Daniel Radcliffe has guns bolted to his hands in wacky Guns Akimbo trailer

After Daniel Radcliffe closed the book on his time as Harry Potter, the actor has chosen some rather unique projects, and the latest looks positively bonkers. GUNS AKIMBO finds Radcliffe playing Miles, a nobody who is a little too fond of making trouble commenting on broadcasts of Skizm, an illegal death-match tournament which is streamed live on the internet. After one wrong comment too many, Miles awakens to find that guns have been bolted to his hands and he's been forced to face off against Nix (Samara Weaving), the trigger-happy star of Skizm.

Our own Chris Bumbray caught GUNS AKIMBO when it debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and while he admits that it recycles elements from other films, it still sounds like a lot of fun. Bumbray also singled out praise for Samara Weaving's performance as Nix in his review, saying that the actress, "goes all-out in a gonzo performance, sporting shaved (or bleached) eyebrows and metal-capped teeth. Her Nix is initially a maniacal villain, constantly snorting cocaine off her pistols and sporting a body count in the hundreds, but eventually, the movie does attempt to make her more than just an obstacle for Miles to overcome."

The official synopsis for GUNS AKIMBO:

Nerdy video game developer (Daniel Radcliffe) is a little too fond of stirring things up on the internet with his caustic, prodding, and antagonizing comments. One night, he makes the mistake of drunkenly dropping an inflammatory barb on a broadcast of Skizm, an illegal death-match fight club streamed live to the public. In response, Riktor (Ned Dennehy), the maniacal mastermind behind the channel, decides to force Miles' hand (or hands, as it were) and have him join the "fun." Miles wakes to find heavy pistols bolted into his bones, and learns Nix (Samara Weaving), the trigger-happy star of Skizm, is his first opponent.

Gleefully echoing elements of Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the Purge franchise, and videogames like Mortal Kombat, Guns Akimbo is hilariously dark, viciously violent, and potentially — chillingly — prescient. Director Jason Lei Howden (Deathgasm) foretells of a future that may soon await us: drone-captured live feeds, UFC-like competitions pushed to an extreme, and online streaming platforms used for gladiatorial entertainment all around the world. As Miles navigates the underworld of Skizm, the stakes — and the ratings — have never been higher.

GUNS AKIMBO is expected to hit theaters on February 28, 2020.