Storyline
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Directors
Cast
Sanaa Lathan, Andrew Pleavin, David Suchet, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch, Scott Adkins, Michael Wildman, Yousef Sweid, Jeff Davis, Shahid Ahmed, Bentley Kalu, Aso Sherabayani, Christopher Webster, Navid Negahban, Bruno Bilotta, Alaa Safi, Dylan O'Brien, Joseph Long, Ronan Summers, Khalid Laith, Tolga Safer, Buster Reeves, Jorge Leon Martinez, Charlotte Vega, Dacio Caballero, Matt Rippy, Simon Connolly, Kamil Lemieszewski, Adam Collins, Kola Bokinni, Joost Janssen, Shiva Negar, Mohammad Bakri, Christopher Bomford, Stephen Shafer, Vladimir Friedman, Nick Cavaliere, Adam Robertson, Trevor White, Josh Danford, Sydney White, Shani Erez, Martina Brusco, Sharif Dorani, Alexis Barron, Göksun Çam, Roberto Sgarbi, Nej Adamson, Gjevat Kelmendi, Damian Dudkiewicz, Jake Mann
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Reviews
70
Built for action, like its title character, the movie packs a muscular, bloody punch, but mainly it’s a well-oiled diversion.
70
An international action thriller that starts slow but picks up speed and just outruns its own clichés to make for a gripping two-hour ride.
65
For those without strong feelings for the Harrison Ford-era Clancy adaptations, which were polished but largely unmemorable, American Assassin works best as a little-league version of one of those or, in more contemporary terms, as an unsurprising origin story for what the filmmakers obviously hope is the beginning of a franchise.
60
From the generic title to the formulaic plot (stolen plutonium, highest bidder etc.), you can imagine the rest. But director Michael Cuesta (Kill the Messenger) injects vitality where it’s needed.
58
In American Assassin, the violence is surprising and brutal. However, its impact is stymied by a predictable script and action sequences that feel like a watered-down version of “John Wick.”
