Director Ric Roman Waugh on 'Shelter': Finding Heart in the Action

In the landscape of modern action cinema, few directors balance bone-crunching spectacle with raw emotional stakes as effectively as Ric Roman Waugh. Known for grounding high-concept thrillers in gritty realism—as seen in Shot Caller, Greenland, and Angel Has Fallen—Waugh returns to the screen with his most intimate and atmospheric project yet: Shelter.

Set against the rugged, storm-swept coast of the Scottish Hebrides,

Shelter

stars Jason Statham as Mason, a reclusive former MI6 operative living in self-imposed exile. His quiet life is shattered when he rescues a young girl (breakout star Bodhi Rae Breathnach) from a violent storm, an act of mercy that forces him to confront the ghosts of his past and the lethal agency he once served