3 movies arriving on Netflix in April that you will want to watch on day one

Netflix is set to bring subscribers a lot of exciting films in April, not just funny ones, but several thrillers. This should be a good thing because the streamer has made a habit of making fantastic series in the genre. The movies, hopefully, will be just as good.

The only issue is that we have to wait until the middle of the month to start streaming them. Then, in one week, we get the three flicks below. That should be an intense week.

But just like with some new series arrivals (or new seasons of great shows) in April, you might need to make plans to miss work. Surely, your boss will understand. Heck, maybe have the whole work crew over to watch these winners.

Three movies coming to Netflix in April that you will not want to miss

iHostage (April 18)

This thriller is based on actual events from 2022, when a hostage situation took place at an Apple Store in Amsterdam. One of the hostages in the film is from Bulgaria, and he becomes the center of the story. Filmmakers worked with the police in Amsterdam to make the scenes as real to true life as possible, but some parts of iHostage are fictionalized.

If the trailer is any indication, the film is going to be one where you are sitting on the edge of your seat in anticipation of what happens next. That might sound like a cliche, but you might actually do that. To learn how the hostage situation turned out, you will have to watch the film and find out.

Bullet Train Explosion (April 23)

50 years after the original Bullet Train was released, Netflix brings us the remake. There should be quite a bit of authenticity to everything, though. The filmmakers, and the movie is directed by the fabulous Higuchi Shinji (Shin Godzilla), were able to use actual bullet trains. This should make the scenes even more riveting and feel truer to life.

The 1975 original was the inspiration for Speed, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, so the plot is somewhat the same. There is a bomb on a train, and the train can not drop below a certain speed, or it will explode. The idea seems like a simple one, but both the original Bullet Train and Speed were excellent and could be enjoyed multiple times, so why would this edition not be of the same quality?

Havoc (April 25)

The hope is that this film is actually good. Sure, that could be the case with literally any film, but the trek for this Tom Hardy-led flick to reach release has been something. The movie has gone through several reshoots, so one might wonder exactly what was going wrong where so much needed to be filmed again.

According to Deadline, the plot revolves around Hardy's detective who deals with the criminal underworld after a drug deal has gone south. The detective is tasked with rescuing the politicians estranged son. Sounds like a role made for the always excellent Hardy, but let's hope the rest of the film is just as strong around him.

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