# Alarum (film)
**Alarum** is a 2025 American action thriller directed by Michael Polish and written by Alexander Vesha, starring [Scott Eastwood](https://www.edgepedia.org/scott-eastwood), Sylvester Stallone, Willa Fitzgerald, and [Mike Colter](https://www.edgepedia.org/mike-colter). It follows two married ex-spies living off the grid who come under attack from intelligence agencies after retrieving a stolen hard drive, and it was released by Lionsgate in limited theaters and on digital platforms on January 17, 2025.[1](https://lsf.go.id/en/film/alarum/1434) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director / writer | Michael Polish; screenplay by Alexander Vesha[1](https://lsf.go.id/en/film/alarum/1434) |
| Cast | Scott Eastwood (Joe Travers), Sylvester Stallone (Chester), Willa Fitzgerald (Lara Travers), Mike Colter (Orlin)[3](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/alarum/umc.cmc.1cdivjlg6ltfzcpnq7dbtwvup?ctx_at=2&ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.1000231) |
| Release | January 17, 2025, limited theatrical and streaming/VOD, by Lionsgate[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum) |
| Runtime / rating | 95 minutes; R for strong violence and language[4](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mission-alarum-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdmwndqy) |
| Critical reception | 0% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (22 reviews); Metascore 23 on Metacritic; IMDb 3.3/10[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum) • [5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alarum/critic-reviews/) |
| Box office | Estimated budget of $20,000,000; worldwide gross reported as $254,370 by Box Office Mojo and $93,860 by The Numbers[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456973) • [7](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt31456973/credits/) • [8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alarum-%282025%29) |
| Filming | Oxford, Ohio, United States; the production received $5,863,392 from the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit Program on February 13, 2024[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456973) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Joe Travers (Scott Eastwood) and Lara Travers ([Willa Fitzgerald](https://www.edgepedia.org/willa-fitzgerald)) are former international agents, married to each other, who have abandoned their careers as killers and gone into hiding. Their retreat is interrupted when a plane crashes nearby; they retrieve a top-secret flash drive from the wreckage before Orlin (Mike Colter), a mercenary, can take it. Realizing the drive's contents will draw intelligence agencies after them, including the cold-blooded CIA agent Chester ([Sylvester Stallone](https://www.edgepedia.org/sylvester-stallone)), who is sent to assassinate them, the couple uses the skills of their shadowy past to survive.[9](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/movies/alarum)
The agencies suspect the couple of having joined Alarum, an independent international network of rogue spies, and believe they hold a hard drive containing a major secret called the "flight pill."[1](https://lsf.go.id/en/film/alarum/1434) Chester, Joe's former partner, is dispatched to terminate them and recover the drive.[10](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/alarum) [Marketing](https://www.edgepedia.org/marketing) synopses describe the couple's hideout variously as a holiday resort in Belize[9](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/movies/alarum) and a winter resort.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum)
## Production
The film was produced and financed by Convergence Entertainment Group, with BondIt Media Capital and Grindstone Entertainment Group among the production companies, and Highland Film Group handling international sales.[1](https://lsf.go.id/en/film/alarum/1434) • [11](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/articles/sylvester-stallone-action-thriller-alarum-acquired-by-signature-for-uk) Shooting wrapped by May 2024, when Highland Film Group launched sales at the Marché du Film.[9](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/movies/alarum) It was shot in Oxford, Ohio, and received $5,863,392 from the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit Program on February 13, 2024.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456973)
In May 2024, Signature Entertainment acquired the United Kingdom and Irish rights from Highland Film Group; the film was released in the United Kingdom under the title **Mission Alarum**.[11](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/articles/sylvester-stallone-action-thriller-alarum-acquired-by-signature-for-uk) • [4](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mission-alarum-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdmwndqy) The British Board of Film Classification classified it for strong violence, language, and injury detail, with a running time of about 95 minutes.[4](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mission-alarum-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdmwndqy) Indonesia's Lembaga Sensor Film classified it for viewers aged 17 and above.[1](https://lsf.go.id/en/film/alarum/1434)
