5 Years Later, Matt Damon’s Gritty, Twisty Thriller Is Taking Over HBO Max
Steven Soderbergh's 2021 period crime thriller *No Sudden Move* has resurfaced as a hit on HBO Max five years after its release, drawing in new viewers with its noir-inflected style and a memorable final-act twist built around a then-uncredited Matt Damon. Set in 1954 Detroit, the film follows small-time criminals played by Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro, who take on what seems like a simple job before being drawn into a far larger conspiracy involving the mob and the city's automotive industry.
The story sees Cheadle and Del Toro's characters hired to hold an executive's family hostage while retrieving documents, only for the job to unravel when a Brendan Fraser-played fixer orders them to kill the family. The pair eventually discover the documents relate to the catalytic converter, exposing a scheme by auto industry bosses to suppress the invention. The film's climax features Damon as a coolly menacing corporate executive delivering a chilling monologue on capitalism, written by Ed Solomon, which critics say elevates the film beyond a typical crime thriller.
- *No Sudden Move* (2021) is climbing HBO Max charts five years on.
- Soderbergh's noir thriller twists into a tale of corporate corruption.
- Matt Damon's uncredited cameo delivers a standout late-film monologue.