Prime Video's queuing up the sort of action movie that some critics claim doesn't get made any more – there's been a lot of chatter in recent years about the slow death of mid-budget movies. By that, we mean movies that star established names, but don't cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make, and therefore don't need to earn hundreds of millions at the box office to succeed.
Now, streaming presents a twist on this, obviously, since most of its movies don't ever come to physical cinemas. Still, Prime Video's newest Wahlberg-starring action movie, Play Dirty, is relevant here. It's from director Shane Black, who's made multiple films that some actors have used as examples of great mid-budget projects.
