Despicable Me 4, Netflix's Mission: Cruz and all the new movies to watch

Every week at Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

This week, Despicable Me 4The latest Minions movie starring Steve Carell, is coming to VOD after its theatrical release earlier this year. But that's not all, as we also have several exciting streaming premieres this weekend, such as The motorcyclists In peacock, The Chimera on Hulu, The instigators on Apple TV Plus and more.

Here's everything new to watch this weekend!

New on Netflix

Mission: Cross

Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu

Gender: Action comedy
Execution time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Director: Lee Myung Hoon
Cast: Hwang Jung Min, Yum Jung Ah, Jeon Hye Jin

A retired secret agent (Hwang Jung-min) finds himself unexpectedly drawn back into the fray of international espionage when he finds himself involved in a mission involving his wife (Yum Jung-ah), a detective who knows absolutely nothing about her husband's former life.

What's new on Hulu

The Chimera

Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu

Image: Neon

Gender: Period comedy drama
Execution time: 2 hours and 13 minutes
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini

The latest from masterful Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro, The pupil) stars in one of the Challengers A boy plays a British archaeologist in a story about stolen historical artifacts. The Chimera was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2023.

What's new on Prime Video

A quick movement

Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video

Gender: Action drama
Execution time: 1h 58min
Director: Kelly Blatz
Cast: KJ Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco

KJ Apa (Riverdale) stars in this sports drama as Wes, a troubled young man who tries to convince his estranged father Dean (Eric Dane) to teach him how to become a professional motorcycle racer. Dean and Wes are forced to overcome their troubled relationship as they try to create a new future for themselves.

What's new on Apple TV Plus

The instigators

Where to watch: Available to stream on Apple TV Plus

Image: Apple

Gender: Heist comedy
Execution time: 1h 41min
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Hong Chau

Matt Damon and director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) reunite for this irreverent crime comedy co-starring Casey Affleck (Manchester by the sea) and Hong Chau (The whale). Damon plays Rory, a former Marine who agrees to work alongside an ex-convict (Affleck) to rob a mayoral fundraiser. When the botched robbery prompts a citywide manhunt by the police and the vengeful crime boss behind the plot, the pair “consensually kidnap” Rory's therapist (Chau) in a desperate bid to escape and survive.

What's new on Peacock

The motorcyclists

Where to watch: Available to stream on Peacock

Image: 20th Century Studios

Gender: Crime drama
Execution time: 1h 56min
Director: Jeff Nichols
Cast: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy

The motorcyclists It follows a motorcycle club over the course of a decade, from a gathering of enthusiasts to a gang of veterans. Jodie Comer plays Kathy, a young woman who finds herself drawn into the world of biker gangs after meeting the impulsive Benny (Austin Butler).

From our review:

The motorcyclists is a film of simple, traditional pleasures: great tunes, perfect costumes, myth-making shots, and a cast of great actors who really give their all. (Including, among others, Michael Shannon, West Side Historyby Mike Faist, Justified(Damon Herriman and a completely unrecognizable Norman Reedus as a hairy, wild California biker.) It's a movie about looking at the beautiful, unknowable people on the screen, and at that beautiful, unknowable person in particular, just as Hardy's character does in a moment with Marlon Brando in The wild oneand thinking: What would it be like? be them?

New for rent

Despicable Me 4

Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Image: Lighting

Gender: Comedy
Execution time: 1h 34min
Directors: Chris Renaud
Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Pierre Coffin

Gru, the former super villain turned secret agent, is back with an all-new adventure! Despicable Me 4 Gru moves in with his family when his old rival Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) reappears seeking revenge. As Gru's family tries to adjust to their new home, Gru's teenage neighbor attempts to follow in his evil footsteps, while Gru's minions decide to become superheroes. batchI know!

From our review:

Despicable Me 4 is full of good ideas, many of them that appeal specifically to what people love about these movies: the Minions’ antics, Gru’s villainy versus his normal family life, and the Big Bad’s over-the-top theatrics, among others. But all these bits are jumbled together and not coherent enough to make sense as a story. The movie is discordant, like a group of musicians playing unfamiliar instruments (or a group of — dare I say — Minions given instruments) and trying to make a coherent song. But amidst that chaos, sometimes the music starts to sound good: a jazzy saxophone solo briefly rises above the cacophony. Just grit your teeth and ignore the thumping drums and out-of-tune oboes surrounding it.

Dandelion

Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Image: IFC Films

Gender: Drama
Execution time: 1h 53min
Director: Nicole Riegel
Cast: KiKi Layne, Thomas Doherty and Melanie Nicholls-King

Ki Ki Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) stars in this musical drama as Dandelion, a singer-songwriter who travels the country performing concerts, all the while yearning for a big career break that she fears will never happen. After striking up a romance with Casey (Thomas Doherty), a disaffected musician, their love proves to be the unwitting catalyst for Dandelion discovering an authentic artistic voice of her own.

Widow Clicquot

Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple and Vudu

Image: Vertical Entertainment

Gender: Drama
Execution time: 1h 30min
Director: Thomas Napper
Cast: Haley Bennett, Leo Suter and Natasha O'Keeffe

This period drama stars Haley Bennett (Swallow) as Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, the widow of an 18th-century winegrower who becomes the manager of his fledgling vineyard after his untimely death. Facing financial difficulties and political upheaval, Barbe-Nicole must fight to make a name for herself and steer the company to a successful conclusion.