First Photo from ‘2 Guns’ with Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg seem to have a monopoly on gritty crime thrillers in Hollywood right now, and here’s one with both of them starring alongside each other. We have our first look at 2 Guns, in which the pair play two operatives from competing bureaus who have to work together. The twist is that neither of them know that the other one is working as an undercover federal agent. The film is an adaptation of the Boom! Studios graphic novels by Steven Grant.

Directed by Baltasar Kormakur (‘Contraband’) and also starring Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward and Edward James Olmos, ‘2 Guns’ hits theaters on August 16th.