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 occasions resulting from numerous studio acquisitions. Samaritan has been billed as a tackle what occurs to superheroes once they’re previous their prime — utilizing a grounded strategy just 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 choosing via damaged devices in trash bins and giving them new life — his pastime. 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 useless in a fiery warehouse battle together 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 flexibility to regenerate, although it by no means explains the scars on his again from the fireplace 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 attention-grabbing, taking part in an harmless child who’s super-invested in uncovering the thriller surrounding his newfound superhero good friend — 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 imagine {that a} bunch of normal people would supply a terrific 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 identify 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 will probably be obtainable for streaming completely on Amazon Prime Video on August 26.