The trailer for Azrael (2024), a post-Rapture thriller, begins with an eerie, apocalyptic silence. The camera pans across a desolate cityscape, with skyscrapers abandoned, streets empty, and a thick layer of ash covering the ground. A broken cross lies in the rubble, and the sun hangs low, casting an ominous red glow. The world is clearly not as it once was—chaos and devastation have replaced the modern world, signaling that the Rapture has come and gone.
We hear a whispering voice: “In the end, only the faithful were taken. The rest of us… were left behind.” This haunting introduction sets the tone for the rest of the trailer, filled with tension, mystery, and an ever-present sense of doom.
The scene shifts to a group of survivors, led by a woman named Eve (played by Anya Taylor-Joy), trying to navigate this new, hostile world. They move through the ruins of society, scavenging for supplies and avoiding the dangers that now lurk in the shadows. “We thought the worst was over,” Eve says, her voice hardened by loss. “But we were wrong.”
Enter Azrael, the film’s enigmatic and terrifying antagonist. Played by Mahershala Ali, Azrael is a fallen angel who now walks the earth, tasked with collecting the souls of those left behind after the Rapture. He’s a shadowy figure, appearing in flashes—a silhouette on a rooftop, a glimpse of his piercing eyes in the dark, and the sound of his wings beating against the wind. His presence is chilling, and he carries an aura of both elegance and malevolence. His mission? To cleanse the world of the remaining souls and bring about the final judgment.
As the trailer progresses, we see Azrael hunting down the survivors, his power unstoppable. In one gripping scene, he confronts Eve and her group in a crumbling church, his voice echoing like thunder: “There is no salvation for the forsaken.”
The action intensifies, with scenes of desperate chases through crumbling cities, terrifying confrontations with Azrael’s supernatural forces, and the survivors making a last stand in the desert. They discover a hidden prophecy that reveals a way to fight back against Azrael, but time is running out, and the world continues to fall apart.
The trailer ends with a climactic shot of Eve standing alone on a cliff, facing Azrael, as lightning strikes the earth behind them. She whispers, “We won’t go quietly.”
Azrael flashes across the screen, with the tagline: “The end is just the beginning.”
This trailer promises a dark, action-packed, and emotionally intense film, exploring themes of faith, survival, and the fight for redemption in a world where hope seems lost. Mahershala Ali’s Azrael is set to be a terrifying, complex villain, while Anya Taylor-Joy’s Eve offers a glimmer of hope in a hopeless world.
