Aaron Eckhart fans are currently gearing up for a turbulent flight, as The Dark Knight star’s next project opens in theaters on May 1. An action-packed survival thriller from Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin, Deep Water follows a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai that, while coasting over the middle of the Pacific, enters a terrifying storm that sends everyone on board into the cold ocean below. Just when things couldn’t get worse, along come the sharks. Alongside Eckhart, the movie also stars the likes of Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3), Angus Sampson (Insidious), Lucy Barrett (Charmed), Kelly Gale (Plane), Richard Crouchley (Evil Dead Rise), and more.
In anticipation of Eckhart’s latest release, fans have been flocking to one of his lesser-spotted recent projects. Thieves Highway, a 2025 neo-Western that made very little impact upon arrival, is perhaps one of the more underrated entries in Eckhart’s impressive catalog, thanks simply to it falling so far under most radars. Directed by Jesse V. Jackson, who also worked with Eckhart on the 2024 conspiracy thriller Chief of Station, Thieves Highway also featured performances from the likes of Devon Sawa, Brooke Langton, and Lochlyn Munroe.
At the time of writing, and seemingly against the odds, Thieves Highway has risen to the very top of the Hulu movie streaming charts in the U.S., outperforming the likes of Gaten Matarazzo‘s new comedy Pizza Movie, the original The Devil Wears Prada, and Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice. A synopsis for Thieves Highway reads:
“Lawman Frank Bennett uncovers a massive smuggling operation after a deadly confrontation. Cut off from cell service and without his truck, he’s forced to take on a dangerous gang led by a deranged ex-military commander.”
A Land, legacy, and a namethat’s been feared and respected for generations.
B Knowingthe deal better than anyone else in theroom — and being willing to walk away first.
C Reputation. I’ve earned it the hard way,and everyone in theroom knows it.
D Beingthe only person both sides will talk to. That makes me indispensable — and dangerous.
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Who do you put first,no matter what?
Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
A Family — blood or chosen. Theranch,the name,the people who carry it with me.
B The company — or whoever’s signingthe cheques.Loyalty follows the contract.
C My crew.The men who stood with me when it counted — I don’t abandon them for anything.
D My community — even when my community is apowder keg and I’mthe only thing stopping it from blowing.
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Someone crosses aline.How doyou respond?
EverySheridan protagonist has aline.What matters iswhat happens after it’s crossed.
A option letter >Quietly, decisively,and in away that sends amessage toeveryone watching.
B option letter >I outmanoeuvre them legally, financially,and politically before they even know I’ve moved.
C option letter >Directly.Old school.You cross me,you hear about it toyour face —and then you deal withthe consequences.
D option letter >I absorb it,calculate the fallout,and find themovethat keeps the whole systemfrom collapsing.
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Where do you feel most in your element?
Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
A option letter >Wide open land — mountains, sky,silence.Somewhere you can see troublecoming from amile away.
B option letter >The oil fields ofWest Texas — brutal,lucative,and indifferent to whoever happens to be standingon topof them.
C option letter >A mid-size city where therules haven’t quite caught up yet— fertile ground for someonewith visionand nerve.
D option letter >A rust-belt town built around aprison— where everyone’s life is shaped by what’sinside those walls.
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How do you feel about operatingin the grey?
No one in aSheridan show has clean hands.The question is howthey carrythedirt.
A option letter>I do what has tobe done to protect what’s mine.I’ll answerforit eventually—but not today.
B option letter >Grey is justbusiness.The line moves dependingon what’sat stake,and Imove withit.
C option letter>I have acode—it’s notthe law’s code,but it’s mine,and I don’t breakit.
D option letter>I’ve made peacewith it.Keepingthepeace requires compromisesmost people don’t have thestomachfor.
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What are you actually fightingto hold onto?
EverySheridan characteris fighting awar.The real questionis what they’re defending.
<A optionletter>A wayof life thatthe modern worldis doing everythingit can to erase.
<B Myposition—andthe leverage thatcomes withbeingthe personeveryone needs tocloseadeal.
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<D Whatever fragileorder I’ve managedto build—becausewithoutit,everythingburns.
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