Prime Video continues to find huge success when playing in the action thriller genre, with the streamer’s latest offering quickly climbing to the top spot both globally and in the United States. While the likes of Alan Ritchson’s Reacher remains the platform’s biggest hit, Prime Video’s newest effort could certainly be a sign of things to come as it develops plans to turn The Terminal List into a Taylor Sheridan-esque universe.
The action outing now dominating streaming is The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, which acts as a prequel and is set before the first series, which landed on Prime Video back in 2022 and is led by Chris Pratt. The Terminal List: Dark Wolf offers everything that fans of the main series could hope for as it centers on a returning Taylor Kitsch as Ben Edwards, tracking his explosive journey from Navy SEAL to CIA agent.
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is now ranked #1 on Prime Video both globally and in the U.S., with the series leaving the likes of other action-oriented titles such as Butterfly, Countdown, Ballard, and the first season of The Terminal List in the dust. The first three episodes of The Terminal List: Dark Wolf are now streaming exclusively on Prime Video, and you can check out the official synopsis below…
“The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is a prequel series with an origin story that follows Ben Edwards throughout his journey from the Navy SEALs to the clandestine side of CIA Special Operations. The series is an espionage thriller that explores the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.”
Critics Have Been Won Over by ‘The Terminal List: Dark Wolf’
Where critics are concerned, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf has been far better received than its predecessor, landing a score of 71% to the main series’ divisive 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences, meanwhile, continue to be enamored by the gruff thriller, with Dark Wolf landing a score of 84% against The Terminal List’s 94% on the Popcornmeter.
The divisive response to The Terminal List Season 1 was previously blamed on its lack of “woke stuff” by author and creator Jack Carr. “There’s no ‘woke’ or ‘anti-woke,’ but just because there’s not this ‘woke’ stuff that’s shoved into it, then it’s perceived – by critics, at least – as not promoting their agenda, so they’re going to hate it,” he said.
Chris Pratt, who returns for Dark Wolf and is all set to lead the upcoming The Terminal List Season 2, has now weighed in on the reactions from critics, with the actor believing it to be due to their desire to make the show as “authentic” as possible…
“Between Season 1 airing and now, it’s been a continuous stream of people coming up to me in the street to just say, “Damn, that show was really cool.” I feel like there’s been this sort of hunger for maybe the past 10 years or so for entertainment that’s driven by people who actually aren’t making it because they’re worried about if someone’s gonna like it. They’re not like, “Okay, what would they like best? What would be the most appropriate thing? What would be the right thing? How do we make this the most commercial thing?” We’re like, “No, we have Navy SEALs, Army Rangers. We’re making a show. We’re making it authentic, and if you don’t like it, it’s just not for you, and that’s okay.”
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
