Netflix has just added a stylish star-studded 2024 mystery thriller

The film closes out a great trilogy.

Released in cinemas in 2024, the movie was writer-director Ti West's follow-up to his 2022 slasher X and its prequel Pearl, two of the coolest movies of recent years.

X introduced us to the character of Maxine Minx (Goth in a breakthrough role), a fame-hungry porn star in the late 1970s.

Along with her friends, she found herself the target of a sinister elderly couple (one of whom was named Pearl and was also played by Goth in old-age make-up). This was because Maxine and co used the husband and wife's farm to film an adult movie.

Sort of a cross between Boogie Nights and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, X was a hit with critics and at the box office.

It was swiftly followed up with Pearl, which went back in time to tell the story of Maxine's female attacker as a similarly fame-obsessed young woman (with Goth reprising the titular role).

Feeling like a blend of the Kansas scenes in The Wizard of Oz with a villain origin story comparable to Joker, Pearl was also rapturously received, with some even considering it an improvement on its predecessor.

As such, we then got MaXXXine two years later, a trilogy capper which functions as a direct sequel to X, this time switching up the tone to that of a sleazy '80s thriller.

The story picks up with Maxine Minx six years later, in 1985 Los Angeles.

Eager to leave pornography behind and become a Hollywood actress, she lands a lead role in The Puritan II, a horror sequel.

This film-within-a-film is being helmed by an ambitious British director (the great Elizabeth Debicki, The Night Manager), who is taken with Maxine's sense of authenticity and raw star power.

Threatening the actress's big break, however, is The Night Stalker, a serial killer who begins targeting those close to Maxine.

Also, a seedy private investigator (Kevin Bacon, looking like Jake Gittes from Chinatown broke bad), starts blackmailing Maxine, with the PI appearing to be in the employ of the Night Stalker.

Watch the trailer for MaXXXine right here:

The big question is: did MaXXXine stick the landing for Ti West's X trilogy? We'd argue yes, aside from its surprisingly predictable ending.

Here's what JOE said in its initial review: "It's clear to see that West was given more resources to play with for the third film. While X and Pearl were mostly one-location thrillers, MaXXXine takes place across a stunningly rendered '80s LA.

"In West's intoxicating portrait of the city, the divide between the glamour of Hollywood and its dark and twisted underbelly feels at its best, tenous and at its worst, almost non-existent.

"As well as this, the writer-director packs the cast with incredible actors, all of whom are having fun. There's also Bobby Cannavale and Michelle Monaghan's bickering detectives, Lily Collins as Maxine's sweet but self-absorbed co-star, Sophie Thatcher as a kind make-up artist on The Puritan II, and Giancarlo Esposito as Maxine's agent and ally.

"Like its predecessors, however, the star of the show is Goth. Her alternating between Maxine's brash self-confidence - she is one of the few horror protagonists who actively runs towards danger - and her moments of insecurity and vulnerability make the character so compelling and likeable.

"For about 3/4 of its runtime, MaXXXine is as good and maybe even better than X and Pearl - boasting incredible vibes, startling imagery, shocking moments of violence, and a very intriguing central mystery as to the identity of the Night Stalker.

"That said, the film's final act revelations wind up feeling surprisingly predictable. Plus, the way in which West stages the climactic sequence and its resulting fallout strains credulity, even for a slasher flick."

MaXXXine is now available to stream on Netflix in Ireland and the UK.

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