The Rising Hawk

This week's most kinetic pick in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and fuboTV is The Rising Hawk. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. 151 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Alex MacNicoll's performance is the throughline that holds the set pieces together. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Amazon Prime Video.

There is a reason The Rising Hawk keeps coming up in conversation. The set pieces are impressive, but it is the story underneath them that gives The Rising Hawk its staying power. During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpathian Mountains against Mongolian invaders. The physicality Alex MacNicoll and Poppy Drayton bring elevates every sequence. It was released in 2019. The geography of every set piece in The Rising Hawk is legible, which is rarer in the genre than it should be. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

The Rising Hawk is the kind of thing you put on to unwind and find yourself sitting forward twenty minutes in. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Alex MacNicoll brings a physicality to the role that elevates every set piece. Action that earns its sequences rather than just delivering them.

The Rising Hawk was released in 2019, directed by Akhtem Seitablaiev. The full 110-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.