Overview
- Prime Video released the first official trailer for The Runner on Thursday, July 16, and the studio confirmed the film will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on September 2, 2026.
- Gal Gadot stars as Maia Marten, a London lawyer whose son is kidnapped and who is ordered to keep moving and follow anonymous commands to secure his safety.
- The trailer makes clear one of those commands is a demand that Maia travel on foot across London to kill a client she represents, a plot beat drawn from studio synopsis and press materials.
- Coverage notes the film’s tight runtime is listed at 84 minutes, the movie was directed by Kevin Macdonald from a Mark Gibson script, and the cast includes Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot, and Alfred Enoch.
- Early reactions compared the trailer to familiar chase-and-compulsion thrillers and to the 2015 Bollywood film Jazbaa, and some coverage suggested Damian Lewis may play the mysterious caller, though that specific role is implied rather than officially confirmed.