Mutiny movie poster
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GenreAction, Crime & Thriller
RatedR
Runtime1 hr 35 mins
ReleasedAugust 21, 2026
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorJean-François Richet
StarringJason Statham, Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller

Mutiny (2026)

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Mutiny's Details
GenreAction, Crime & Thriller
RatedR
Released08/21/2026
StreamingSee Where to Watch on this page.
Running Time1 hr 35 mins
Budget$40M (reported)
Box OfficeUpdated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below.
CountryUnited Kingdom, United States
LanguageEnglish
Mutiny's Interests
GeneralCargo ships, shipping containers, borrowed identities, Bangkok nights, bodyguard shifts, rough seas.
MusicMarcus Trumpp
MoviesUnder Siege (1992). Another one-man army stuck on a boat.
TelevisionDeadliest Catch, except the crabs are the least of anyone's problems.
HeroesAngie Ellis. Shows up for a work trip, ends up in a Statham movie.
Mutiny's Crew
DirectorJean-François Richet
WritersLindsay Michel, J. P. Davis
ProducersMarc Butan, Jason Statham
CinematographyBrendan Galvin
MusicMarcus Trumpp
Edited ByDavid Rosenbloom, Joe Rosenbloom
ProductionMadRiver Pictures, Punch Palace Productions
Distributed ByLionsgate (United States), Sky Cinema (United Kingdom; through StudioCanal)
Mutiny's Trailer
Official Trailer • Lionsgate Movies
How Mutiny Performed
movie guru's TLDR

A cargo ship is a terrible place to hide Jason Statham, and Mutiny spends 95 minutes proving it. Cole Reed, a bodyguard framed for his billionaire boss’s murder in Bangkok, borrows a dead hit man’s identity to sneak aboard the Artemis, and the plot from there is a knot of shipping company schemes, a shaky heir and a buyout nobody in the audience cares about. The tone is unrelentingly grim, and the story twists itself up so much you’ll stop tracking who works for whom. The fights, though, are crunchy and close, which is Statham’s whole job, and he does it like a craftsman punching a time clock. A showdown with the ship’s captain involving a harpoon gun is the highlight. Annabelle Wallis plays Angie, a company employee who helps him uncover the hostages hidden on board. Critics gave it 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. A 4.3 because the punches land and the story sinks. $20.85 says you spot a cargo ship this year and squint at it like Statham might climb out of a container any second.

What works: The close-quarters fights are brutal and well staged, and Statham remains a total pro at making every punch look like it hurts.

What doesn’t: The corporate conspiracy plot is convoluted and the tone is so grim from start to finish that the fun drains right out.

Who it’s for: Statham completists who want ninety-five minutes of shipboard brawling and don’t need the plot to make sense.

Spoilers

Angie tells the arriving Navy ship that Reed died and went overboard, which lets him vanish. He heads back to Thailand, confronts Tibu’s son Kameron at the funeral, and tracks down Jaran Daniles, the rival who ordered the hit, for a final reckoning.

Guru’s Take
4.3/10
Below Average
Mutiny's Blurbs
About me:

Cole Reed (Jason Statham) used to be a cop and a commando. Now he is the bodyguard for Tibu Campallo (Ramon Tikaram), a shipping billionaire in Bangkok. One night the two get ambushed, Tibu does not make it, and Reed is framed for it. His friend Taran (Jason Wong) hears the hit men are boarding one of the company's cargo ships, the Artemis, so Reed takes one of their identities and gets on too. Out at sea he crosses paths with Angie Ellis (Annabelle Wallis) and the ship's captain, Marko Madsen (Roland Møller). Jean-François Richet directs. Ninety-five minutes, one long boat ride.

Who I'd like to meet:

Anyone who gets seasick just watching. Statham does not.

Mutiny's Cast (in credits order)
Jason StathamCole Reed
Annabelle WallisAngie Ellis
Jason WongTaran
Roland MøllerCaptain Marko Madsen
Arnas FedaraviciusMateo Pineda
Adrian LesterCaptain Adam Spencer
Ramon TikaramTibu Campallo
Chaneil KularKameron Campallo
Simon KluthJaran Daniles
Full cast and crew on IMDb.
Mutiny's Edit History
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  • (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $30.5M; Domestic box office $15.8M; Opening weekend $7.7M; Profit / loss (est.) -$44.7M; Rotten Tomatoes 50%; CinemaScore B+; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 50% (125 reviews); Metacritic 52 / 100; CinemaScore B+; IMDb users 5.7 / 10 (24,084 votes); movie.guru score 3.7.
  • (cur | prev) 12:00, 18 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.