Chris Evans faces nightmare in first look at Anya Taylor-Joy’s Netflix thriller
Captain America superhero Chris Evans is facing darker situation in the upcoming Netflix movie Sacrifice.
As the streaming giant has unveiled the first look at Evans as Mike Tyler in Sacrifice. Mike, a Hollywood action star caught in the middle of an increasingly chaotic night.
The film also starring Anya Taylor-Joy follows Mike as he attends a lavish charity gala held inside a Greek mine. But, the glamorous evening quickly turns into a nightmare when Joan, a radical cult leader played by Taylor-Joy, takes the guests hostage.
The logline of the film revealed that Mike is already experiencing an existential crisis and desperately searching for his next comeback when Joan and her followers hijack the event.
Sacrifice, directed by Romain Gavras, known for Athena, includes star-studded cast including Vincent Cassel and Salma Hayek.
Gavras called the film “king of a roller coaster” speaking with Netflix’s Tudum.
He also said, “You need to enter the film like you’re going to enter a ride and let yourself go.”
“There’s a lot of rug pulls and you think you’re going this way, but you’re going that way,” he added.
Furthermore, Gavras also praised Chris Evans as “very interesting” actor. “His comedic timing is amazing. He’s an extremely intelligent actor that understands completely who he is and his own relationship with ego.”
“And so we kind of pulled that thread and cranked the idea of an actor to 100. This is what mythology does: you take a character and you crank it to 11,” he added.
On the other hand, he shared that he’s been fan of Anya Taylor-Joy since “very early on.”
“She has something very otherworldly and whimsical about her that is striking just in terms of iconography. I don’t see many other people that could have carried that character — she comes with so much strength, but also a sensibility that makes the character very three-dimensional and that makes her strong and vulnerable at the same time,” the director stated.
Sacrifice is set to release on Netflix on October 16, 2026.
