Prime Video has just released the first trailer for Samaritan, an upcoming film starring Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone as a retired superhero. The film also stars Euphoria’s Javon Walton as a thirteen-year-old boy trying to convince the titular Samaritan to go back to fighting crime.
The trailer takes us to the fictional Granite City, a megalopolis filled with skyscrapers, cars, and crime. Working as a garbageman in Granite City, Joe Smith (Stallone) spends his days retrieving precious objects from the trash bins and giving them a new life, a hobby that helps him pass the time. It’s a simple and honest life that soon gets interrupted when Joe crosses paths with Sam (Walton). One day, when bullies are beating up Sam, Joe intervenes, pushing the attackers away with what looks like superhuman strength. After his fateful encounter with Joe, Sam is convinced that the garbageman is actually Samaritan, a superhero everyone thinks died in a fire 25 years ago.
At first, Joe tries to deny it. However, as the trailer shows us, Sam sticks around long enough to witness amazing feats, like Joe surviving a hit-and-run almost unscathed. After that, Sam takes for himself the task of convincing Samaritan to wear his uniform once more, especially when the city is drowning in crime. The timing is perfect, as the trailer also gives us a glimpse of Pilou Asbæk playing a new crime lord determined to burn Granite City to the ground.
Samaritan is directed by Julius Avery from a script by Bragi F. Schut and produced by Stallone's production company Balboa Productions. This is the second major film produced by the company after the divisive 2019's Rambo: Last Blood. Samaritan also stars Dascha Polanco and Moises Arias.
Samaritan is coming to Prime Video this August 26. Check out the film’s trailer and synopsis below:
Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith (Sylvester 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.