Ngaphambi kokuba i-trailer iphume, sinesiphosta sesikhangiso «Igwababa", yenziwe ngu John Cusack y ULuka Evans futhi iqondiswe ngu UJames McTeigue (INinja Assassin, V yeVendetta), ezokhishwa ngoMashi 9, 2012. Sasivele sibonile owokuqala weCusack owaziwa njengo-Edgar Allan Poe.
Endabeni, lapho umama nendodakazi betholakala bebulewe ngesihluku eBaltimore ngekhulu le-19, u-Detective Emmett Fields (Evans) wenza ukutholakala okushaqisayo: ubugebengu bufana nokubulala okuqanjiwe okuchazwe ngokuningiliziwe ephephandabeni lendawo, okuyingxenye iqoqo lezindaba ezibhalwe ngumlobi Edgar Allan Poe (UCusack).
Lapho uPoe ebuzwa ngamaphoyisa, kwenzeka futhi okunye ukubulala, nakho okukhuthazwe yinganekwane ethandwayo. Ngakho-ke, i-Fields ngosizo lomlobi izozama ukumisa umbulali ...