BARELY LETHAL First Trailer Enjoy the first BARELY LETHAL trailer! The film, directed by Kyle Newman (Fanboys), stars Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Alba, Rachael Harris, Thomas Mann, Jaime King, and Steve-O. BARELY LETHAL will be released in limited theaters on May 29. A teenage special ops agent coveting a “normal” adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.