The Weight

About The Weight

When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.

The Weight is a 2026 thriller film directed by Padraic McKinley. Ethan Hawke appears as Samuel Murphy, Russell Crowe as Warden Clancy, Julia Jones as Anna, and Austin Amelio as Rankin.

At 112 minutes long, it arrived in September 2026. Written by Matthew Booi and Shelby Gaines. Production companies include Augenschein Filmproduktion, Construction Film, and Under the Influence Productions.

Shelv files it under gold, great depression, military veteran, and man vs nature. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 83 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

The Green Mile, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and King Kong make useful companions to The Weight, all filed under 1930s.