American Assassin
- 2017
- US
- 1h 51min
- 18
- Directed by: Michael Cuesta
- Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar
- UK release: 14 September 2017
Mitch Rapp (O’Brien) is an orphan whose fiancée is murdered by terrorists; he’s then recruited as a CIA killer. The first in a planned franchise manages to make one of the freshest political thrillers in years, with inventive production design, strong set pieces and a great supporting cast (Keaton, Lathan, Suchet, Kitsch).
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American Assassin
13 Sep 2017
Michael Keaton has fun in an unpredictable and well-crafted political thriller from Michael Cuesta
How do you create an interesting political thriller in what's become an exhausted sub-genre? Throw money at it? Hone the plot? Pay attention to detail? Insert nifty action sequences? Have a proper cast? Luckily American Assassin, the first in a planned…
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