{"id":8190,"date":"2025-04-17T06:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2025-04-17T06:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T06:58:24","slug":"movieweb-is-dead-money-worth-watching-hulu-emile-hirsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/movieweb-is-dead-money-worth-watching-hulu-emile-hirsch\/","title":{"rendered":"This Action Thriller \u201cGuy Movie\u201d That Is Better Than Its 25% RT Score is Dealing a Strong Hand on Streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dead Money<\/span>\u00a0arrived in 2024 with very little fanfare and flew under the radar with many people.\u00a0The 2024 poker-based thriller was panned by critics<\/a>\u00a0on its limited theatrical and VOD release, which meant that many audiences either ignored it, or slept on it thanks to the lackluster response and its lack of big A-lister star names. The\u00a0Emile Hirsch<\/a><\/span> movie, which also stars Rory Culkin and Jackie Earle Haley, has now been dealt a better hand thanks to its arrival on Hulu.<\/p>\n

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More credit should be given to Emile Hirsch for these performances, and they should help him be known among his generation’s finest talents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Action thrillers have been a huge draw for many viewers trawling the endless lists of movies available through various streaming platforms, and that is why\u00a0Dead Money<\/em>\u00a0has attracted enough attention to make it a chart-topping hit on the Disney-owed platform months after it landed with a thud back in September. The short synopsis for the film reads:<\/p>\n

\u201cProfessional poker player Andy and his girlfriend Chloe are involved in a crazy 24 hours after a home poker game is robbed. Andy ends up playing the largest poker game of his life as both of their lives are in danger.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is ‘Dead Money’ Better Than Its Rotten Tomatoes Score?<\/h2>\n
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Movies that get lumped into the \u201cGuy Movie\u201d category of masculine action thrillers often don\u2019t get the best reviews from critics.\u00a0Dead Money<\/em> is one such example, as the film struggled to a 25% Tomatometer score, with many complaining that the \u201cmediocre\u201d plot was only made worse for playing on \u201cgenre clich\u00e9s\u201d that make it \u201cdifficult to stay engaged.\u201d For many viewers though, it was a very different story.<\/p>\n

While the film has not been given an official Popcornmeter score, audiences took to the movie much better than critics, as is a common theme right now. One review reads, \u201cFirst great movie I have seen in a while. The critics have no clue what they are talking about. Smug as usual. It had like-able characters, comedy, action, suspense. It was a fun watch!\u201d Another added, \u201cA guy movie and it was entertaining. Don\u2019t know why these movies get trashed, it\u2019s better than 85% of the trash out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Action movies almost always fail to engage critics, who are often looking for the kind of nuanced performances and highbrow dialogue that you just don\u2019t find in a movie that pleases people based on excessive violence and thrills.\u00a0Dead Money<\/em>\u00a0is certainly one that seemed to know the audience it was aiming to speak to, and it did just that. While the film did not have an impact on its original release, its appearance on Hulu at the top of the chart proves that there is always an audience hungry for more of this kind of brutal thriller.<\/p>\n

Several\u00a0Emile Hirsch movies<\/a>\u00a0have sprung up on streaming platforms recently, including his massively underrated horror movie\u00a0Malden<\/em>, which is currently topping the Tubi chart.<\/p>\n

View this article at Movieweb<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dead Money\u00a0arrived in 2024 with very little fanfare and flew under the radar with many people.\u00a0The 2024 poker-based thriller was panned by critics\u00a0on its limited theatrical and VOD release, which meant that many audiences either ignored it, or slept on it thanks to the lackluster response and its lack of big A-lister star names. The\u00a0Emile
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