By Any Means : Based on a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur. When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don’t.

Director : Elegance Bratton

Producer : Alex Lebovici, Chester Algernal Gordon, Elegance Bratton, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson

Screenwriter : Sascha Penn

Distributor : Paramount Pictures

Production Co : Hammerstone Studios

Rating : R (Pervasive Language|Violence/Bloody Images)

Genre : Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, History

Original Language : English

Release Date (Theaters) : Sep 4, 2026, Wide

Runtime : 1h 47m