Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez stars in the 2024 sports biopic Unstoppable, now streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome leads an outstanding Unstoppable cast including Lopez, Michael Peña, Don Cheadle, and Bobby Cannavale. Unstoppable has received mostly positive reviews, earning a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 74%. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and the real-life Anthony Robles produced the film.
Unstoppable became available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on January 16, 2025. Lopez plays Judy Robles, Anthony Robles’s hard-working and supportive mother, in Unstoppable. Judy goes to great lengths to maintain balance within her dysfunctional and abusive family dynamic. Lopez does a fantastic job of portraying the determination and undying support that the real Judy Robles had for Anthony’s incredible wrestling career at Arizona State University.
Unstoppable Is Now Streaming On Prime Video – What The Movie Is About
The film follows Anthony Robles’ historic 36-0 NCAA championship wrestling season
Unstoppable chronicles the remarkable true story of Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg and faced challenges both on and off the wrestling mat before becoming the 2011 NCAA wrestling champion in the 125-pound division. Directed by Oscar-winning editor William Goldenberg in his feature film directorial debut, Unstoppable is based on Robles’ 2012 book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion. Goldenberg has been nominated for five Best Editing Oscars (The Insider, Seabiscuit, Zero Dark Thirty, The Imitation Game), winning for 2012’s Argo. Robles also appears in the film as his own double in certain wrestling scenes.
Unstoppable portrays Anthony Robles’ impressive wrestling career as an undefeated high school champion, going an incredible 96-0 as a junior and senior Arizona state champion. After getting overlooked by his top college choices, mainly the University of Iowa, Robles walked on the Arizona State University wrestling team and went on to become the 2011 NCAA national champion in the 125-pound division with an undefeated record of 36-0. The film also dives into his personal and family struggles with his abusive stepfather and financial hardships.
How Jennifer Lopez Has Found Success On Streaming In The Past Few Years
She’s starred in and produced a handful of Netflix & Amazon releases
Lopez has found success in the streaming world as of late as both an actress and a producer. She recently starred in Netflix’s action thriller The Mother (2023) and the A.I. action sci-fi epic Atlas (2024) as well as Amazon Prime Video’s pop musical This Is Me… Now (2024) and the feel-good romantic comedy SH๏τgun Wedding (2022). Lopez was also recently nominated for her first and only Emmy Award for her Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show where she performed alongside Shakira in 2020. She also starred in the 2022 Netflix documentary film Halftime and the Peacock romantic comedy Marry Me (2022) alongside Owen Wilson before her standout role in Unstoppable.
