The production companies Roadside Attractions and Lonisgate released the official trailer for the new action film “Retribution” starring the famous actor Liam Neeson.

It is a gripping thriller based on the 2015 Spanish film ‘El Desconocido’. The direction is signed by the Hungarian-American director Nimród Antal from a script by Andrew Baldwin, Christopher Salmanpour and Ward Parry.

“When a stranger calls for a bomb in his car, successful businessman Matt Turner (Neeson) then embarks on a large pursuit in the city where he lives, to complete a series of missions. With his children trapped in the back seat and a bomb that will explode if they get out of the car, a normal ride turns into a game of life and death as Matt follows the stranger’s increasingly dangerous instructions in a race against time to to save his family.”

Starring, among others, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion, Embeth Davidtz and Matthew Modine.

According to Deadline, Retribution will open in theaters on August 25.