Riveting Trailer For Crime Thriller BY ANY MEANS Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Mark Wahlberg
A trailer has been released for the crime thriller By Any Means, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as an FBI agent in 1966 Mississippi, and Mark Wahlberg as a mafia fixer named Greg Scarpa, with Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas, LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn and Giancarlo Esposito.
The movie is directed by Elegance Bratton (Pier Kids, Buck, The Inspection, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House) from a screenplay by Sascha Penn (Creed II, 1992, Power Book III: Raising Kanan).
The film’s synopsis reads: “Based on a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders.
“Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur. When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don't.”
The film is based on a true story, and it looks like it’s going to be a fascinating snapshot of that awful time in American history.
Check out the trailer below, and watch By Any Means in theatres everywhere on September 4th.