The Little Mermaid, new Transformers, One Piece, and every new movie to watch

Joyful Friday, Polygon readers!

Every week, we spherical up probably the most notable releases new to streaming and VOD, highlighting the largest and greatest new motion pictures so that you can watch at house. This week, we’ve got a Jackie Chan/John Cena motion film on Netflix, in addition to the streaming debut of Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey.

As well as, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts rolls out onto Paramount Plus after its VOD premiere final week. The satirical superhero comedy Smoking Causes Coughing involves streaming on Hulu, whereas the biographical comedy The Beanie Bubble premieres on Apple TV Plus. There’s a number of new releases on VOD except for the aforementioned Disney musical, just like the psychological thriller Sympathy for the Satan starring Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) and Nicolas Cage.

Right here’s the lowdown on every thing new to look at this weekend!

New on Netflix

Hidden Strike

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Netflix

Picture: XYZ Movies

Style: Motion journey
Run time: 1h 43m
Director: Scott Waugh
Solid: Jackie Chan, John Cena, Pilou Asbæk

Jackie Chan and John Cena star as two ex-special forces troopers who’re tasked with escorting civilians throughout some of the harmful territories in your complete world on this explosive motion journey movie. This film has spent years in post-production, however we lastly have the prospect to see two of probably the most iconic motion stars of their respective generations do their respective issues collectively.

Happiness for Newbies

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Netflix

Picture: Barbara Nitke/Netflix

Style: Romantic comedy
Run time: 1h 43m
Director: Vicky Wight
Solid: Luke Grimes, Ellie Kemper, Ben Cook dinner

This romantic comedy follows Helen (Ellie Kemper), a not too long ago divorced girl who embarks on a survival course climbing the Appalachian path alongside a bunch of strangers. Whereas on her journey, she rediscovers not solely her personal capability for resilience, however her need to — because the Netflix official synopsis places it — “reside and love once more.”

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Film

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Netflix

Picture: Netflix

Style: Musical superhero romance
Run time: 1h 45m
Director: Jeremy Zag
Solid: Cristina Valenzuela, Bryce Papenbrook, Keith Silverstein

Based mostly on the French animated youngsters’s present of the identical identify, this musical superhero film follows two youngsters who rework into Ladybug and Cat Noir, a vigilante duo who be part of forces to guard the town of Paris from a bunch of supervillains led by their new nemesis, Hawk Moth.

New on Hulu

Smoking Causes Coughing

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Hulu

Picture: Magnet Releasing

Style: Comedy anthology
Run time: 1h 17m
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Solid: Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier

The brand new movie from director Quentin Dupieux (Rubber), additionally recognized by his musical alias Mr. Oizo, is an irreverent parody of Japanese sci-fi tokusatsu (“particular results”) movies and the enduring Tremendous Sentai (aka Energy Rangers) TV franchise.

After getting their asses kicked by an alien turtle monster, the 5 superheroes generally known as “the Tobacco Pressure” are despatched to a team-building retreat to enhance their working relationships. Issues, as you may most likely anticipate, don’t go precisely in keeping with plan.

From our overview:

When confronted with imminent destruction, our heroes wind up nervously chain-smoking anyway, whereas reflecting on the absurdity and missed alternatives of their lives. If there’s one takeaway from Smoking Causes Coughing, it could be that: Life is brief and illogical, and it typically appears like one massive joke that’s only a beat away from a punchline.

New on Crunchyroll

One Piece Movie: Pink

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Crunchyroll

Picture: Toei/Crunchyroll

Style: Fantasy action-adventure
Run time: 1h 55m
Director: Gorô Taniguchi
Solid: Mayumi Tanaka, Shuichi Ikeda, Kaori Nazuka

The fifteenth stand-alone film set within the universe of Eiichiro Oda’s well-liked fantasy journey sequence follows Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirate crew as they attend the live performance for Uta, the world’s most elusive pop star. When Uta reveals her identification because the adopted daughter of “Pink-Haired” Shanks, Luffy’s former mentor, it units in movement a sequence of occasions that threatens to alter the steadiness of energy between the World Authorities and the pirates without end. Simply in time earlier than the discharge of Netflix’s personal live-action TV adaptation starring Iñaki Godoy and Mackenyu (Rurouni Kenshin: The Ultimate).

