Two films that failed to find audiences when they were first released are getting another shot this summer. Mel Gibson's crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete and Liam Neeson's psychological horror film After.Life will both be available to stream for free on Plex in July 2026.
According to Collider, Dragged Across Concrete arrived in 2019 from director S. Craig Zahler, who also made Brawl in Cell Block 99. Gibson plays Detective Brett Ridgeman, a cop who descends into the criminal underworld alongside his partner Detective Anthony Lurasetti, played by Vince Vaughn, after both are suspended for assaulting a suspect on video. The film runs 159 minutes and earned Gibson a Best Actor nomination at the Saturn Awards following its premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
The film's theatrical release was limited, earning less than $1 million at the box office. It performed better on VOD, where it made more than $1.5 million. Critical reception was stronger than its commercial performance suggested, and the film has found a growing audience in the years since its release.
Gibson's profile has remained active. The Passion of the Christ, which he co-produced and directed, earned over $612 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing Christian film of all time. A sequel, The Resurrection of the Christ, is now confirmed and set to arrive in two parts, released almost two months apart.
Neeson's After.Life has a different story. Directed by Agnieszka Wójtowicz-Vosloo, the film came out in 2009 and starred Neeson alongside Christina Ricci, who later became known for her work in Wednesday and Yellowjackets. The psychological horror-thriller holds a 24% average score on Rotten Tomatoes and failed to recover its $4.5 million budget, earning just $2.4 million worldwide, with most of that coming from overseas markets.
In the United States, the film's limited release was overshadowed by Clash of the Titans and the original How to Train Your Dragon, both of which opened around the same time. Neeson had called director Wójtowicz-Vosloo someone who "reminds me a little of Kathryn Bigelow."
Neeson has stayed busy since. Earlier in 2026, he appeared in an adaptation of David Koepp's 2019 novel Cold Storage, starring alongside Stranger Things actor Joe Keery. One reviewer wrote that the film was "silly, fun, and gross in the best possible way." Neeson previously earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Schindler's List and starred in the action film Taken.
After.Life will be available on Plex starting July 1. A start date for Dragged Across Concrete on the platform has not been specified beyond July 2026.
