The
Riverdale cast have been cropping up in films outside of The CW with somewhat mixed results of late. Camila Mendes’
Dangerous Lies was largely a forgettable mess.
Coyote Lake was an improvement, but not by much. And then there’s KJ Apa, who showed up in the tasteless Michael Bay-produced COVID-19 horror film
Songbird. Thankfully, to prevent a negative run and to show there is hope – Lili Reinhart’s turn in
Hustlers was a delight. Now it’s Madelaine Petsch’s turn to step outside the confines of the network, starring in writer-director Cooper Karl’s
Sightless - that acts as a debut for the filmmaker that arrived on Netflix earlier this week.
Altered Carbon to one of the best
Black Mirror episodes, it’s likely you’ve seen him on the streaming service at some point, and this week he returns to the platform with AI thriller
Outside The Wire.
The film begins in 2036, when the US army has been deployed to a dangerous warzone in eastern Europe. On their side is Mackie’s muscular android officer Leo, who has been assigned as mentor to a wet-behind-the-ears drone pilot Thomas (Damson Idris). Together, they must find a missing doomsday device before it falls into enemy hands.
Damson Idris and Emily Beecham in ‘Outside The Wire’. Credit: Netflix