Based on his rugged good looks and the sheer size of the man, you’d imagine the whole action hero thing would come pretty easily to Jason Momoa, but the actor has a wildly inconsistent track record in the genre.
He may have headlined the highest-grossing DC Comics adaptation ever made thanks to his starring role in Aquaman, but he also took top billing in the dire Conan the Barbarian remake, which was savaged by critics and tanked at the box office. However, embracing the spirit of the 1980s in B-level actioner Braven worked a treat, and the movie has proven hugely popular on Netflix since it was added to the library a couple of weeks ago.
The 41 year-old plays Joe Braven, who retreats to his family’s isolated cabin to spend some quality time with his ailing father, but after a drug deal goes wrong, the two generations of the Braven clan end up fighting for their lives against the bad guys, which includes multiple instances of axe throwing and even setting a couple of them on fire for good measure.
Netflix subscribers can’t seem to get enough of the hugely entertaining and unashamedly cheesy film, and you can check out a handful of the reactions to the pic below.
Braven on Netflix was good af!
— good girl, bad b*tch 😘 (@kay_thecoolmom) December 27, 2020
Braven with Jason Momoa 🔥🔥
— Jess (@jessjaimz) December 24, 2020
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"Braven" is unintentionally funny as hell. If there's one thing Jason Momoa gonna do, it's throw an axe.
— Cul-de-sac Black (@itsKingRaa) December 20, 2020
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I'm watching the 2018 version of a Steven Seagal movie called Braven with Jason Momoa on netflix. It's hilarious. He just threw a firy hatchet at a dude and then spit moonshine on him so of course the dude lit up like a Christmas tree and flailed around.
— Ben Lubeck (@benlubeck) December 19, 2020
BRAVEN is on Netflix again! if you haven't, check out this surprisingly fun, surprisingly SMART action movie where Jason Momoa kills a dude with a flaming tomahawk pic.twitter.com/FrfNQnFsNV
— Monkey Ming (@NateMing) December 17, 2020
I just saw Braven on Netflix and wow what a great movie. Jason Momoa proves himself time and time again
— ѕтєρнαиιє αℓєχιѕ ✧˚ · . (@lethalexxii) December 17, 2020
This movie Braven on Netflix soooo freaking good 😩
— THEprettyP🫧♊️ (@B_Moriahxo) December 23, 2020
Had the most GenX moment. I couldn't remember Jason Momoa's name while texting a friend about the movie #braven. I said "The one with Lisa Bonet's husband."
I mean. In my defense: Lisa Bonet.
— Christine Cavalier (@PurpleCar) December 21, 2020
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recommend Braven on netflix >> pic.twitter.com/Y8y4lDKHE1
— . (@dan_yoo7) December 28, 2020
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A lot of terrible action movies tend to crack the streaming service’s Top 10 most-watched list with an almost alarming regularity, so it makes for a refreshing change when one that’s actually good manages to find a new and much larger audience. And who knows, Braven‘s popularity might even lead to calls for a sequel one day in the future? After all, there are definitely plenty of worse ideas out there than turning it into a franchise.