Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.
Acting
Stallone's exhausted thousand-yard stare hits harder than punches
Practical Effects
Sledgehammer fights feel brutal and weighty, not CGI-sloppy
Production
Grimy city design that actually looks lived-in, not comic-book clean
Director
Julius Avery
Javon Walton
Sam Cleary
Sylvester Stallone
Joe Smith
Dascha Polanco
Tiffany Cleary
Moisés Arias
Reza
Pilou Asbæk
Cyrus
Sophia Tatum
Sil
Martin Starr
Albert Casler
Henry G. Sanders
Arthur Holloway
Jared Odrick
Farshad
Abraham Clinkscales
Jace
Shameik Moore
Devin Holloway
Roger Payano
Pete
Frederick Williams
Chris
Dwayne Alistair Thomas
Willis
Michael Aaron Milligan
Tuna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally a spec script bought by MGM in 2014, then sat in development hell for eight years before Stallone signed on.
The film deliberately echoes 1970s 'urban decay' cinema like Death Wish and Taxi Driver — it's asking what happens when the superhero myth meets that grimy reality.
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