A new action thriller starring The Boys‘ Antony Starr has just become a major streaming hit. Created by Eric Kripke, the Prime Video superhero satire premiered in 2019, quickly finding success with audiences and critics alike. The Boys‘ cast features Jack Quaid as Hughie and Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, with both working as part of a larger team to take down the all-powerful Homelander (Starr), who serves as the show’s primary villain.

After making his debut in the first episode of season 1, Starr is set to return as Homelander in The Boys season 5, which will be the show’s last. Though Starr is now most widely known for playing Homelander, he previously led the cast of Banshee (2013 – 2016), an action thriller show that ran for four seasons on Cinemax. He also recently appeared in Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023). As the wait continues for The Boys season 5, Starr can now be seen in a new action thriller, and it’s proving successful with audiences.

G20 Has Become A Streaming Hit

Starr’s Latest Project Is Topping The Charts

G20

is dominating on streaming after a mixed response from critics. Directed by Patricia Riggen, the hit Prime Video action flick features Viola Davis starring as President Danielle Sutton, an Army veteran who is forced into action after terrorists take over the G20 summit in South Africa. Starr is back with another villainous performance in the movie, this time as terrorist leader Edward Rutledge, with other G20 cast members including Anthony Anderson, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, Ramón Rodríguez, and Marsai Martin, among others.

New data from Reelgood now reveals that G20 is the number one тιтle on streaming in the U.S. for the week of April 10 – 16. The Prime Video action flick beats a handful of other major new releases in the world of movies and TV, including Your Friends and Neighbors (2025–), The Pitt (2025–), A Complete Unknown (2024), and The Last of Us (2023–). Check out the full top 10 list below:

What This Means For G20

The Response To The Prime Video Movie Explained

G20‘s major success on streaming follows a less-than-stellar response from critics, with the mixed reviews leading to a 58% on Rotten Tomatoes. Though the performances from Davis and Starr are highlights and there’s fun to be had with the ridiculous action, the movie has been criticized for its script, which some say is too formulaic. In his G20 review for ScreenRant, Felipe Rangel awarded the movie a score of five out of 10, praising the fight sequences while taking issue with the film’s failed attempts to explore deeper themes:

Still, Starr did great with the thin material available, and Rutledge’s presence brought a sense of danger to the film. In the end, though, the movie had some good ideas and even made room for some shocking deaths, but both fake-outs it pulled were so obvious that my opinion of G20 was taken down a notch. With the film’s attempts at social commentary falling flat, G20 turns into a paint-by-numbers actioner that is merely serviceable.

G20 has only a 51% Popcornmeter score from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, but it’s clear that neither of these scores are slowing the movie down, at least not during its first week. Davis and Starr are both audience draws, despite the movie’s shortcomings. What will be interesting will be seeing whether G20 can continue its dominance on streaming in the weeks to come.

Source: Reelgood