Everyone’s favorite aged action hero, Liam Neeson, is back in action in the first trailer for this long-awaited sequel. The follow-up finds the Taken star taking the lead once again as he gets back into the driver’s seat and takes down a plethora of gun-toting baddies in the fiercely cool first footage from Ice Road: Vengeance. You can check out the newly released trailer below.
Picking up after the events of The Ice Road, which was released back in 2021, Ice Road: Vengeance sees director Jonathan Hensleigh once again take the helm as he brings Neeson’s intrepid truck driver Mike McCann back for more action thrills. Hensleigh is no stranger to the genre, having also directed the likes of The Punisher, Welcome to the Jungle, and Kill the Irishman, as well as writing the likes of Die Hard with a Vengeance and Armageddon.
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Once again led by Liam Neeson, with the rest of the cast comprised of Fan Bingbing and Marcus Thomas, Ice Road: Vengeance is due to be released in select theaters in the U.S. on June 27 before hitting VOD on July 1. In the meantime, you can check out the trailer and official synopsis for the action movie below.
“On the road to Mt. Everest, big rig driver Mike McCann (Liam Neeson) takes on ruthless mercenaries to protect a busload of tourists and save a village on the brink of destruction.”
‘Ice Road: Vengeance’ Makes Liam Neeson More of a Classic Action Hero Than the First Trip
Released by Netflix, the first The Ice Road finds Liam Neeson setting off with a team of truck drivers on a dangerous mission over frozen lakes and winter roads to help rescue workers trapped in a collapsed mine. The movie was largely panned by both critics and audiences alike, with the sequel seemingly leaning far more into the Non-Stop star’s action hero reputation by putting in the role of protector and pitting him against a band of “ruthless mercenaries” rather than the dangers of the road.
While the 72-year-old actor continues to threaten his imminent retirement from the action genre, Liam Neeson has several explosive projects currently in the pipeline, including Cold Storage, the action flick Hotel Tehran alongside Zachary Levi, the heist movie 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, and The Mongoose, which will follow Neeson as Ryan “Fang” Flanagan, a war hero who, after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit and with nothing to lose, leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase.
Next up is the Neeson-led remake of the comedy classic The Naked Gun. Acting as a parody of both cop movies and Neeson’s own action flicks, the reboot/legacy sequel is directed by Akiva Schaffer and based on an original story written by Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane. The movie sees Neeson take over the franchise from the late, great Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin Jr., with the rest of the cast comprised of Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, CCH Pounder, and Busta Rhymes. The Naked Gun is scheduled to be released on August 1, 2025, by Paramount Pictures.
Release Date
June 27, 2025
Director
Jonathan Hensleigh
Writers
Jonathan Hensleigh
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