Giancarlo Esposito and Mark Wahlberg‘s movie together is hitting digital streaming today. By Any Means, based on an unbelievable true story, was released on September 4, 2026. It is available to buy or rent on Digital, starting today, October 20, 2026, from Paramount Home Entertainment.
Directed by Elegance Bratton from a script by Sascha Penn, the historical crime thriller film stars Wahlberg in the lead as Gregory Scarpa, a mafia hitman turned FBI informant, alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Special FBI Agent Wayne Strider (his character is loosely based on real-life FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio) and Esposito as Vernon Dahmer.
The movie also stars Nicole Beharie as Allison Strider, Josh Lucas as Special Agent Everett Rhodes, David Strathairn as Special Agent Roy K. Moore, Ethan Embry as Sam Bowers, LisaGay Hamilton as Ms. Rebecca Brewer, and LaChanze as Hattie Dahmer.
The investigation at the center of By Any MeansPer the film’s official synopsis, “Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur.”
The investigation at the center of By Any Means focuses on the 1966 firebombing murder of prominent civil rights activist and NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr. in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Since the local residents are either too terrified to speak or deeply hostile toward federal authorities, the FBI pairs the principled, ambitious Black FBI agent Wayne with the ruthless, real-life New York Mafia hitman and secret government informant Gregory “The Grim Reaper” Scarpa. While Agent Strider aims to solve the murder strictly by the book, Scarpa is brought in to use brutal, illegal coercion tactics to break the wall of silence and uncover the truth.
Despite its intriguing plot, By Any Means received mixed critical reviews, including a 50% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes. Its box office performance wasn’t much better either, as it made only $17 million worldwide on a reported budget of $29 million.
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