BARELY LETHAL (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Jessica Alba (Good Luck Chuck), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Thomas Mann (Project X), Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones), Dove Cameron (film debut), Toby Sebastian (After the Dark), Gabriel Basso (Super 8), Jaime King (Sin City), Rachael Harris (The Hangover), Jason Ian Drucker (Every Witch Way), Alexandra Krosney (film debut), Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury), Rob Huebel (The Descendants), Steve-O (Jackass), Finesse Mitchell (Saturday Night Live)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Kyle Newman (Fanboys), director; John D’Arco (film debut), writer; John Cheng (Horrible Bosses), Sukee Chew (My First Mister), Vanessa Coifman (Unthinkable), Ted Hartley (Beyond a Reasonable Doubt) and Brett Ratner (Hercules), producers; Mateo Messina (Juno), composer; Peter Lyons Collister (Alvin and the Chipmunks), cinematographer; Lisa Zeno Churgin (Pitch Perfect), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Megan (Steinfeld) is part of a program that trains children and teenagers to be lethal international assassins, but desires to have a normal life. On a mission to capture wanted arms dealer Victoria Knox (Alba), Megan fakes her own death and enrols in a local high school – only to find that these new environments are considerably more difficult than her other life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A teen movie with an action-oriented twist, Barely Lethal is ripe with action, comedy, and the endless complications of high school – all from the perspective of a young trained assassin.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST 2015

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