## Release
Lionsgate released Alarum in limited theaters, on digital, and on demand on January 17, 2025, the same day as its video release.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum) • [8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alarum-%282025%29) The earliest release date recorded is January 16, 2025 in APAC and EMEA territories.[7](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt31456973/credits/) Later international releases included Russia (CIS) on January 16, 2025, Mexico and Brazil on April 3, 2025 (as *Alarum: Código Letal* and *Código Alarum*), Portugal on August 7, 2025, and South Korea on June 2, 2026.[8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alarum-%282025%29) In the United States it later streamed on Starz and related channels, and was available for digital rental or purchase.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum)
## Reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it holds a 0% Tomatometer from 22 reviews, with a critics consensus describing it as a lackluster spy thriller with uninspired performances, pedestrian action, and a convoluted but banal plot; the audience Popcornmeter stood at 14%.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum) Metacritic assigned a Metascore of 23, based on five reviews all counted as negative.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alarum/critic-reviews/) IMDb users gave it 3.3 out of 10.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456973)
Reviewers singled out the script and staging. Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that the film tries to compensate for unspectacular production values with a lot of action but that its staging is pedestrian at best, and that Alexander Vesha's script never convinces.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alarum/critic-reviews/) Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com criticized the indifferent staging and what he called chintzy CGI effects, and wrote that Stallone's performance made his appearance in *The Expendables 4* seem focused and committed by comparison.[12](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alarum-movie-review-2025) Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times noted that the finale teases the possibility of a sequel.[5](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alarum/critic-reviews/)
The 0% score placed Alarum in a small group of 2025 releases rated at zero on the aggregator; a Spanish-language report noted that Stallone's preceding film *Armor* (December 2024) had also received 0%, making Alarum his second consecutive film at that score.[13](https://as.com/meristation/cine/sylvester-stallone-logra-encadenar-dos-peliculas-seguidas-con-un-0-redondo-como-puntuacion-de-la-critica-n/)
## Box office
Against an estimated budget of $20,000,000, the film's theatrical gross was minimal. [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) reports a worldwide total of $254,370, all international with no domestic gross recorded.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456973) • [7](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt31456973/credits/) The Numbers reports a lower international total of $93,860, comprising $60,007 from Russia (CIS) and $33,853 from Portugal; the two databases disagree, and neither reports a domestic gross.[8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alarum-%282025%29) The film's release model relied on simultaneous digital availability rather than a wide theatrical run.[8](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alarum-%282025%29)
## References
1. [Alarum, Lembaga Sensor Film (Indonesian Film Censorship Institution) film guide](https://lsf.go.id/en/film/alarum/1434)
2. [Alarum, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alarum)
3. [Alarum, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/alarum/umc.cmc.1cdivjlg6ltfzcpnq7dbtwvup?ctx_at=2&ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.1000231)
4. [Mission Alarum, British Board of Film Classification](https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mission-alarum-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdmwndqy)
5. [Alarum critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/alarum/critic-reviews/)
6. [Alarum (2025), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31456973)
7. [Alarum (2025), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt31456973/credits/)
8. [Alarum (2025), The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Alarum-%282025%29)
9. [Alarum, Highland Film Group](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/movies/alarum)
10. [Alarum Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/alarum)
11. [Sylvester Stallone Action Thriller 'Alarum' Acquired by Signature for U.K., Highland Film Group / Variety](https://highlandfilmgroup.com/articles/sylvester-stallone-action-thriller-alarum-acquired-by-signature-for-uk)
12. [Alarum movie review, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alarum-movie-review-2025)
13. [Sylvester Stallone logra encadenar dos películas seguidas con un 0 redondo como puntuación de la crítica, AS MeriStation](https://as.com/meristation/cine/sylvester-stallone-logra-encadenar-dos-peliculas-seguidas-con-un-0-redondo-como-puntuacion-de-la-critica-n/)
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