Jon Bernthal’s Sleeper Hit Spy Thriller Is Officially Dominating Prime Video



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The success of The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day hasn’t just benefited stars Zendaya and Tom Holland, but also Jon Bernthal, the third member of this trio of actors who appeared in both movies. Several of Holland’s earlier films — Uncharted, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Spider-Man: Homecoming — witnessed a surge in viewership in the last couple of weeks. At the same time, Zendaya’s The Drama topped the domestic HBO Max leaderboard. And now, Bernthal is enjoying the spotlight as well, with two of his past movies resurfacing on the streaming charts. The first is the action sequel The Accountant 2, and the second is a spy thriller that was headlined by Rami Malek. Both movies were released theatrically in 2025 and grossed a similar amount worldwide. Remember, Bernthal began the year with a bang, headlining the hit Netflix series His & Hers along with Tessa Thompson.

While The Accountant 2 concluded its box-office run with $103 million worldwide against a reported budget of $80 million, the spy movie grossed $96 million globally against a reported budget of $60 million. Both films were essentially designed to gain momentum following their home-video debuts, which is exactly what happened. They were no doubt aided by excellent fan reception; The Accountant 2 holds a 92% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, while the spy movie is sitting at an 87% audience score on the aggregator website. Aside from Bernthal, who appeared in a supporting role as a CIA field agent, and Malek, who played a CIA cryptographer, the movie also features Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Caitríona Balfe.





















































Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz
Which Taylor Sheridan
Show Do You Belong In?

Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown

Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.

🤠Yellowstone

🛢️Landman

👑Tulsa King

⚖️Mayor of Kingstown

01

Where does your power come from?
In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.




02

Who do you put first, no matter what?
Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.




03

Someone crosses a line. How do you respond?
Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.




04

Where do you feel most in your element?
Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.




05

How do you feel about operating in the grey?
Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.




06

What are you actually fighting to hold onto?
Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.




07

How do you lead?
Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.




08

Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction?
Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.




09

What has your position cost you?
Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.




10

When it’s over, what do you want people to say?
Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.




Sheridan Has Spoken
You Belong In…

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

🤠
Yellowstone

🛢️
Landman

👑
Tulsa King

⚖️
Mayor of Kingstown

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

Jon Bernthal’s Back-Catalog Is Being Rediscovered on Streaming

We’re talking about The Amateur, directed by James Hawes. The movie was released theatrically in April 2025 to mixed reviews from critics. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus for the movie reads, “Rami Malek is a compellingly unconventional action hero in the otherwise formulaic The Amateur, which dispenses justice with solid execution but a curious lack of emotional stakes.” Following the success of The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which have grossed over $2 billion in combined revenue at the global box office so far, The Amateur jumped to the top of the Prime Video viewership charts. According to FlixPatrol, it’s currently the number-two movie on the service domestically, behind Masters of the Universe and ahead of the recently released survival thriller The Devil’s Mouth. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.


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Release Date

April 11, 2025

Runtime

123 minutes

Director

James Hawes


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