‘KGF 2’, ‘Stranger Things’, ‘Top Gun’ and more: Top weekend releases to watch on OTT/theatre

The last week of May is stored with action-packed series and movies if you plan to binge-watch some this weekend. From 'Top Gun: Maverick' in the theatres to ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ to the most anticipated fourth season of ‘Stranger Things’ on OTT platforms, there are a few releases that would make for a good watch over the weekend.

Here's a rundown on all the latest releases this weekend. 
 

The second part of ‘KGF’ was released in April in theatres and Yash starrer movie took the world by storm. ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ broke all records and became the first Kannada film to cross the Rs 1000 crore mark worldwide. 

Produced by Vijay Kiragandur of Hombale Films and directed by Prashanth Neel, 'KGF: Chapter 2 features an ensemble cast led by Kannada superstar, Yash, along with Srinidhi Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh, Easwari Rao, Achyuth Kumar and Archana Jois among others. 

‘KGF: Chapter 2’ is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. 
 

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, 'Top Gun Maverick' begins 35 years from where 'Top Gun' left. Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitche; (Tom Cruise) is now mostly flying solo and has evaded the ranks in his career because he doesn't play by the book- still. A risky pilot, he is summoned by Top Gun- US Navy's flying school for fighter pilots- to train a batch of pilots for a mission that can be fatal. 

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ has got a bit of everything- action, romance, comedy and thrilling fighter planes and shirtless Tom Cruise. The film includes stars like Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and others. 

'Top Gun: Maverick' is running in theatres across the world. 
 

Starring John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet in lead roles, ‘Attack’ is the first Indian super soldier film with high-octane action, romance, and drama. Directed and co-written by Lakshya Raj Anand along with Sumit Batheja and Vishal Kapoor, the film is produced by Jayantilal Gadda’s Pen Studios, John Abraham’s JA Entertainment and Ajay Kapoor Productions. The film premiered on May 27 across 190+ countries on Zee5. 

‘Attack’ is streaming on Zee5. 
 

Directed by Ahmed Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, 'Heropanti 2' is the best example of why Bollywood needs to focus on the content and a warning to Tiger that he needs to do more acting than action.

As it was expected, the film also had only Shroff and his stunts and nothing else. The only good thing about this film is Nawazuddin Siddiqui, but what can he do all alone? 

The movie barely had any plot, and the pathetic acting by Tiger and Tara made the film even more worse. 
 

The most anticipated series of the year- ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 has been dropped on Netflix on May 27. The season will follow the life of Eleven and the rest of the gang. The season will also focus on Harbour's Jim Hooper getting back to the US after the character was shown to be dead towards the end of season three. 

Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah Schnapp play significant roles in the popular series. 

‘Stranger Things season 4 Vol 1’ is streaming on Netflix. 
 

Starring Vijay Sethupathi, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nayanthara in lead, ‘Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal’ has released on May 27 on Disney+ Hotstar in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. 

Directed by Vignesh Shivan, the film focuses on the life of a boy who is devoid of love owing to his bad destiny. Growing up, the boy (Vijay Sithupathi) acts as if he suffers from a dissociative identity disorder. In a bid to flatter two women, he dates both and also marries them. 

‘Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal’ is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. 
 

The film’s story is about a teenager who takes up the challenge to win the snooker trophy after seeing his father Toolsidas (Rajiv Kapoor) failing multiple times in the Calcutta Club Snooker Championship. 

‘Toolsidas Junior’ is a well-made sports drama that also stars Sanjay Dutt and late Rajiv Kapoor, who appeared on screen after 30 years. The film was originally scheduled for a theatrical release, but later the makers decided to release it on the OTT platform. 

‘Toolsidas Junior’ is streaming on Netflix. 
 

The miniseries was released on 27th May in English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam. The series starts 10 years after the ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’ events. 

In ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’ Kenobi faces his biggest defeat through the collapse and corruption of Anakin Skywalker. Kenobi is shown as Skywalker’s best friend while Jedi as an apprentice with Skywalker, later turns into evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. 

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ includes a star cast such as Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Sung Kang, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Indira Vasrma and Moses Ingram.  

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.