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Mutiny Trailer Lands as Jason Statham’s R-Rated Cargo-Ship Thriller Sets August Release

The trailer’s 95-minute runtime, R rating, and shipboard violence signal a compact, theatrical-minded action picture from director Jean-François Richet.

Overview

  • Lionsgate released the first trailer for Mutiny on July 8, showing Jason Statham fighting through a cargo-ship setting and ramping up marketing ahead of the August release.
  • The film follows Statham’s character Cole Reed who is framed for his billionaire boss’s murder, boards a cargo ship to seek revenge, and uncovers a wider international conspiracy.
  • Jean-François Richet directs a script by Lindsay Michel and J.P. Davis with Statham producing through Punch Palace alongside Marc Butan’s MadRiver Pictures.
  • Mutiny is rated R for strong/bloody violence and language, runs 95 minutes, opens in U.S. theaters on August 21, 2026, and is slated for a subsequent UK window on Sky Cinema.
  • The project continues a recent Richet–Statham pattern of tight, isolated-location action films and aims to attract theatrical audiences who seek concise, stunt-driven genre entertainment.