‘Beirut’ Trailer: Jon Hamm Tries To Save A Life
Jon HammandRosamund Pike, two talented actors who deserve a lot more work, star inBeirut, a new drama fromSession 9directorBrad Anderson. The firstBeiruttrailer offers a pulse-pounding look at the film.
Jon Hamm delivered a consistently fantastic performance for years onMad Men, and Rosamund Pike performed jaw-dropping work inGone Girl, yet neither of these actors seem to have quite as big a career as they deserve. Now, Hamm and Pike are together inBeirut, a new thriller from Brad Anderson, the filmmaker behindSession 9andThe Machinist. The script comes courtesy of Tony Gilroy, who also wrote theBournetrilogy andMichael Clayton. The firstBeiruttrailer can be seen below.
Beirut trailer
This is a fairly intense trailer. It’s also a bit…muddled? There’s a lot of information here, to the point where entire plotlines are literally being spelled out in words across the screen (THE AMERICANS WANT TO KEEP THEIR SECRETS, THE ISRAELIS WANT TO RAISE THE STAKES!). That said, Anderson is an impressive filmmaker –Session 9remains one of my all-time favorite horror movies, althoughBeirutlooks very far removed from that. In the film, which is set in the 1980s, Hamm plays a former diplomat still grieving the death of his family. He gets called back into action to help rescue a former colleague. Pike plays an undercover CIA agent, who, from the looks of this trailer, spends a good portion of the movie lounging around, saying droll things and shooting cutting glances at people.
Beirutwas originally announced back in 2015, when it was known by the titleHigh Wire Act. The film began shooting in 2016, which might raise an eyebrow or two – usually when a movie takes this long to find its way to the screen, there are some issues. Or I could just be reading too much into things, andBeirutcould turn out to be a top-notch political thriller. We shall see!
In addition to Hamm and Pike,Beirutalso starsDean Norris,Shea Whigham,Larry Pine, andMark Pellegrino. Here’s the official synopsis:
A U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by CIA operatives (Rosamund Pike) to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
Beirutwill premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival this month before being released in theaters onApril 13, 2018.
