Release date:September 15, 2017
Studio:Lionsgate
Director:Michael Cuesta
MPAA Rating:R (for strong violence throughout, some torture, language and brief nudity)
Screenwriters:Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick , Marshall Herskovitz
Starring:Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Scott Adkins, Taylor Kitsch
Plot Summary:
"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.
