Jason Statham's Mutiny trailer promises a rewatchable thriller masterpiece

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Published Apr 9, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT

Mutiny is my bounty this summer

Jason Statham holding an automatic weapon in Mutiny

A vigilante crime fighter righting wrongs and punching guys in their noses all while wearing a big coat? Yup, Jason Statham has a new movie.

This August, Statham returns to theaters in Mutiny, a spiritual sequel to Transporter, The Mechanic, The Beekeeper, A Working Man, and this past January's Shelter and every other movie where Statham plays a martial-arts-trained black-ops type who goes rogue for the right reasons. Bless this 58-year-old man for treating melodramatic vengeance and roundhouse kicks as an occupation not a highfalutin art.

The first trailer for Mutiny is out and emphasizing what we need to know: Some goons are trying to human traffic women and children and Statham’s ex-cop-ish guy is gonna stomp them out for doing so. The scope looks a little bigger than a typical Statham vehicle — not quite The Meg, but he does crawl up the side of a boat at one point. I yelped when he used a shipping container lock to tear someone’s cheek open. That’s cinema.

Mutiny comes from Jean-François Richet, who previously directed Plane with Gerard Butler. Complete missed opportunity not to call this movie Boat, but what can you do? With the trailer, Lionsgate announced that Mutiny would run a cool 95 minutes, which is absolutely something a studio should tout to get me more excited for a movie like Mutiny.

Mutiny hits theaters on Aug. 21, and thanks to Lionsgate’s new deal with Prime Video, will eventually be replayed 8 billion times on streaming thereafter. Then The Beekeeper 2 arrives in January. Never quit, Statham.