Shelter (2026 film)

Shelter (2026 film)

Shelter is a 2026 action thriller film starring Jason Statham as a former British government assassin living in isolation off the coast of Scotland who is forced back into violent confrontation with his past while protecting a young girl from the agency determined to eliminate him. It is directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Ward Parry. The film also stars Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie, and Daniel Mays.


Shelter (2026 film)

Shelter premiered at the Cineworld Leicester Square in London on January 20, 2026, and was released in the United Kingdom and United States by Black Bear Pictures on January 30, 2026. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and became a box office bomb, grossing $49.3 million against a $50 million production budget.


Plot

Former government assassin Michael Mason lives on an island in the Outer Hebrides off the coast of Scotland with his dog. Every week, Michael receives supplies from Jessie, a young girl grieving the loss of her mother. However, Jessie grows increasingly frustrated by Michaels' lack of respect and reclusiveness, given that her mother and uncle knew Mason but didn't tell her before her mother passed away.

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