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Pretty Lethal (2026)

Pretty Lethal poster
Directed by
Vicky Jewson
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 439 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A ballet troupe's bus breaks down on the way to a competition. They have to use their dance training to defend themselves against armed attackers.

tenseaction-packedsurvivalathleticdarkly comicfast-pacedsuspensefulvisceral

What happens

Pretty Lethal is a 2026 action thriller film directed by Vicky Jewson and written by Kate Freund. The film stars Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika, Maddie Ziegler, and Uma Thurman. In this film, a dysfunctional ballet troupe is forced to take shelter when their bus breaks down en route to a prestigious competition and must use their training to fight back when a gang of armed men target them. The premiered at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 13, 2026, and was released worldwide by Amazon Prime Video on March 25. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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