Samaritan, a brand new superhero film starring Sylvester Stallone, now has an official trailer. Amazon Prime Video dropped the video forward of its international launch on the platform on August 26. The movie was initially set to launch theatrically in 2020, however was delayed a number of instances attributable to varied studio acquisitions. Samaritan has been billed as a tackle what occurs to superheroes once they’re previous their prime — utilizing a grounded method much like M. Night Shayamalan’s Unbreakable trilogy of films.

Set within the fictional Granite City, rampant with crime and towering gray skyscrapers, the Samaritan trailer begins by introducing our hero. Joe Smith (Stallone), a retired superhero, spends his days selecting by means of damaged devices in trash bins and giving them new life — his interest. This calm routine of his is quickly interrupted when he comes throughout Sam Cleary (Javon Walton), a 13-year-old child, who suspects that his neighbour is actually the city legend, Samaritan.

Flashback sequences reveal that Samaritan was reported lifeless in a fiery warehouse battle along with his rival, Nemesis, 25 years in the past. Cleary’s suspicions come true when the aged Smith single-handedly rescues him from a bunch of bullies and survives a automotive crash. As far as powers go, he appears to have tremendous energy and the power to regenerate, although it by no means explains the scars on his again from the hearth incident. The Samaritan trailer has an total blandness to it, starting from the themes, the names (Joe and Sam), and Stallone’s character, which tries to re-capture the magic from Unbreakable.

Walton appears fascinating, taking part in an harmless child who’s super-invested in uncovering the thriller surrounding his newfound superhero buddy — a far cry from his position in Euphoria. “Things start to fall apart when you stop caring. And I stopped caring a long time ago,” says Stallone, whereas explaining his story to Cleary. We are then launched to the brand new villain, Cyrus, performed by Pilou Asbæk, who leads a bunch of bandits hellbent on determining the explanation for Samaritan’s lengthy absence.

The half-baked Samaritan plot expects us to consider {that a} bunch of standard people would supply an important matchup for Samaritan, who’s virtually invincible within the battle scenes proven within the Samaritan trailer. The movie relies on a graphic novel of the identical title by Marc Olivent, Renzo Podesta, and Bragi F Schut — the final of whom turned it right into a screenplay.

Julius Avery is the director on Samaritan, finest recognized for his 2014 Ewan McGregor-starrer film Son of a Gun. The movie additionally stars Martin Starr (Spider-Man: Far From Home) as Arthur, Dascha Polanco as Isabelle, Moisés Arias as Reza Smith, Natacha Karam, and Jared Odrick.

Samaritan can be accessible for streaming completely on Amazon Prime Video on August 26.