In Red Reptile (2026), a disgraced federal marshal Cole Hart (John Cena) is dragged back into the swampy underbelly of a Gulf Coast city when a string of cartel executions leaves the same calling card: a crimson reptile carved into the victims’ skin.
The only person who seems to understand the symbol is brilliant, morally opaque defense attorney Evelyn Marrow (Angelina Jolie), whose dead clients all carried the same brand. As a new drug war erupts, Cole must decide if Evelyn is the cartel’s queen, their prisoner… or the one trying to burn them down from the inside.
Quick, razor‑sharp cuts flash across the “trailer”: neon reflected in rain‑slick streets; a body hanging under a freeway overpass, the red reptile sprayed on concrete; Cena smashing through a motel door with a shotgun; Jolie gliding through a courthouse hallway as gang members avert their eyes; a chase through flooded alleys, headlights slicing fog; a tattoo needle buzzing over a trembling informant’s back.
In the final, chilling shot, Cole steps into an abandoned reptile house at a shuttered zoo, tanks shattered, as dozens of red reptile symbols glow on the glass around him—Evelyn’s voice whispering, “Now you see all of me,” before the screen slams to black. Early buzz calls it a slick, venom‑laced 9/10 neo‑noir thriller packed with sweat, secrets, and slow‑burn tension.