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By Any Means

also known as “No Limite da Justiça,” “Por todos los medios”
MPA Rating: R-Rating for violence/bloody images and pervasive language.

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Primary Audience: Adults
Genre: Action Historical Crime Thriller
Length: 1 hr. 47 min.
Year of Release: 2026
USA Release: September 4, 2026
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Loosely based on the true story of Gregory Scarpa, a mafia hitman for the Colombo crime family of New York City, who was hired off the books by Herbert Hoover’s FBI and partners with a young Black special agent to hunt down the men responsible for the brutal murders of civil rights leaders in Mississippi in 1966.

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Klu Klux Klan in Mississippi

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Broken justice system

Unlikely alliances forged under impossible circumstances — where justice is not clean, and the truth comes at a cost

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Blurring justice and vengeance

Conspiracy that tests the limits of justice, loyalty and survival

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Featuring
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II … Special FBI Agent Wayne Strider (loosely based on real-life FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio)
Mark Wahlberg … Gregory “Greg” Scarpa Sr. (Mafia hitman / FBI informant)
Cam Healy … Greg Scarpa Jr.
Alanna Masterson … Connie Scarpa
Asher Alexander … Joey Scarpa
Josh Lucas …
David Strathairn …
Giancarlo Esposito … Vernon Dahmer
Nova Valentina … Bettie Dahmer
Jackson Edward Davis … Dennis Dahmer
Jody Thompson … Lawrence Byrd
Lee Perkins … Sheriff Mitchell
Adam Vernier … Deputy
Todd Warren … FBI Driver
Jalyn Degraffenreid … Abducted Man's Wife
Zach Lane … Howard Styles
John C. Martin … State Trooper Jones
Mike Hickman … Bobby Gilmer
DeVere Jehl … Edgar Ray Killen
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Director
Elegance Bratton
Producer
Hammerstone Studios
Jeff Rice Films
3:33 Creative Productions
Astria Studios
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Distributor
Distributor: Paramount Pictures Corporation. Trademark logo.
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“The FBI couldn’t crack it. So they called in the mob.”

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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A notorious mafia hitman and a young Black FBI agent team up to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi.”