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Amazon Sleeper Hit Snags Nearly Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

Originally posted on Men's Journal | By Ryan Britt | Last updated Jun 16, 2025 8:38 AM ET

Although the top streaming movie on Prime Video right now is The Accountant 2, that action flick has some serious competition from another action movie that just arrived directly on streaming. Deep Cover is currently trending at #2 in movies overall on Amazon Prime, which is significant since it's a direct-to-streaming movie that has flown in slightly under-the-radar. And, not only is everyone watching it now, but the reviews are almost 100 percent positive.

Currently, Deep Cover holds a 94 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes , which appears to be climbing daily. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard as an improv comedy coach who gets involved with an undercover police operation. Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed play two of her improv students, while Sean Bean plays the cop who recruits her.

For Howard, Deep Cover is a fantastic comeback, following the disappointing critical reception of her James Bond-esque action comedy Argylle in 2023, which currently holds a slightly sad 33 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. So, Deep Cover is proof that Argylle was a fluke, and that this wonderful actress/director can still carry a delightful movie with a quirky premise.

"The film approaches its action tropes with an effective sense of absurdity," writes Caryn James for The Hollywood Reporter. "But it’s the stars’ kinetic commitment to the bit that makes this relentlessly silly film work."

Meanwhile, on Inverse, critic Dias Johnson raves: This isn’t just better than most Prime Video original movies — in fact, it may be the best action-comedy thriller in years."

There you have it. If you've slept on Deep Cover, it's time to say "yes, and..." and then fire up Amazon Prime.