3 Years Later, Mark Wahlberg's Suburban Action Film Is Still Dominating Streaming

Secret assassins, suburban family life, and a disastrous road trip make for an easy action-comedy watch Mark Wahlberg has spent most of his career bouncing between two very different versions of himself. On one side, there’s the hard-edged action star from movies like Shooter, Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, and the Transformers franchise — the guy you call when something needs to explode, someone needs to be rescued, or a military operation has gone very wrong. Then there’s the looser, funnier Wahlberg from The Other Guys, Ted, and Daddy’s Home, where that same tough-guy persona becomes part of the joke. One movie from a few years ago sits almost perfectly in the middle of those two modes, combining suburban family comedy with car chases and assassins. That movie is The Family Plan, the 2023 Apple TV action-comedy starring Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan. Nearly three years after its original release, the movie is back near the top of Apple TV’s charts, currently sitting at No. 4, according to FlixPatrol. Wahlberg stars as Dan Morgan, a mild-mannered car salesman living a quiet suburban life with his wife Jessica, played by Michelle Monaghan, and their three kids. He also used to