American Assassin is a tense action thriller by Michael Cuesta based on Vince Flynn's 2010 bestseller of the same name, in which we follow a CIA recruit who wants to avenge the death of his girlfriend, who was shot by terrorists.
In the movie American Assassin we follow the American one a cold war veteran and now CIA secret agent Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton; Birdman or an unexpected form of ignorance, Batman, In the spotlight), in charge of recruiting agents for covert operations, which from CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan; Masters of Illusion 2, Alien vs. Predator, The Battle of Time) gets the "custody" of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien; Labyrinth, Deepwater Horizon, The Intern), marked by the personal tragedy of a young but motivated young man (terrorists his fiancee is killed while on vacation in an exotic location), who wants to avenge her death.
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Together they observe the appearance random terrorist attacks on soldiers and civilians and discover a pattern in the process. This leads them to a deadly Turkish agent (Shiva Negar), which brings them closer to the mysterious agent (Taylor Kitsch; John Carter, Savages, BATTLESHIP), who wants to ignite a world war in the Middle East.
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American Assassin is a movie adaptation of the novel of the same name by Vince Flynn and is one of 14 novels in which we follow the events around A CIA counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp.
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Action thriller
American Assassin
(USA, 2017)
Direction: Ichael Cuesta. They play: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Taylor Kitsch,
In the cinema from September 15, 2017.