The first trailer for Chris Hemsworth‘s upcoming film Blackhat has been released.
The action thriller is directed and co-written by Michael Mann, and focuses on a hacker heist.
Mann, who also directed The Heat is rumored to have spent years researching material for the film, devling into the public’s reliance on technology and the security issues that arrise from it.
In the film, Hemsworth plays a convict granted permission to leave prison to hunt a high-level cyber-crime network alongside American and Chinese agents, as they travel from Chicago to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Jakarta.
The film also stars Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom.
Blackhat hits theaters on January 16, 2015.
