A story pitch familiar from many a twentieth-century potboiler, including The Universal
Soldier and Akira, takes on a new, family-oriented tone in a 2020s media
landscape dominated by streamers providing movies direct to home cinemas.

Over at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, my write-up of the comedy action movie Playdate. NB: discussing its science fictionality requires a discussion of the ending, so there are spoilers galore.