Sylvester Stallone stars as a retired superhero living a simple, uncomplicated life hauling garbage when a neighborhood kid figures out his secret identity in MGM and Prime Video’s Samaritan. The just-released trailer shows Stallone being pulled back into action to save his new friend – and the neighborhood – even though he’s been out of the game for 25 years.
In addition to three-time Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone, the PG-13 action thriller stars Javon “Wanna” Walton (Euphoria), Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black), and Moises Arias (The King of Staten Island).
Son of a Gun‘s Julius Avery directs from a screenplay by Bragi F. Schut. Stallone and Braden Aftergood produce, with Schut, David Kern, Adam Rosenberg, and Guy Riedel executive producing.
Samaritan premieres on Prime Video on August 26, 2022.
The Plot: Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Walton) suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith (Stallone) is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty-five years ago, Granite City’s super-powered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most believe Samaritan perished in the fire, but some in the city, like Sam, have hope that he is still alive.
With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.
