Panned Henry Cavill Action Thriller Finally Finds an Audience 5 Years After Its Release (2025)

Henry Cavill fans still have a lot of love for the Superman star, as his long-forgotten 2019 action movie Night Hunter (also known as Nomis) has stormed to the top of the Paramount+ global movie chart. While Cavill has been having a rough time of late - departing his popular roles in the old DC franchise and his Netflix fantasy role of Geralt in The Witcher, and seeing his subsequent roles in Argylle and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare die a slow death at the box office – it seems that he can still come out on top when it comes to the world of streaming.

Night Hunter is a psychological action thriller directed by David Raymond, which sees Cavill taking on the role of a detective in the murky world of child predators, as part of a team looking to track down the man responsible for the kidnapping of the ward of a former judge. There is no shortage of talent in the movie, with Cavill being joined by Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci, Minka Kelly, and Nathan Fillion among others. The film originally debuted at the LA Film Festival in 2018 under the title of Nomis, but that was changed before its wider release in 2019 to something clearly meant to appeal to a generation that will judge a movie by its title.

Night Hunter had a dismal theatrical run, becoming a box office bomb that disappeared without trace very quickly. Even its VOD release provided little more than a passing interest, which was certainly not helped by some of Cavill’s worst reviews. The film still holds a pretty pathetic 13% Tomatometer score, even though audiences rate it a much higher – but still “rotten” – 50% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter. However, that hasn’t stopped many latching onto the movie on its debut on Paramount+ this week.

Henry Cavill Streaming Hits

Henry Cavill is an actor who certainly has a large fan base, but recently they haven’t been particularly enthralled by his new theatrical releases. While his biggest fans are arguably only interested in his appearances as Superman or Geralt in The Witcher, there is still something about him that can draw a strong reaction on streaming.

Night Hunter is another example of a movie that gained very little attention when it was originally released, but its anonymity has certainly helped find it a new audience on streaming. This is certainly not the first time Cavill has seen this kind of belated success. His two big 2024 releases of the Matthew Vaughn spy comedy Argylle, and Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, both severely disappointed at the box office, coming in well below budget.

However, both movies performed extremely well on their respective streaming platforms of Apple TV+ and Prime Video, sitting atop the movie charts for a number of weeks. These successes add to Cavill’s popular turn in The Witcher and the Millie Bobby Brown film series Enola Holmes on Netflix, and his fan-service moment of , suggesting that despite several disappointing releases, there is an audience just waiting for their next Cavill fix.

Cavill currently has several big new projects up in the air. He is set to bring Warhammer 40k to Prime Video, and stick with fantasy in the remake of Highlander, although both of those reports seem to be in limbo. The actor is also expected to play a role in Guy Ritchie’s next movie, In the Grey, and has been linked to a big screen version of Voltron.

night hunter

R

Action

Thriller

Release Date

August 29, 2019

Director

David Raymond

Cast

Henry Cavill , Ben Kingsley , Alexandra Daddario , Nathan Fillion , Minka Kelly , Stanley Tucci

Runtime

98

Main Genre

Action

Writers

David Raymond

Tagline

Some reflections are deadly.