‘The Fix’ Release Date, Time, Where to Watch & Preview
‘The Fix’ has arrived after a long road to the screen, and audiences finally have a firm answer on when and how to see the Liam Neeson and Zachary Levi led action thriller. The film pairs two familiar faces from very different corners of Hollywood in a story built around a botched military withdrawal and a dangerous return to hostile territory.
The film is set for a Friday, September 11, 2026 release in limited theaters, and it carries an R rating from the MPA for strong and bloody violence, language, and some nudity. For anyone tracking the film’s long development, the wait is officially over.
‘The Fix’ Release Date and Time
‘The Fix’ is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 11, 2026. The film spent years in development under a different name before landing on its final title.
The project was formerly titled ‘Hotel Tehran’ before an exclusive report from The Hollywood Reporter revealed the new title and confirmed the release window. The rename came alongside details about the production team and financing structure behind the picture.
The film has a runtime of 2 hours and 22 minutes, directed by Guy Moshe. The rollout does not stop in the United States, with the movie opening first in Australia, Austria, Belgium and dozens of other countries on the same date, before the international release finishes in Spain on September 18, 2026.
Exact showtimes will vary by theater chain and region, so moviegoers should check their local listings for specific screening windows on opening weekend. Given the wide international spread, some markets outside the US may see slightly staggered showtimes tied to local distribution partners.
Where to Watch ‘The Fix’
For now, ‘The Fix’ is a theatrical only release, and viewers hoping to stream it from home will need to wait. The film is currently not available on any streaming platforms, and moviegoers will need to catch it in movie theaters starting September 11.
Streaming providers are not currently listed for the film, which remains in a strictly theatrical window as of its release date. That is standard for a film financed and distributed the way this one was, with a theatrical push preceding any digital rollout.
Streaming for the film typically follows about six to eight weeks after a theatrical release, which would put a potential digital debut around late October 2026. That estimate is not official and could shift depending on how the film performs in its opening weeks.
The film was acquired by Inaugural Entertainment, the same distributor that previously handled Levi’s film ‘Not Without Hope.’ That distribution history offers a reasonable point of comparison for how the rollout might eventually extend to home viewing.
‘The Fix’ Plot Preview
The story centers on a group of former operatives whose last mission together left lasting damage. The film follows a group of war torn CIA operators mentored by Larry, played by Liam Neeson, and led by Tucker, played by Zachary Levi, who after their mission in Afghanistan goes tragically wrong, enter the heart of Tehran to earn redemption by pulling off a daring rescue.
The story begins during the chaotic US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, when Tucker and his team are brought in by Larry to extract a local informant and his family, only for the Taliban to have already located the source before the team arrives. Everyone involved is left without a job or a pension, and Larry begins showing troubling signs of memory loss shortly after.
Years later, an Iranian former CIA asset knows where a large sum of money is hidden but will only share the information if Tucker agrees to retrieve her activist daughter from the country while he is there. To maintain his cover in Tehran, Tucker recruits a young Iranian American woman, Zara, played by Elnaaz Norouzi, to pose as his wife, and a romance develops between the two as the mission grows more complicated.
The premise ultimately centers on a reported 25 million dollars hidden in a wall of a heavily guarded building in Tehran, with Tucker’s team drawn back into action years after their disgraceful exit from Afghanistan. The idea for the film originated with former CIA Intelligence Special Operations Group officer Bazzel Baz, and Moshe wrote the script with Mark Bacci.
‘The Fix’ Cast and Critical Reception
The cast is led by Zachary Levi as Tucker and Liam Neeson as Larry, alongside Wes Chatham as Alex, Titus Welliver, Navid Negahban as Qasim, Annet Mahendru as Sophie, Elnaaz Norouzi as Zara, and Numan Acar as Nadir. The broader ensemble also includes Quincy Isaiah, Jake Choi, Augusto Aguilera, and Lara Wolf, with the film shot with input from ex special forces and government intelligence operatives who helped coordinate the action sequences.
Early reviews for ‘The Fix’ have leaned mixed to negative. One review described Levi’s lead performance as a rigid, deer in the headlights turn that undercuts what should have been a tense character study, pairing it with criticism of the film’s bloated runtime. Another review called the film a convoluted path from Kabul to Tehran, noting that it goes down easily enough even as it fails to find the epic scope it seems to reach for.
A separate review argued that Levi’s casting works against the film, suggesting he is more effective when leaning into personality rather than playing the strong, silent type this role requires of him. Another outlet praised Levi’s commanding presence in the role while criticizing the script’s forced sentimentality and reliance on late twists that add narrative whiplash without paying off.
A more critical take described the film as feeling broken from the beginning, taking particular issue with an early war sequence depicted in graphic, fetishistic detail. Across the board, critics seem to agree that the cast is doing solid work in service of a script that struggles to justify its ambitions.
With ‘The Fix’ now playing in theaters and reviews rolling in from every direction, how do you think Neeson and Levi’s Tehran set mission stacks up against their past work in the genre.
