High Ground: Paramount drops official trailer for the upcoming action thriller starring Jon Voight

The official trailer for the forthcoming James Bamford directorial, High Ground, starring the iconic Jon Voight, is out now.

Prominent stunt coordinator James Bamford, a.k.a. 'BamBam', has previously directed films and episodes of series including Arrow (2015-2020), Air Force One Down (2024), and Shadow Land (2024), to name a few.

Set in a cop world, the film follows a police officer whose life is disrupted by the arrival of a bizarre new convict in his prison.

He soon finds himself facing trouble and the consequences of a crime syndicate.

The synopsis of High Ground, as per IMDb, reads:

When a mysterious prisoner lands in his jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel in this action-packed thriller starring Charlie Weber, Katherine McNamara, and Academy Award® winner Jon Voight.

Let us explore more details of the forthcoming release, High Ground.

***High Ground*: Paramount drops official trailer for the upcoming action thriller starring Jon Voight**

The official trailer for High Ground has been released by Paramount Pictures, and we could not be more excited.

The trailer is intriguing, giving us a glimpse into the crime-filled drama that awaits.

Going by the trailer, it seems that the lead police officer becomes entangled in a web of threats and violent consequences orchestrated by a gangster group. This is the aftermath of the imprisonment of one of their members.

One of the chill-inducing scenes in the trailer features the imprisoned Nathaniel Matheson engaged in a confrontation with the sheriff.

He threatens the sheriff by saying:

"..there will be no town left for you to watch over".

The trailer promises intense action sequences and gun-blazing showdowns in the film. It has elements of a thrilling crime drama involving cops and gangsters.

Jon Voight portrays an aging veteran police officer who seems to be a guiding force for the Sheriff.

We also get a glimpse of the sheriff's past when Jon Voight's character states during an exchange:

"..this work will help you put away the past."

The Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jon Voight's last film release was Man with No Past (2025), also directed by James Bamford.

Some of Jon Voight's most iconic films include Midnight Cowboy (1969), Coming Home (1978), Runaway Train (1985), Heat (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996), and Anaconda (1997), among others.

In High Ground, along with Jon Voight, the film features a stellar cast including Charlie Weber, Henry Thomas, Katherine McNamara, James Oliver Wheatley, Dustin Ingram, Charlotte Weston, and many more.