Why watch?

Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson make an unexpectedly funny team — they've got real chemistry and their arguments are legitimately the funniest moments. This is an action movie where the jokes land harder than the explosions, and director J.J. Perry keeps things moving fast enough that you don't overthink it. Just go in ready to laugh at moments you won't see coming.

Who is it for?

Watch this when you want action that doesn't take itself seriously — it's fast, funny, and knows exactly what it is. If you liked Red Notice or Bullet Train, you'll get the same vibe — explosions, quips, characters talking constantly. Bautista plays a guy who just stumbles into everything, Samuel L. Jackson's handling security, there's gunfire and chases everywhere, but it's all dressed up with humor so don't expect anything heavy.

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If you liked Afterburn for mixing action with sci-fi visuals and deadpan humor, check out Gunpowder Milkshake or The Man from Toronto — both have that same vibe where the protagonist is kind of a mess but gets the job done anyway in insane circumstances. Hunter Killer does something similar with a gruff older guy leading a scrappy crew through chaos, except underwater with submarines.

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Plakat — Afterburn

Afterburn

2025 · 1h 46min6.2R
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Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.

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After a massive solar flare wipes out half the planet and leaves the survivors mutated by radiation, a scrappy crew of treasure hunters decides this is the perfect time to get rich. Dave Bautista leads a team that includes Samuel L. Jackson and Olga Kurylenko as they trek through a landscape full of warped creatures and hostile terrain, cracking jokes the whole way. Director J.J. Perry keeps things moving fast and doesn't take itself seriously — it's got the same energy as watching friends play a video game where everything keeps going wrong. If you dug the chaos of something like Army of the Dead or the survival-comedy vibes of Jungle Cruise, this one's in that wheelhouse.

Why watch?

Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson make an unexpectedly funny team — they've got real chemistry and their arguments are legitimately the funniest moments. This is an action movie…

Who is it for?

Watch this when you want action that doesn't take itself seriously — it's fast, funny, and knows exactly what it is. If you liked Red Notice or Bullet Train, you'll get the same vi…

Similar titles

If you liked Afterburn for mixing action with sci-fi visuals and deadpan humor, check out Gunpowder Milkshake or The Man from Toronto — both have that same vibe where the protagoni…

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