by Alex Billington
July 16, 2026
Source: YouTube
“You’ve been running from your past…” Prime Video has revealed the first official trailer for an intense new thriller titled The Runner, arriving for streaming only on Prime Video in September coming up. Not to be confused with the other action movie coming up soon titled just Runner – these two are entirely different. From director Kevin Macdonald, The Runner is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller that plays out across London’s bustling labyrinth of streets and underground tunnels. Threatened by an anonymous source who has kidnapped her son, Maia (Gal Gadot), a high-powered lawyer, must go on foot running around London to satisfy a client she represents to save her son. The film strips a prominent corporate attorney down to her rawest instincts as the maternal drive to save her son takes over – this features a relentless pace and high-octane rescue mission. The movie stars Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot, and Alfred Enoch. Reminds me of Die Hard with a Vengeance going around a city in a cat & mouse game. But with a few extra modern twists in it. Even with Gal Gadot, this doesn’t look half bad – might be worth a watch. Take a look.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Kevin Macdonald’s film The Runner, direct from YouTube:
In the pulse-pounding thriller The Runner, Maia Marten (Gal Gadot) has built her life on being one step ahead — a sharp, resourceful, high-powered lawyer at the top of London’s legal world. During her routine morning run, a single phone call shatters her world: her son has been taken. The instructions to get him back are simple & merciless — keep moving, follow every command, and tell no one. Stop, and he dies. Forced to sprint through the city & obey a series of sinister commands, Maia must confront the question: how far will she go to bring her son home? Set against the backdrop of London’s hyper-connected streets, The Runner is a visceral, high-stakes race where every second counts, every choice carries a price, and a mother’s unstoppable love becomes the most dangerous weapon of all. The Runner is directed by Scottish filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, of the doc films Chaplin’s Goliath, One Day in September, A Brief History of Errol Morris, Touching the Void, My Enemy’s Enemy, Christmas in a Day, Sky Ladder, Whitney, Return to Podor, and features The Last King of Scotland, State of Play, The Eagle, How I Live Now, Black Sea, The Mauritanian. The screenplay is written by Mark Gibson. Produced by David Kosse. Amazon MGM Studios debuts The Runner streaming on Prime Video starting September 2nd, 2026 this summer. Who’s down?
