If The Raid and The Raid 2 hadn’t already tipped you off, you don’t want to get into a fight with Iko Uwais. And you definitely wouldn’t want to cross him in Peter Berg’s Mile 22, which sees the ultra-punchy action star in the protective custody of Mark Wahlberg. Mile 22’s first trailer is here, and there are no Eminem battle raps here (though there is a Jay-Z song on the trailer) — just 22 miles of dangerous terrain across which Wahlberg’s operative and his team have to escort Uwais.
Berg is no stranger to gritty action, having directed the likes of The Kingdom, Lone Survivor and Patriots Day, and this red band trailer shows that he’s back in visceral territory — from Uwais’ violent hospital beat-‘em-up, to Wahlberg’s sharp-shooting antics. As well as those two, the cast boasts the likes of Ronda Rousey, The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan, and John Malkovich with a creepy goatee.
The film will pummel its way into UK cinemas on 10 August — and you can read more about it in the new Summer Movie Blowout issue of Empire which hits newsstands on Thursday 17 May.
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