Ah, yes. Family reunions. Sometimes they involve awkward hugs and potato salad. Sometimes they involve assassins with daddy issues and suppressed government files.
Welcome to Butterfly, Prime Video’s upcoming spy-thriller that just dropped a trailer so intense we needed a glass of water, a lie down, and possibly a therapist on retainer. Go ahead and take 2 minutes and 3 seconds to watch the trailer, then let’s break it down.
Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-0, Your Dreams) stars as David Jung, a former U.S. intelligence operative who’s spent the last few years doing his best impression of a guy who doesn’t have enemies, baggage, or a kill list.
Spoiler: It’s not working.
Cue Rebecca (Reina Hardesty), his estranged daughter, who’s grown up to be… well, a deadly assassin with some serious unresolved abandonment issues.
Fatherhood, am I right?
Based on the graphic novel from BOOM! Studios, Butterfly is less “spy thriller” and more “emotionally loaded knife fight with plot twists.” The trailer is all shadowy stares, coded messages, brutal fight choreography, and running-from-explosions-in-slo-mo energy.
David’s trying to leave the spy life behind, but the spy life is like, “Nah, fam. We’re just getting started.”
Also, butterflies aren’t literally involved. Probably metaphorically. Possibly some code name. Definitely not revealed in the trailer. Guess we’ll wait on that to be explained.
Created by Ken Woodruff (Gotham, The Mentalist) and Steph Cha (Your House Will Pay), this show brings the brooding TV energy and the literary feels.
It’s also the first series out of a new deal with Daniel Dae Kim’s production company 3AD. So yes, he’s starring and producing. Multitask king.
Mark your doomsday calendar: Butterfly lands on Prime Video August 13, with all six episodes available in one deliciously bingeable drop.
If this trailer is any indication, Butterfly is bringing high-octane spy drama, a tangled mess of secrets, legacy, trust issues, badass knife fights, and a father-daughter dynamic that could use… a lot of therapy.
Watch the trailer. Tell your dad you love him.
