The Wildly Violent ‘Onslaught’ Trailer Suggests Adam Wingard Has Made His Own ‘Terminator 2’
The first trailer for Onslaught is here, delivering explosive action, brutal violence, and hints that Adam Wingard has made his very own Terminator 2.
In the film, when a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers breaks loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper (Andor‘s Adria Arjona) must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.
The film is directed by Adam Wingard and co-written by Simon Barrett, the duo I worked with on both A Horrible Way to Die and the first two V/H/S films. Since those early days, the pair have gone on to deliver genre favorites like You’re Next and The Guest, while Wingard himself later made the jump to massive studio productions, including Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
As for the trailer itself, the title appears to be pretty accurate. The footage is an absolute onslaught of action, violence, and outright ultraviolence. It feels very much in line with the kind of crowd-pleasing mayhem that made Adam Wingard‘s The Guest such a fan favorite, only cranked up to an even bigger scale. The trailer barely pauses for breath, unleashing a barrage of gunfights, explosions, hand-to-hand combat, and bone-crunching brutality. It’s a white-knuckle rush packed with guns blazing in every direction and one insane action beat after another. If anything, it looks like Adam Wingard’s very own Terminator 2.
The cast is stacked with familiar genre faces. Adria Arjona (Hit Man, Blink Twice) stars as the film’s lead. She’s joined by Dan Stevens (The Guest, Cuckoo, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), Michael Biehn (Aliens, The Terminator), Rebecca Hall (The Night House, Godzilla vs. Kong), Drew Starkey (Queer), Eric Wareheim (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard), and UFC champion Alex Pereira, who reportedly plays a villain known as The Butcher.
The various killing machines – described as the human equivalent of a heat-seeking missile – all appear to have their own unique characteristics, which gives the film a sort of slasher appeal.
Onslaught is slated to hit theaters on September 4, 2026.
