Mark Rylance Versus Chicago Gangsters In The Outfit UK Trailer

Universal Pictures have sent out the UK Trailer for gangster thriller The Outfit, as Mark Rylance takes on his loyal customers…The Mob!

The film marks the directorial feature debut for The Imitation Game scribe Graham Moore. Rylance stars in the lead role, once again proving he is one of film and Stage top actors. He is no stranger to the game of wit, when he brilliantly outwitted Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg‘s Bridge Of Spies.

In this one he moves from Cold War 1960’s USA to the windy city of Chicago. Described as a gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor Leonard (Rylance) who made his name in London’s Saville Row. He’s fitted the best , but now he must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.

This one looks like it may have a few surprises up it’s sleeve like our main character. Is he only a tailor? Possibly someone with a ‘past’? We’re curious to check this one out!

Leonard (Mark Rylance) is a master tailor who left England to run an unassuming little shop in the windy city of Chicago. He now makes beautiful, hand-crafted garments for people who want the best and are willing to pay for it. His most loyal customers are a clan of vicious gangsters. They do say clothes maketh the man. Then one night there is a knock on the door. A favour is requested. A line is crossed. And all hell breaks loose.

The film also stars Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Simon Russell Beale, and Alan Mehdizadeh.

The Outfit at the moment has an 8th April UK and Irish cinema release date. Before then, the film will make it’s UK Premiere when it opens the Glasgow Film Festival on 2nd March [more info/buy tickets].