New York Time bestseller.