Wesley Snipes recently returned to screens in his iconic role as vampire Daywalker Blade, and fans of the actor have now latched onto one of his panned 90s movies, the political thriller, Murder at 1600. Having joined the Tubi library earlier this month, the film has jumped into the free streamer’s Top 10, and seems to be holding steady there despite the lack of love shown to it on its original release in 1997.

Directed by Dwight H. Little and starring Snipes and Diane Lane, Murder at 1600 tells the story of a tense and deadly investigation that begins with a murder inside the White House. Detective Harlan Regis (Snipes) is thrown into a battle against a corrupt government, and a shadowy conspiracy that could reach all the way to the top of the political power tree. Like many action movies of the decade, the film leans into several familiar tropes and twists,...