This week I watched Matchbox the Movie on Apple TV that premiered last week on the streaming service on October 9, 2026. It stars John Cena as Sean, Jessica Biel as Aimee, Arturo Castro as Ted, Sam Richardson as Crosby and Teyonah Parris as Charmaine as grown up versions of the kids that start at the story’s beginning. While growing up in a small town of Cartersville, Sean, Aimee, Ted, Crosby and Charmaine form a club as friends called the Matchbox club. They loved playing with all types of Matchbox cars and vehicles. This movie even tells of the fact of how the term Matchbox was coined many years prior by old man Smalley that ran a garage to fix cars and a great place for the kids to hang out after school.
Sean, as we find out early in the film, has a crush on Aimee and finds out she really loves one particular 1969 Chevy Camaro SS die cast. She also drops hints about it. Sean, as a boy, gets cold feet twice when he was trying to give her that die cast car he purchased for her. When his dad tells him they have to move, his opportunity ended. Will he ever see her again? Fast forward to an unknown point in the future. We see John Cena on screen and determine he is Sean and he is working on some kind of international mission or case. We find out soon that Sean Walker is an undercover spy and is unfortunately reunited with his childhood friends and they have to work together to save the world.
The special effects and camera work in this movie are very well done. There were a few mistakes I found at various points but it did not ruin the flow of the story and the writing for this blockbuster movie just made for Apple TV. John Cena does an excellent job leading this good cast and the surprising performances of Jessica Biel and Teyonah Parris showing woman power. Finally, the director of this movie Sam Hargrave, has a history being known as a stuntman and actor working alongside the Russo Brothers on many of their projects. I know he has directed in the past but Matchbox the Movie will stand out for me as a very good family movie with no a lot of bad language which is a very important point for this movie. This film is not a 10 out of 10 and a stand out as one of the greatest of all time, but it is really good for your collection to watch one day and maybe a few more times for things you might miss watching the first time.
My rating is a 8 out of 10. It is worth watching with a family or a date. I would say kids 12 years and up can see this Matchbox film. Sorry I did not get a review out last week but with the Hurricane in the Southeast I wanted to double up this week. Look for another over the next couple of days.
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