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Taylor Sheridan’s Gripping 121-Minute Crime Thriller Officially Dominates Streaming Charts

Emily Blunt is among the actors who fit every genre easily, be it Christoper Nolan’s biographical drama Oppenheimer or John Krasinski’s horror franchise A Quiet Place or her recently released fashionable comedy-drama, The Devil Wears Prada 2, which reunites her with co-stars Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep. Blunt’s antagonistic turn in the highly anticipated feature proved delicious for fans, as the feature is now holding a top spot on various streaming services after its profitable box office run.

Earlier this year, Blunt played the protagonist in Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day and received widespread appreciation. While fans love Blunt in both feel-good and hard-hitting roles, she is equally loved in the action genre. Edge of Tomorrow often comes to mind when fans think of her in an action-oriented flick; the actor ended up outshining even Tom Cruise in some combat sequences. Whereas Rian Johnson’s Looper saw her handling heavy shotgun combat as a mother trying to protect her son. There’s another Emily Blunt feature which fans are returning to in order to enjoy her flawless performance.





















































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.

‘Sicario’ Dominates Streaming Platforms

The movie in question is Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve from a gripping script by Taylor Sheridan. Sicario has taken over the domestic streaming charts of three platforms: HBO Max, Lionsgate+, and Apple TV Store, as per FlixPatrol. The movie’s streaming demand is a testament to fans’ love for the movie and Blunt’s stoic performance. Along with Blunt, the 91% Rotten Tomatoes-scored film has some great performances from Benicio del Toro, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, and Josh Brolin. The movie follows Blunt’s principled FBI special agent, Kate, who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. The narrative shows the early tropes that would become cornerstones of Sheridan’s storytelling later.

At the box office, Sicario made $84.9 million worldwide on a $30 million budget and garnered a lot of appreciation for the top-line talent, including Villeneuve, Sheridan, and Blunt. The movie received high praise upon its release and was nominated for several Oscars and BAFTAs. The success of the film led to a sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, which was a brilliant follow-up, sans some of the original stars. A third movie in the franchise is still in development, and fans are waiting with bated breath.

Meanwhile, check out Sicario on HBO Max or in Apple TV Store, and stay tuned to Collider for more such updates.



Release Date

September 17, 2015

Runtime

122 minutes

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Producers

Basil Iwanyk, Edward McDonnell, Ellen H. Schwartz, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Stacy Perskie


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