One of the best action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

Stephen Porzio

This action comedy stars one of the best actors in the world and has a whopping 96% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 10 August) is Riders of Justice, the 2020 action comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale, Hannibal).

In the film, Mikkelsen plays Markus, a Danish soldier in Afghanistan who returns home after his wife dies in a train crash.

While struggling to look after his daughter (Andrea Heick Gadeberg), Markus is a approached by a man named Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) who was on the same train as his wife.

A statistics and probability expert, Otto determines that the crash was not an accident.

This leads Markus, Otto and two of Otto’s fellow outcast friends (Lars Brygmann and Nicolas Bro) to seek out the people that they believe responsible for the crash – a motorcycle criminal gang named the Riders of Justice.

On one level, the Danish flick is a classic vengeance movie elevated by a tough-as-nails performance by Mikkelsen and hard-hitting action scenes.

At the same time, however, it’s also a deeply emotional and surprisingly funny portrait of a group of lovable if damaged people coming together to help each other with their trauma – with the film eventually going on to, through its unpredictable plot, subvert the conventions of revenge movies.

Boasting a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, Riders of Justice is airing on TV on Saturday night/Sunday morning via Channel 4 at 1.10am and is well worth recording.

If you can’t, however, the film is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Ocean’s Eleven – Sky Showcase – 9pm

A gentleman thief (George Clooney) assembles a star-studded crew (including Brad Pitt and Matt Damon) to pull off an ambitious heist in this modern classic.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Channel 4 – 9pm

The third entry in the excellent Keanu Reeves action franchise.

Deja Vu – Film4 – 9pm

The excellent action film in which Denzel Washington attempts to prevent a terrorist attack with the help of a top-secret government time travel device.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights / Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story – Comedy Central – 9pm / 11pm

Two great spoof comedies on Comedy Central tonight.

Emma – RTÉ One – 9.45pm

The 2020 version of Jane Austen’s classic romance novel starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – RTÉ2 – 10.30pm

‘Groovy, baby!’

Rambo: First Blood Part II – ITV4 – 10.35pm

Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo in this action sequel co-written by James Cameron.

Butterfly on a Wheel – Legend – 10.50pm

After kidnapping the daughter of a couple, a man (Pierce Brosnan) forces the two (Gerard Butler and Maria Bello) to comply with a series of daunting tasks in this 2007 thriller.

The Howling – Legend Xtra – 11pm

The legendary werewolf movie made by Gremlins director Joe Dante.

Spontaneous – Film4 – 11.25pm

This romantic black comedy horror about a school where students begin literally exploding also has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Hitman – Channel 4 – 11.35pm

Timothy Olyphant headlines this action flick based on the video game franchise of the same name.

Shadow in the Cloud – BBC One – 11.40pm

Chloë Grace Moretz stars in this action horror as a World War II pilot on a top-secret mission who discovers a monstrous creature on board her aircraft mid-flight.

Clockwise – RTÉ One – 12am

An ’80s British comedy with John Cleese.

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