The Amateur
Don't underestimate him.
Grief sharpens into resolve in The Amateur, a smart action-thriller from James Hawes. When a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, and his superiors refuse to act, he takes the hunt into his own hands.
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Synopsis
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
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Grief sharpens into resolve in The Amateur, a smart action-thriller from James Hawes. When a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, and his superiors refuse to act, he takes the hunt into his own hands. Rami Malek-style brains over brawn drives the premise, with Jon Bernthal, Laurence Fishburne, and Julianne Nicholson surrounding a reluctant everyman forced to become something far more dangerous in pursuit of justice.
The result is a cerebral, globe-trotting revenge thriller for viewers who prefer ingenuity to pure muscle. The pacing builds methodically as the unlikely operative outthinks deadlier opponents, keeping tension high without losing its emotional thread. Fans of intelligent spy thrillers and stories of ordinary people pushed past their limits will find it tense and satisfying.
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