STRAIGHT SHOT Trailer Sees Tyrese Gibson and Dolph Lundgren Take on a Skyscraper Full of Mercenaries
If you’re in the mood for a gritty, over-the-top action flick that leans hard into classic tropes, Straight Shot might be exactly what you’re looking for.
Pinnacle Peak Pictures has released the first trailer for this upcoming VOD action movie, and it’s packing everything you’d expect from a skyscraper-set shootout, plus one very strange twist involving a mysterious coffin.
Originally titled Ashland, the film throws audiences into a familiar but still entertaining setup. A bodyguard who’s seen better days is forced back into action, charging headfirst into a towering building crawling with heavily armed mercenaries.
His mission is simple. Get to the top and save his ex-fiancée. The catch is she’s being held inside some kind of experimental coffin, which raises more questions than the trailer seems interested in answering.
The film stars Tyrese Gibson, Dolph Lundgren, David A. R. White, Rachael Leigh Cook, William Forsythe, and Eve Richards.
The tagline says it all: "1 bodyguard. 50 stories. 100 mercenaries. Zero rules!" And if that doesn’t sell you on the tone, the premise doubles down: "A bodyguard past his prime fights his way into a skyscraper full of mercenaries to save his ex-fiancée trapped inside an experimental coffin."
It looks like wild and maybe a little ridiculous, but sometimes that’s part of the fun.
The movie is written and directed by Gabriel Sabloff, who’s no stranger to this kind of material, with credits that include the Revelation Road trilogy, Samson, and Beckman.
This one looks like it continues his trend of delivering straightforward, no-frills action stories aimed squarely at fans who just want to see fists flying and bullets tearing through walls.
Let’s be real, Straight Shot isn’t trying to reinvent anything. It’s leaning into its B-movie DNA with confidence. The concept might be a little out there, especially with that coffin element hanging over everything, but there’s a certain charm in how unapologetically intense and chaotic it looks.
Pinnacle Peak Pictures is set to release Straight Shot direct-to-VOD sometime in 2026.