Beckett: John David Washington goes on the run in harrowing first trailer

Tenet’s John David Washington seemingly has nowhere to run within the first trailer for Netflix’s Beckett. Directed and written by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino (Antonia) and based mostly on a narrative written by Kevin A. Rice, Beckett seems like the kind of film that can go away you breathless and determined for shelter.

Per Netflix, right here is the official synopsis for this intense-looking thriller:

Whereas vacationing in Greece, American vacationer Beckett (John David Washington) turns into the goal of a manhunt after a devastating accident. Pressured to run for his life and determined to get throughout the nation to the American embassy to clear his title, tensions escalate because the authorities shut in, political unrest mounts, and Beckett falls even deeper right into a harmful net of conspiracy.

“A manhunt thriller is a road-trip film, in a approach,” Filomarino lately instructed Entertainment Weekly. “It was attention-grabbing to embrace the number of Greece’s topography, like, what can we throw at Beckett subsequent? Mountains, rivers, buses, trains… [It’s] extra of a dramatic expertise of a person who, for all intents and functions, just isn’t presupposed to be in a thriller.”

Beckett, which additionally stars Boyd Holbrook (Logan), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread), and Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), seems like it will put its essential character by way of his paces. In spite of everything, recovering from a automobile accident is daunting sufficient. When you add a authorities conspiracy, corrupt cops, and treacherous terrain to the combination, that is a recipe for overwhelming odds. In case you’re searching for extra motion after motion pictures like F9 and Black Widow, Netflix’s Beckett might be your ticket for an additional very wild trip.