Mel Gibson’s Brutal Box Office Bomb Is Officially Finding New Life on Streaming
Mel Gibson's little-remembered 2020 action thriller Force of Nature is set to become freely available on the streaming platform Plex from 1 September 2026. The film's arrival comes as attention turns to Gibson's forthcoming two-part biblical epic, The Resurrection of the Christ, a follow-up to his controversial 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, giving renewed relevance to a largely forgotten entry in his filmography.
Force of Nature, directed by Michael Polish, starred Gibson alongside Kate Bosworth and Emile Hirsch in a story pitting the cast against a Category 5 hurricane. The film flopped at the box office, earning less than $500,000 from a limited theatrical release against a reported $23 million budget. The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One, meanwhile, has been pushed back from March to May 2027 to accommodate Johnny Depp's Day Drinker.
- Gibson's flop Force of Nature streams free on Plex from 1 September 2026
- Film earned under $500,000 against a $23 million budget
- Comes ahead of Gibson's Resurrection of the Christ, now delayed to May 2027
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Force of Nature is a 2020 disaster thriller starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth and Emile Hirsch, about people trapped in an apartment block as a huge hurricane bears down. It barely made a dent at cinemas on release, taking in under half a million dollars against a budget reported at around $23 million, and had largely faded from view since. It is now due to become freely available on the streaming service Plex from 1 September 2026.
Interest in the film has picked up mainly because of what Gibson is working on next: The Resurrection of the Christ, a two-part biblical epic that follows on from his 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. That earlier film was a huge box office success but also drew considerable controversy over its content and Gibson's own remarks at the time. The new project has already seen its first instalment delayed from March to May 2027, reportedly to make way for another film, Johnny Depp's Day Drinker.
Put together, the story is really about a minor, long-forgotten flop in Gibson's back catalogue getting a second life on streaming just as attention turns to his more high-profile, and more scrutinised, upcoming work.