Violent American Assassin trailer kicks serious butt

The first trailer is out for action thriller American Assassin and it's packed with stabbing, shooting and mayhem.

Adapted from the Vince Flynn novels, the film follows a man who becomes obsessed with killing terrorists after the murder of the woman he loves, leading him into a life as a CIA super soldier.

The re-emergence of a rogue agent sees the heroes caught up in a race to stop a nuclear bomb detonating and World War III kicking off. To save the world, they'll have to kill heaps of bad guys - very graphically, by the looks - and a helicopter crashes into a battleship, too.

American Assassin stars Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch, Scott Adkins, Sanaa Lathan and David Suchet.

It's set for release in North America and the UK on September 15. A New Zealand release date has not yet been announced.

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