Anya Taylor-Pleasure kicked off 2025 by starring reverse Miles Teller in The Gorge, however now she’s again with a brand new thriller within the type of Sacrifice. Taylor-Pleasure stars alongside Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Salma Hayek (Eternals) in Sacrifice, the motion comedy set in a fundraising gala stuffed with societal elites that’s damaged into by activists looking for a relic they consider unlocks supernatural powers. Sacrifice not too long ago had its world premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant, and now that 15 opinions for the movie have are available, it’s been given a poor 27% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
Will Arbery wrote the script for Sacrifice with Romain Gavras, who additionally directed the movie. Gavras not too long ago made his directorial debut on Athena, a 2022 motion thriller that’s at present streaming on Netflix. Sacrifice is formally one of many lowest rated films of Taylor-Pleasure’s younger and budding profession, standing close to the underside of her filmography together with different misses like The New Mutants and Amsterdam. It’s removed from among the highest-rated films of her profession, like The Northman and Furiosa, each of which maintain scores of 90%.
For her co-star, Chris Evans, Sacrifice additionally falls on the low finish of a few of his initiatives. Notably newer ones, like Ghosted and Ache Hustlers, which weren’t significantly properly favored by critics or audiences upon launch. The best/rated film of Evans’ profession is Knives Out, which holds robust at 97% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. One other of his highest-rated non-Marvel films got here in 2013 on Snowpiercer. The dystopian sci-fi movie hails from legendary director Bong Joon Ho, who has labored on each Parasite and Mickey 17.
Anya Taylor-Pleasure’s 2024 Flop Has Been a Streaming Hit All Yr
Anya Taylor-Pleasure took on considered one of her greatest profession roles final yr in Furiosa, the dystopian sci-fi prequel that additionally stars Chris Hemsworth. Taylor-Pleasure takes over the function of Furiosa from Charlize Theron, who starred reverse Tom Hardy within the 2015 Mad Max film. Though the movie was popular with critics and audiences, it didn’t translate to success on the field workplace. Furiosa price round $168 million to make, but the movie earned solely $174 million on the field workplace. It’s estimated to have misplaced Warner Bros. round $100 million. Furiosa has been an enormous streaming success story all yr on HBO Max.
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Sacrifice
- Launch Date
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September 6, 2025
- Runtime
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103 Minutes
- Director
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Romain Gavras
- Writers
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Romain Gavras, Will Arbery
