Chris Pine and Ben Foster Are Texas Outlaws on the Run in 'Hell or High Water' Trailer

Bank-robbing outlaws on the run are nothing new on the big screen, but that doesn’t mean it still can’t be an exciting setup. Take the crime thriller Hell or High Water, which has a new trailer (watch it above) to precede its Aug. 12 release.

Helmed by David Mackenzie — the British director responsible for 2013’s bracing prison drama Starred Up starring Money Monster’s Jack O’Connell and Ben Mendelsohn — the eagerly anticipated film focuses on two Texas brothers, played by Chris Pine and Ben Foster, who go on a robbery spree to fight back against predatory big banks planning to foreclose on their West Texas ranch. That illicit odyssey naturally attracts the attention of the Texas Rangers, and in particular the officer played by Jeff Bridges, who sets about trying to bring them to justice.

While it may all sound familiar, Hell or High Water’s script (by Sicario writer Taylor Sheridan) was the winner of 2012’s “Black List” survey of Hollywood’s best unproduced screenplays. When it premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman called it “a thrillingly good movie — a crackerjack drama of crime, fear, and brotherly love set in a sun-roasted, deceptively sleepy West Texas that feels completely exotic for being so authentic.”