If you are looking for a streaming tip for the weekend, we have a great recommendation for you. Amazon Prime Video recently added The Awakening of the Huntress to its catalog – and with great success. The Bestselling film adaptation starring Daisy Ridley is the streamer’s most popular film of the week.
This means that The Huntress’ Awakening has taken the top spot in the hotly contested streaming charts on Amazon Prime Video for the second time. The film already triumphed over the competition last week. This is quite surprisingWhen it was released in cinemas earlier this year, the film barely attracted any attention.
The Awakening of the Huntress on Amazon Prime: Disturbing thriller based on a successful book
The stirring story of The Awakening of the Huntress is based on the novel The Moor’s Daughter was written by the American writer Karen Dionne and revolves around the young woman Helena (Daisy Ridley), whose mother was kidnapped by a man named Jacob (Ben Mendelsohn), who is also her father.
The trailer for The Awakening of the Huntress:
The Awakening of the Huntress – Trailer (German) HD
As the daughter of the so-called Moor King, Helena grew up away from civilization – in captivity. Only when the authorities catch her father does she get to know the rest of the world and lead a life with a job and social contacts. As difficult as the adjustment is for her, she never wants to go back to that traumatizing moor.
But then what had to happen happens: Jacob escapes from prison. This time he has targeting his own daughter’s daughter: He wants to take Helena’s child away from her, but she does everything she can to prevent the past from repeating itself. Armed with a gun, she sets out to hunt for Jacob.
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If you were enthusiastic about the film adaptation of the novel The Song of the River Crabs and would like to know a little more ambivalent thoughts of revenge in the story, then The Marsh King’s Daughter is exactly the right film for you. For 109 minutes we are heading towards the deadly hunt.
The Awakening of the Huntress is also recommended if you have only seen Daisy Ridley as Rey in the Star Wars films. Here the British actress shows herself from a completely different side – and has a really strong and extremely scary opponent in the Australian Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One).
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