Netflix on Tuesday dropped the latest trailer of Brad Peyton’s upcoming sci-fi action thriller Atlas in which Jennifer Lopez plays a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst who faces off against a renegade robot played by Simu Liu.
Portraying a world ruled by artificial intelligence, the two-minute-48-second-long trailer focuses on Lopez’s Atlas Shepherd who has spent years pursuing a renegade robot known as Harlan (Liu). Explosions, widespread destruction, collapsing structures with bullets flying in all directions fill the screen in subsequent scenes before it is revealed that the only way to defeat Harlan is to send Atlas on a mission.
We see Lopez grappling with robotic adversaries while battling fierce winds and raging fires on a hostile snow-covered planet. Deep down, Atlas harbours a disdain for artificial technology and refuses to trust Smith, a computer programme. However, faced with Harlan's imminent threat to humanity, Atlas must ultimately rely on Smith to navigate the perilous situation.
The trailer ends with gripping action sequences that reach a climax with Lopez's robot unleashing havoc upon Harlan's forces, setting the stage for an intense confrontation.
Lopez, who is also one of the producers of the film, shared the trailer on Instagram. “Coming this Memorial Day Weekend… ATLAS is on @Netflix on May 24,” she wrote in the caption, triggering excitement among her fans on social media.
Apart from Lopez and Liu, the film also stars Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong in key roles.
Atlas is slated to premiere on Netflix on May 24.
