Streaming companies like Netflix and Prime seem to favor producing a particular type of action story. It usually features oddball characters who typically don’t belong anywhere near one another. Yet, they somehow find themselves in some sort of dire, stuff-keeps-blowing-up-around-them situation. Some examples include “Red Notice” or “The Misfits,” both released in 2021.
The hero might easily be a woefully disaster-prone and somewhat clueless Everyman, paired with a desperate marginalized co-hero who can’t believe he has to work with such a screw-up. Mix in a collection of bizarre secondary characters to catch the audience’s attention, like, say, a dominatrix in brazen work attire standing alongside a traditionally dressed Amish man.
