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This weekend’s lineup centers on Onslaught in theaters, with Fall 2: Deadpoint also opening; viewers can rent I Want Your Sex and stream The Runner on Prime Video, with additional streaming and theatrical picks highlighted for fans of action-horror, survival thrillers, and offbeat comedies.
In a Hollywood Reporter interview, Dan Stevens explains expanding The Guest universe with Onslaught as an indirect sequel, portraying Nazi scientist Dr. Hans Kammler for Priapus and the KPG program, and teases a possible continuation of the KPG-verse; he also discusses Kammler’s prosthetic look, the feet-lick scene with Rebecca Hall, and confirms his role as RoboCop in a Blumhouse/Atomic Monster series, while staying busy with Dexter: Resurrection.
Critics split on four films: Mayday, a Reynolds–Branagh Cold War comedy that feels undercooked and tonally off; The Runner, a frenetic Gadot hostage-thriller whose running gimmick wears thin; Chronovisor, a stylish, literate docu-fiction about a real‑world chronovisor that rewards patient viewing; and Onslaught, Adam Wingard’s retro action-horror that looks great with strong performances but doesn’t fully pay off its setup.
Adria Arjona discusses her role as Celeste in Adam Wingard's Onslaught, detailing the film's blend of 80s-inspired style, horror, and a mother‑and‑daughter survival arc shaped by Celeste’s PTSD, along with behind‑the‑scenes moments like a gun‑handling shot that nearly toppled the set and her real-life truck issues on filming days. She also hints at a cameo in James Gunn’s Superman follow‑up Man of Tomorrow, emphasizes loyalty to Tony Gilroy regarding Andor, and reflects on her collaborative process with Jason Momoa and the Hit Man project, noting that any future Bix/Cassian material would require Gilroy’s involvement. Onslaught hits theaters Sept. 4.
Adam Wingard’s Onslaught leans into ’80s grindhouse vibes with brutal gore and brisk pacing, but while the gore is vivid and the cast strong (notably Arjona and Stevens), the film flounders on its central premise and character development, and the third act loses momentum, delivering a finale that feels earned but ultimately unsatisfying.
A roundup of four new releases: The Runner—a fitness-driven Amazon thriller with Gal Gadot that’s more entertaining as a goofy hate-watch than a tense thriller; Chronovisor—a heady, artful debut about a device that lets you view history, led by Anne Laure Sellier and saturated in bibliophilic intrigue; Onslaught—a visually striking but ultimately underdeveloped horror-action by Adam Wingard that sacrifices character payoff for style; and The Whisper Man—a Netflix serial-killer drama with a strong cast that fails to build suspense or depth.
Adam Wingard’s Onslaught is a visually saturated action-thriller led by Adria Arjona as Celeste, a PTSD-stricken Army vet who must defend a desert trailer park from a trio of near-invincible super-soldiers; with Dan Stevens as a chilling villain and brisk, hard-hitting set-pieces paired with sharp sound design, the film delivers a visceral home-invasion vibe, but the second half feels underdeveloped and its hinted political ideas never fully pay off.
Adam Wingard returns to his midnight indie roots with Onslaught, a 92-minute military horror-thriller led by Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens. It boasts visceral set-pieces, a striking visual style, and sharp central performance, but its three-pronged foe and uneven pacing yield a scattered narrative that undercuts its tension—nonetheless delivering enough midnight energy for horror fans.
Adam Wingard’s Onslaught is a lean 90-minute action slasher that channels John Carpenter’s 80s vibe, with Adria Arjona delivering a gripping performance as a veteran mother facing genetically engineered soldiers; it delivers tense set-pieces and bloody thrills, but its first act drags and its politics feel underdeveloped, earning a solid B- from critics as A24 mounts a Sept. 4 theatrical release.
With Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion approaching, players are advised to prepare by increasing their Power level, playing the new Onslaught activity, unlocking Brave weapons, obtaining the Superblack Shader, collecting Holofoil weapons, completing exotic missions, participating in the Pantheon mode, spending Legendary Shards, gathering Phantasmal Fragments, and claiming free Bright Dust from Eververse before the expansion's release on June 4.
In Destiny 2's Onslaught mode, players can heal their decoys and turrets by throwing ADU batteries at them, despite it not being an intended mechanic. This bug allows players to save runs by keeping their defenses at full health, although it's recommended to prioritize using the batteries for ADU healing. While there are no visible health bars on turrets, decoys will flash red when they are about to die, indicating that they can be healed with the batteries.
Destiny 2's mid-season content drop, Into the Light, has surpassed the player count of previous launches on Steam, drawing in 134,000 players. The free Onslaught activity and its rewards, along with a successful reveal stream, have contributed to its popularity, despite being developed on a short timetable and amidst internal challenges at Bungie.
Destiny 2's upcoming Into the Light content showcases a shift in vibe for the game, offering a horde mode, reprised classic weapons, the return of popular missions, a raid boss rush, and three new PvP maps. Despite complaints about reused content and past decisions like sunsetting, the presentation and variety of content have generated hope and excitement among players, signaling a potential turnaround for the game.
Destiny 2 developer Bungie has announced Onslaught, a new horde mode set to arrive on 9th April as part of the game's Into the Light update. Onslaught is a three-person wave-based activity set on familiar Crucible maps, where players defend a war asset from damage and can place defensive options between waves. It will offer a 10-wave option and a harder 50-wave Challenge mode with rotating locations and boss waves. The update aims to keep players engaged until the delayed The Final Shape expansion arrives in June, following recent challenges faced by Bungie.
Bungie's livestream revealed details about Destiny 2's new horde mode, Onslaught, featuring a wave-based gameplay with 10 waves in an easier playlist and 50 waves for harder modes, set in a pyramid-ed version of Midtown. The activity is defended by a central point called an ADU, with optional objectives and rewards. The mode will start on April 9 and run through The Final Shape, and is free for everyone.