One of 2024’s best movies is airing on TV tonight

Holding an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was a word-of-mouth hit.

Directed by Oscar-nominee Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name), it stars Josh O'Connor (The Crown), Mike Faist (West Side Story) and Zendaya (Dune) and tells the story of a love triangle in the competitive world of tennis.

Zendaya plays Tashi Duncan in the movie, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and "a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court".

"Married to a champion on a losing streak (Faist), Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (O'Connor) - his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend," the plot synopsis adds.

"As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win?"

Written by Justin Kuritzkes (Queer), the screenplay for Challengers is a funny, smart and steamy portrait of a trio of people equally competitive in their personal and romantic lives as they are on the tennis court.

Adding to the lively love (or lust) triangle story is Guadagnino's dynamic, stylish direction, a pulse-pounding techno soundtrack by Oscar-winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network) and the three brilliant central performances.

A word-of-mouth box office hit upon release, the film holds an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Challengers is airing on TV tonight on RTÉ2 at 9pm. It is also available to rent on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Film4 - 9pm

Easily one of the best action movies of the 21st century.

2 Guns - Legend Xtra - 9pm

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg headline this fun buddy cop action comedy.

The King's Man - Channel 4 - 9pm

Harris Dickinson and Ralph Fiennes star in the WWI-set prequel in the Kingsman spy action franchise.

Tina - Sky Arts - 9pm

This acclaimed 2021 music documentary follows the life and career of musician Tina Turner.

Rosalie - BBC Four - 9pm

A well-reviewed French historical drama about a woman in the 1870s born with a face and body covered in hair.

Hitman - Legend - 9pm

Recent JOE.ie interviewee Timothy Olyphant stars in this action flick based on the popular video game franchise of the same name.

Cailíní Gránna - TG4 - 10pm

The fun Irish language short film that's inspired by the classic Lindsay Lohan comedy Mean Girls.

Animal House - Comedy Central - 10pm

The classic ’70s college-set comedy.

A Quiet Place - Sky Showcase - 10pm

This brilliant horror thriller, which spawned a series of films, revolves around a family (led by Emily Blunt and John Krasinski) trying to survive in a world invaded by blind creatures that hunt via sound.

Ghost - TG4 - 10.15pm

In this Oscar-winning fantasy romantic comedy-drama, a man (Patrick Swayze) tries to protect his lover (Demi Moore) from beyond the grave after he is murdered.

The Expendables - ITV4 - 10.35pm

Sylvester Stallone recruited some of the biggest action stars ever to appear in his genre throwback that launched a franchise.

Street Kings - Legend - 10.55pm

David Ayer (End of Watch, Suicide Squad) directs a script from crime writer James Ellroy about an undercover cop (Keanu Reeves) implicated in the murder of a fellow officer who struggles to clear his name.

Dancing at Lughnasa - RTÉ2 - 11.25pm

Three-time Oscar-winner Meryl Streep stars in the '90s film adaptation of Brian Friel's classic Irish-set play.

Salt - Channel 4 - 11.40pm

Angelina Jolie plays a CIA operative accused of being an agent for the KGB in this solid action thriller.

Scarface - Film4 - 11.55pm

The cult classic gangster flick from director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino.

Last Passenger - Legend Xtra - 1.05am

In this breakneck UK thriller, a group of passengers – including a doctor (Dougray Scott) and his son – on a night train from London gradually come to realise that the driver of the vehicle has a dark plan for everyone onboard.

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