At the time this post was published, The lightning has risen to No. 2 on Netflix’s most popular movies list. Now, we’re not doctors or lawyers here at Digital Trends, but it would be bad practice to ever say that The lightning belongs anywhere near the best movies on Netflix. The same applies to Madame Webthe only competing superhero movie of 2024 The lightning due to lack of quality.
We’ll also be the first to admit that another recent arrival, Divergent, isn’t necessarily the best Netflix has to offer. But between this YA sci-fi dystopia and The lightningwe will go with Divergent every time. However, we are much more enthusiastic Pokémon: Detective Pikachuwhich is much better than we ever expected a POKEMON movie to be.
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