American Assassin

Theatrical - Wide 2017-09-15

Cast Dylan O'Brien Michael Keaton Sanaa Lathan
Directed by Michael Cuesta

Genres: Action Thriller

Synopsis

AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

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5/10

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Review: American Assassin

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PLOT: A traumatized civilian who trains himself to be a terrorist-killing machine is recruited by the CIA to help them stop a nuclear bomb threat. REVIEW: The beats, characters and plot points of AMERICAN ASSASSIN are so familiar that you...

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