Watch: 'Lift' trailer: Gugu Mbatha-Raw asks Kevin Hart to steal $500M in gold mid-flight

Kevin Hart's new action-comedy "Lift" is set to premiere on Netflix on Jan. 12. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Kevin Hart's new action-comedy "Lift" is set to premiere on Netflix on Jan. 12. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
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Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays a government agent who forces a group of highly skilled thieves to steal $500 million in gold from a plane mid-flight in the trailer for the upcoming Netflix movie, Lift.

Set to premiere on Jan. 12, the action-comedy was directed and produced by F. Gary Gray whose credits include The Italian Job and The Fate of the Furious.

"If we don't do this, we go to jail," lead thief Kevin Hart tells his crew in a 2 1/2-minute trailer released Sunday.

"Plus, it's about saving lives," Mbatha-Raw adds, referring to how they will be keeping the money out of the hands of international terrorists.

The comment prompts the criminals to grouse about being the victims of emotional blackmail.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw arrives on the red carpet at the "Motherless Brooklyn" premiere during the 57th New York Film Festival in 2019. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Gugu Mbatha-Raw arrives on the red carpet at the "Motherless Brooklyn" premiere during the 57th New York Film Festival in 2019. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

The cast also includes Vincent D'Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, Sam Worthington, Viveik Kalra, Yun Jee Kim, Burn Gorman and Paul Anderson.

Vincent D'Onofrio arrives on the carpet the 2016 NBCUNIVERSAL Upfront at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Vincent D'Onofrio arrives on the carpet the 2016 NBCUNIVERSAL Upfront at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI