Escaping from behind enemy lines in the Soviet Union is no easy task.

For an American spy and pilot, he must team up with an ex-KGB agent who has an adoration of everything American in order to survive.

The film teams up an unlikely pair with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh in this buddy spy comedy.

Here is the official synopsis:

Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in Mayday, a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds is sent on a top secret mission in Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast—but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue, and a bond neither saw coming?

The rest of the cast includes Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, and David Morse. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein directed and wrote the film.

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“The buddy films of the 1980s were a bizarre and enticing blend of humor, danger, and genuine heart. Mayday is our ode to this genre, with the unlikely pairing of Ryan Reynolds and Sir Kenneth Branagh in a Cold War adventure that explores what it means to be patriotic, but ultimately what it means to be human,” stated John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein in a statement.

Maybe premieres on Apple TV on September 4, 2026.

Check out the trailer and poster below. Let us know what you think of them.

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Source: Apple TV