Sacrifice (Film)

‘Sacrifice’ is a satirical thriller from French filmmaker Romain Gavras, marking his English-language directorial debut, and premieres on Netflix in the U.S. and France on October 16. The film follows Chris Evans as Mike Tyler, a struggling movie star whose comeback attempt at a star-studded charity gala turns into a hostage crisis when Anya Taylor-Joy’s character Joan and her followers storm the event, convinced they’re fated to fulfill a volcanic prophecy. Rounding out a cast that includes Vincent Cassel, Salma Hayek Pinault, John Malkovich, Charli xcx and Yung Lean, the film takes aim at celebrity culture, performative activism and elite hypocrisy while exploring deeper questions of faith and redemption.