Jake Gyllenhaal’s Grittiest Netflix Thriller Yet Channels Collateral and Sicario
Netflix has snapped up Kill Switch, an action thriller led by Jake Gyllenhaal and penned by Head of State writer Harrison Query, promising gritty Collateral-meets-Sicario energy.
Jake Gyllenhaal just added another bruiser to his schedule. Netflix has scooped up an original action thriller called 'Kill Switch', with Gyllenhaal set to star. If you want a quick vibe check, this is the kind of movie that lives in the same neighborhood as two modern classics.
"Think 'Collateral' meets 'Sicario'."
So what is 'Kill Switch' exactly?
Plot details are totally locked down right now - characters, setup, the whole thing. What we do know: it comes from writer Harrison Query, the guy behind 'Head of State', and Netflix now holds the rights. The comparison points are strong ones too - 'Collateral' and 'Sicario' are both Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, which sets a pretty high bar for mood and tension.
Who is making it
- Producers: Matt Reeves - yes, the 'The Batman' director - and Lynn Harris via their 6th & Idaho banner
- Producers: Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh McLauglin for Nine Stories
- Producer: Scott Glassgold for 12:01 Films
- Executive producer: Harrison Query
The Gyllenhaal-Query connection
This is not a first-time handshake. Gyllenhaal and Query are already teamed on 'Code Black' at Amazon MGM Studios, a political thriller based on Query's own short story. 'Kill Switch' keeps that collaboration rolling, just with a different studio footing the bill.
What Harrison Query is up to besides this
Query has been busy stocking Netflix's pipeline: he is developing 'Trigger Point', an A24-produced TV series for Netflix that got a straight-to-series order last November 2025. He also sold the spec script 'The Operator' to Netflix, with Mark Wahlberg attached to star.
Where you will see Gyllenhaal before this
Before 'Kill Switch' gets cameras rolling, Gyllenhaal pops up in 'The Bride!' - Maggie Gyllenhaal's gothic crime movie - arriving March 6. Later this year he is in Guy Ritchie's action thriller 'In the Grey' and M. Night Shyamalan's supernatural thriller 'Remain'. And yes, he is heading back to the octagon as Elwood Dalton in Amazon MGM Studios' 'Road House 2'.
Bottom line: a secretive thriller with a killer pedigree, a director-producer in Matt Reeves who knows shadowy tension, and Gyllenhaal in a lane he tends to own. I am curious where this lands on the spectrum between 'hit man in a car all night' and 'government op goes very sideways' - because either way, that mix can be wicked fun when it is done right.