- Academy Award-winning actor Cillian Murphy’s $31.6 million box office bomb had derailed his five-movie success streak on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Cillian Murphy’s Rotten Tomatoes streak ended with Anna, but he rebounded with A Quiet Place Part II, earning a 91% score.
- Murphy’s diverse roles showcase his acting prowess, seamlessly transitioning between dynamic performances and subtle moments.
- The Peaky Blinders movie, with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, will likely continue Murphy’s successful comeback, cementing his rising career.
Academy Award-winning actor Cillian Murphy’s recent Rotten Tomatoes success is much more impressive after his $31.6 million box office bomb that ruined a five-movie success streak. Since his debut in 1997, the Irish actor has delivered several critically acclaimed performances across television and film. Cillian Murphy’s movies span multiple genres, encompassing sci-fi epics, influential horror films, blockbuster spectacles, and historical television dramas. He has also played a diverse array of roles, ranging from sinister antagonists to noble protagonists. Murphy’s acting prowess allows him to seamlessly transition between dynamic, vocal performances and subtle, introspective moments. He has cultivated enduring partnerships with esteemed directors such as Danny Boyle and Christopher Nolan.
Alongside Oppenheimer‘s and Cillian Murphy’s multi-Oscar success, the 47-year-old actor has recently shot for Small Things Like These, a project produced by Artists Equity, which belongs to his fellow Oppenheimer cast member Matt Damon. Murphy is also taking on the role of producer for the eagerly anticipated sequel to 28 Days Later, tentatively named 28 Years Later, with plans to star in it. However, Cillian Murphy’s next movie, Blood Runs Coal, is a biographical drama that’s also expected to do well. As such, his Rotten Tomatoes score has been consistently high – except for one major critical and commercial failure.
Anna Broke Cillian Murphy’s 5-Movie Rotten Tomatoes Redemption Streak In 2019
Anna Has Received Significantly Higher Audience Ratings
The 2019 action thriller Anna broke Cillian Murphy’s five-movie Rotten Tomatoes redemption streak. His five films before that included The Delinquent Season (67% Tomatometer), The Party (82% Tomatometer), Dunkirk (92% Tomatometer), Free Fire (69% Tomatometer), and Anthropoid (66% Tomatometer). These five consecutive films with good Rotten Tomatoes scores represented a redemption streak after In the Heart of the Sea, Aloft, and Transcendence, which had received 43%, 16%, and 19% respectively. Before then, his Rotten Tomatoes scores were pretty even/spread out with hits and misses. However, this five-movie Rotten Tomatoes run came to a crashing halt in 2019.
Although Anna has a strong cast, it received a meager 33% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. Directed by Luc Besson, the movie is about a young woman, Anna, who, in seeking to escape a life of domestic abuse, becomes one of Russia’s most dangerous KGB assassins until the CIA blows her cover. Anna received higher audience ratings than its critics score – its audience score is an impressive 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cillian Murphy Quickly Redeemed Anna With The Fourth-Highest Rotten Tomatoes Score Of His Movie Career
He Bounced Back With A Quiet Place Part II
After the debacle of Anna, Cillian Murphy quickly redeemed himself with the fourth-highest Rotten Tomatoes score of his movie career. His next movie was A Quiet Place Part II, which received a Rotten Tomato score of 91%. The only other higher scores in his filmography are Dunkirk (92%), Oppenheimer and Peaky Blinders (both 93%), and The Dark Knight (94%). With A Quiet Place Part II, Murphy bounced back from 33% to 91%.
A Quiet Place Part II directly followed from the original 2018 film, and followed the Abbott family’s struggle for survival in the post-apocalyptic future, with mysterious creatures who hunt humans by following sounds. Directed by John Krasinski, the sequel sees the family try to find other survivors and collaborate with them. A Quiet Place 2 cast included John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and Millicent Simmonds as the Abbot family, with Cillian Murphy playing a supporting character named Emmet. He has been on a winning streak ever since, most recently with Oppenheimer‘s Rotten Tomato score of 93%.
Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinders Movie Can Continue His Impressive Rotten Tomatoes Comeback
The Show Already Has A Great Rotten Tomatoes Score
Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinders movie can continue his impressive Rotten Tomatoes comeback. The series already has an excellent score of 93%, and the upcoming movie will likely follow suit. Spanning six seasons and 36 episodes from 2013 to 2022, the immensely popular BBC period crime drama chronicled the Shelby family and their notorious gang, the Peaky Blinders, from 1919 to the Prohibition Era of 1933. A recent Peaky Blinders update has confirmed Cillian Murphy’s involvement in the film, with series creator Steven Knight officially announcing that Murphy will reprise his role as gang leader Tommy Shelby.
Throughout the series, Tommy Shelby navigates his desire to break free from a life of crime, even contemplating a foray into politics. Now, the much-awaited Peaky Blinders feature film is set to continue Cillian Murphy’s successful Rotten Tomatoes comeback, with the actor’s career reaching new heights after Oppenheimer’s remarkable $960 million success and massive critical acclaim. The release date and remainder of the cast of the Peaky Blinders movie are yet to be announced, but fans are eagerly waiting for more updates.