From our overview,

For all these nods to One Piece’s previous, One Piece Movie: Pink is completely accessible to newcomers. Even individuals who’ve by no means seen a single episode of the present or learn any of the manga can nonetheless comply with and revel in Pink. Among the particulars will fly over their heads, however the full of life story and fascinating songs ought to maintain them entertained. (Even when we by no means do get to listen to Luffy sing.)

Longtime One Piece followers, although, are in for one thing magical. Uta probably represents an enormous shift within the steadiness of energy throughout One Piece. Whereas the film’s occasions haven’t been confirmed as sequence canon, Uta herself seems in chapter 1055 of the manga, which means that she is a part of the primary plot. If her character and motivation are carried over to the story’s official continuum, it might imply that probably the most thrilling One Piece tales are nonetheless forward of us.

New on Paramount Plus

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Paramount Plus

Picture: Paramount Footage

Style: Sci-fi motion
Run time: 2h 7m
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Solid: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Peter Cullen

This stand-alone sequel to 2018’s Bumblebee and prequel to Michael Bay’s Transformers follows Optimus Prime and his band of Autobots as they crew up with a race of fellow Cybertronians, the Maximals, to struggle in opposition to a large planet-eating abomination generally known as Unicron (suppose Marvel’s Galactus, however the robotic model of that).

From our overview:

Alien robotic automobiles and their area battles are ideas with such fundamental, gee-whiz sci-fi attraction that they’ve labored quite a few instances throughout a long time of comics and cartoons. And but there’s little childlike marvel to the Transformers live-action motion pictures, which frequently stuff their frames with visually oppressive, eyesore conceptions of issues that must be easy and imaginative. Just about all the Transformers motion pictures really feel like they’re making an attempt to defeat their viewers, however this time, the film wins.

New on Apple TV Plus

The Beanie Bubble

The place to look at: Obtainable to stream on Apple TV Plus

Picture: Apple TV Plus

Style: Comedy
Run time: 1h 50m
Administrators: Kristin Gore, Damian Kulash
Solid: Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook

Earlier than non-fungible tokens and Bitcoin, there have been Beanie Infants. This comedy stars Zach Galifianakis as Ty Warner, the billionaire toy producer accountable for the enduring stuffed toy line, chronicling his meteoric rise to wealth and energy in addition to his subsequent fall.

New to lease

The Little Mermaid

The place to look at: Obtainable to buy for $19.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Picture: Walt Disney Footage

Style: Fantasy musical
Run time: 2h 15m
Director: Rob Marshall
Solid: Halle Bailey, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay

The most recent live-action adaptation of an animated Disney basic places singer Halle Bailey within the position of Ariel. One of many largest box-office hits of the 12 months to date, it’s lastly accessible to look at at house.

From our overview:

What makes The Little Mermaid isn’t whether or not the fish look good, or what precisely fuels Triton and Ursula’s feud. All of it comes again to Ariel and her journey, which is fueled by the central romance between her and Eric. Simply because Ariel falls in love doesn’t imply she’s not a robust and beloved protagonist, and simply because Eric is a good-looking and dashing prince doesn’t imply he lacks the substance behind that charming smile. By updating their romance, the 2023 Little Mermaid makes the love story extra satisfying — and resonant for a brand new era.

Pleasure Trip

The place to look at: Obtainable to lease for $19.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Picture: Araquel/Lionsgate

Style: Comedy
Run time: 1h 35m
Director: Adele Lim
Solid: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu

What if somebody took the 2017 comedy Ladies Journey and mixed it with the soul-searching drama of Return to Seoul? You may get one thing like Pleasure Trip, the brand new comedy a few 4 Chinese language American associates who bond by means of their shared journey to trace down their beginning moms.

Sympathy for the Satan

The place to look at: Obtainable to lease for $6.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu

Picture: RLJE Movies

Style: Psychological thriller
Run time: 1h 30m
Director: Yuval Adler
Solid: Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman

Do you bear in mind the 2004 film Collateral? You understand, the one the place Jamie Foxx performs a cab driver that’s compelled to chauffeur a contract killer performed by Tom Cruise round Los Angeles as he picks off targets one after the other over the course of an evening? That film rocks. What if I instructed you that there’s a film that’s like that, however as an alternative it stars Joel Kinnaman being compelled to drive a psychotic gun-toting passenger performed by Nicolas Cage? Properly, that’s this film!