By any action aficionado’s standards, stuntman-turned-director David Leitch’s filmography is pretty impressive. Producer of John Wick, director of Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and veritable actionpalooza The Fall Guy, and one of the reasons we’re finally getting a Stunt Oscar, when it comes to cinematic ass-kicking the man kicks ass. And his latest movie, Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz led cat-and-mouse heist thriller How To Rob A Bank, looks like another balls-to-the-wall cinematic adrenaline rush. Check out the trailer below;
Nicholas Hoult in a wolf mask? Check! Zoë Kravitz and John C. Reilly teaming up to take on Hoult and his gang of viral crooks? Check! Bank job POV shots, two-footed dropkicks, and a primo slice of anti-capitalist sentiment? Check, check, and triple-check! Yeah, we’re thinkin’ Leitch is back. And honestly, if this first trailer for How To Rob A Bank is anything to go by, with its acerbic wit, kinetic action, and palpable tension as ‘what if Robin Hood was a content creator in a furry outfit?’ Hoult and co gear up for their biggest job yet, then we could be in for a real treat.
The official synopsis for How To Rob A Bank — which also stars Anna Sawai, Rhenzy Feliz, Christian Slater, and Pete Davidson — reads: “A crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs – and their most ambitious heist yet.”
We won’t know whether the cops or the robbers will out until How To Rob A Bank hits cinemas on 4 September, but David Leitch has already scored big: we’re more than ready to shut up and let him take our money with this one.
