BARELY LETHAL Trailer: An Assassin Goes to High School

Trailer Movie Barely Lethal Hailee Steinfeld Samuel L. Jackson about 9 years agoby Ben Pearson

I like everyone involved with Barely Lethal, but sadly, I'm not really digging this trailer. The film is from Fanboys director Kyle Newman, and it stars True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld, Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner, Jessica Alba, and Samuel L. Jackson. Steinfeld, who was phenomenal in True Grit but hasn't had a truly great role since 2010, plays a young special ops agent who fakes her own death and enrolls in a high school so she can live a normal life. But when a video of her goes viral, her old boss (Jackson) comes after her. Throw in a rival agent (Turner), a shared enemy (Alba), and the insanity of high school, and you have...well, I'm not quite sure what to make of this trailer, but I know that it doesn't quite look like it's for me. It appears to be like a lighter mashup of Hanna and Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass, but I'm also aware that this could just be a kind of crappy trailer that might not quite capture the spirit of the movie. What do you think?