The Danny Boyle-free sequel and Netflix’s French translation are this week’s most viewed streaming options.
With the long-awaited sequel 28 Years Later currently in cinemas, it’s no surprise that 28 Weeks Later is the number one movie on the Australian streaming charts this week.
Well, you may be surprised that the 2007 sequel, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, is there and not Danny Boyle‘s 2001 original, 28 Days Later. That’s because Boyle’s film is unavailable to stream, although you can still find it on VOD. It’s a largely opaque situation which has something to do with producer Andrew McDonald flogging the rights to Sony at some point, and Sony just… sitting on them? It makes no sense to me.
Meanwhile Wicked, the film of the musical of the fanfic of the movie of the book, is at number two, having just hit streaming. The fun, daft The Accountant 2 is holding steady, while Oscar winner Anora is classying up the joint. Inasmuch as a love story between a sex worker and a Russian nepo baby can.
I kid – it’s a great film. But if we’re going to hang shade on anything, we should all take a moment to reflect on what the presence of Trainwreck: Poop Cruise in seventh place says about us as a culture.
Jumping over to the TV side of the Australian streaming charts, Netflix’s Dept. Q is the big winner. Adapted from the acclaimed series of Nordic noir novels by Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, the series transposes the action to Scotland. There we find Matthew Goode’s traumatised, arrogant cop relegated to cold case duty. As is always the case, that lowly gig uncovers long hidden secrets, and things get grimmer from there. Adler-Olsen’s books also inspired a Danish film franchise, starting with 2013’s The Keeper of Lost Causes, which is six instalments deep with more to come, so track that down if you need a Dept. Q fix.
Amazon’s crime thriller Countdown makes a strong debut at the number two slot, with sharp-tongued costume drama The Gilded Age coming third. The only real surprise in series-land is that Disney/Hulu’s The Bear is in eighth place. All 10 episodes of season four dropped this week, so you’d expect the awards darling to be much further up the charts.
Australian Streaming Charts supplied by JustWatch.
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