The first image from the thriller Cut Bank has been released online.  The pic stars Liam Hemsworth as a former high school athlete working as an auto mechanic who dreams of whisking away his pageant-hopeful girlfriend (Teresa Palmer) to the big city.  However, when Hemsworth starts making moves to get out of Cut Bank, Montana, his actions set in motion events that have deadly consequences for the community.  This image gives us a look at Hemsworth and Palmer’s characters in the gorgeous Montana location, but the film’s secrets still remain under lock and key.

Hit the jump to check out the high-resolution image.  Directed by Matt Shakman, the film also stars John Malkovich and Billy Bob Thornton.

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Here’s the official synopsis for Cut Bank:

DWAYNE MCLAREN (Liam Hemsworth, Hunger Games), a high school star athlete recently turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, MT – the coldest town in America – and whisking his pageant-hopeful girlfriend, CASSANDRA (Teresa Palmer), away to the big city. But his plan to do so sets in motion a deadly series of events and thrusts him into a police investigation headed by SHERIFF VOGEL (John Malkovich), the protector of Cut Bank and the closest thing Dwayne has to a father figure. Panic sweeps across the community in mere hours, but things are not what they seem. Cassandra’s father BIG STAN STEELEY (Billy Bob Thornton) is the only one who seems to realize this. However, the damage is already done and the events that unfold change Dwayne’s life – and the life of the town – forever.