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“Last Seen Alive” is currently the most popular movie on Netflix. The action thriller starring Gerard Butler and Jaimie Alexander is sitting at the No. 1 spot in Netflix’s top 10 most-watched movies. It follows Will Spann (Butler) as he goes to increasingly drastic measures to find his estranged wife, Lisa (Alexander), after she goes missing during a routine gas station stop.
Critics have not been kind to “Last Seen Alive,” with Todd Jorgenson of Cinemalogue saying: “Cliches and contrivances sap away most of the suspense in this derivative B-movie vigilante thriller that squanders some reliably intense Gerard Butler confrontations.” Meanwhile, Bryan Orndof of Blu-Ray.com was equally critical of the film, saying: “Creative risks aren’t taken here, with Butler basically asked to be the hero yet again, trying to convey confusion in a movie that doesn’t trust the audience to appreciate such a disorienting journey.”
While the majority of reviews seem to be heavily critical of “Last Seen Alive,” that hasn’t stopped the action-thriller from climbing to the top of the heap on Netflix, giving the movie a significant second life on the streaming service. It just goes to show that reviews aren’t everything when it comes to what your average viewer craves.
