Vertical released the official trailer for The Desperate Hour, an intense, riveting thriller starring Naomi Watts as a mother racing desperately against time to save her child. Also starring in the film are Colton Gobbo, Sierra Maltby.

Directed by Phillip Noyce, the film originally titled Lakewood, premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival, and now opens in theaters, on digital, and On Demand on February 25, 2022.

Unfolding in real time, The Desperate Hour is a “riveting and pulse pounding” thriller from award-winning director Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr (Academy Award®-nominee Naomi Watts) is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she’s on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as a shooting takes place at her son’s school. Miles away on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save her son.

Watch the official trailer for The Desperate Hour.