This Eye-Opening New Elvis Movie on Netflix Is a Serious Must-Watch

We’re all quite familiar with the success story of Elvis Presley. I'm talking the 500 million plus records he sold worldwide to date, his success as a movie star throughout the 1960s and ‘70s and more. Since his death, there has even been a successful biopic that was Academy Award nominated. Many, however, are unaware of the general state of limbo Elvis's music career was in towards the latter half of the 1960s, and that is exactly what the new Netflix documentary Return of the King chronicles: his triumphant December 3, 1968 comeback special on NBC that at the time was considered a make-or-break moment in his career.

Premiering on Netflix this past week and directed by Jason Hehir (who also directed the Michael Jordan docu-series The Last Dance), the special details the “movie jail” predicament the singer was in during that point in his career, which in-turn led to a personal quest of "reclaiming his throne as the King of Rock 'n' Roll, conquering his nerves, returning to his roots and giving the performance of a lifetime."

Here are a couple of reasons you should check it out.

This documentary is well presented and definitely very interesting. My only reason for not giving it a 5-star rating is because the first hour of the doc is basically a recap of everything somebody familiar with Elvis would already know. But I suppose the first hour is beneficial for people who don’t already know this information. Either way, this is definitely an entertaining watch for the weekend.

You can stream Return of the King via Netflix.