The Pickup

Name: The Pickup
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: August 6, 2025
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 38

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Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): August 6, 2025 | R

Summary: In the action-comedy The Pickup, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duoIn the action-comedy The Pickup, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse. … Expand

Genre(s): Action, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 94 min

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Lovia Gyarkye

Aug 4, 2025

The film boasts a strong comic cast with Murphy, Davidson and Palmer at the lead. Their chemistry is naturally compelling, which helps us buy into their increasingly ridiculous situation. Read full review

Looper Alistair Ryder

Aug 4, 2025

The vastly overqualified cast stubbornly refuses to phone it in, with their high-wattage charisma acting as the ultimate special effect; their banter is entertaining enough to help distract from just how cheap everything else onscreen looks. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Aug 6, 2025

Many of its 94 minutes are occupied with well-mounted car chases, stunts and gunfights, obviating the need for character development, past the traditional foes-become-friends dynamic. But the cast does not treat the material with contempt, and though no one is stretching any harder than a house cat waking from a nap, they’re pros and pretend not to notice when the film gets ridiculous or runs into a plot hole. You’ll possibly notice, but may not mind. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Aug 6, 2025

Even as they find themselves running out of things to do, each actor hangs on to his or her charisma and manages to land a line every now and then. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 11, 2025

The Pickup never amounts to much more than a take-it-or-leave-it action comedy. Read full review

Matt Goldberg

Aug 4, 2025

A feeling of sparseness permeates Tim Story’s new action-comedy The Pickup. You see it in the small cast, the desolate settings, and the meager production values. If this movie were a western, then these elements might play to the film’s favor. But as an action-comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, it all reeks of overbearing cheapness to where we’re left to wonder why anyone would bother. Read full review

The Guardian Andrew Lawrence

Aug 5, 2025

It takes work to make Murphy entirely unfunny, and this film manages the job one-handed. Read full review

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