An extremely fun sci-fi action movie is on TV tonight
From the director of The Grey and Narc, the film is a true undiscovered gem.
Similar in story to the likes of Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, Frank Grillo (Copshop, Peacemaker) stars as a former special forces agent named Roy Pulver, who becomes trapped in a time loop that repeats the day of his murder.
After 140 days of this loop, Pulver has become more adept at dodging the eclectic gang of killers dispatched to take him out.
This is as he tries to uncover clues about a secret government project that could unlock the mystery behind his death and why he is experiencing such bizarre phenomena.
“In a race against the clock, Pulver must hunt down Colonel Ventor (Mel Gibson, The Patriot), the powerful head of the government program, while outrunning skilled, ruthless assassins determined to keep him from the truth,” the plot synopsis adds.
“This is so that he can break out of the loop, save his family and live once again for tomorrow.”
Boss Level’s star-studded cast also includes Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders), Ken Jeong (The Hangover), Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive).
The movie’s brilliantly bonkers action sequences, clever video game-inspired story, and likeable lead turn from Grillo make it well worth seeking out for genre fans.
Boss Level is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Film4 at 12.55am. It’s also available to rent on Apple TV, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.
Here are the other movies on TV tonight:
Unforgiven – BBC Four – 9pm
Clint Eastwood’s revisionist Western that won the Best Picture prize at the Oscars.
American Made – Legend – 9pm
Tom Cruise headlines this very entertaining action thriller comedy. He plays an American pilot in the 1970s and ’80s, who is recruited to fly clandestine reconnaissance missions for the CIA (represented by Ireland’s own Domhnall Gleeson).
In the process of carrying out this work, however, he ends up becoming a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in Colombia.
Alice, Darling – Film4 – 9pm
Anna Kendrick stars in this acclaimed thriller drama as a woman in a psychologically abusive relationship with her boyfriend.
Force 10 from Navarone – ITV4 – 9pm
Edward Fox, Harrison Ford and Robert Shaw star in this 1978 sequel to the classic war film The Guns of Navarone.
Runaway Bride – Comedy Central – 9pm
After Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere reunited for this hit screwball rom-com.
Ex Machina – Film4 – 10.45pm
Domhnall Gleeson stars again in this great sci-fi thriller, playing a programmer who is invited by his CEO (Oscar Isaac) to administer the Turing test to an intelligent female humanoid robot (Alicia Vikander).
Sylvester Stallone’s extremely violent fourth outing as action man John Rambo.
