Official Trailer for ‘The Amateur’ Revenge Thriller Starring Rami Malek
by Alex Billington
November 13, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I want to face my wife’s killers, look them in the eyes, and balance the scales.” Dark. 20th Century Studios has unveiled an official trailer for The Amateur, a thrilling new revenge movie from British director James Hawes (who also directed a bunch of episodes of that spy series “Slow Horses” if you want to get a sense of his cinematic style). The film follows a nerdy CIA cryptographer / software geek who manages to blackmail his own agency into training him to let him go after a group of terrorist who killed his wife in London. He realizes his bosses will not act due to conflicting internal priorities, so he takes things into his own hands. Rami Malek stars as Charles Heller, along with Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, and Laurence Fishburne. This reminds me of Jason Bourne at first glance, with him hopping around cities in Europe outsmarting everyone over there. Might turn out really good? Certain looks unsettling and thrilling.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for James Hawes’ thriller The Amateur, direct from YouTube:
Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA working out of a basement office at headquarters in Langley whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack. When his supervisors refuse to take action, he takes matters into his own hands, embarking on a dangerous trek across the globe to track down those responsible, his intelligence serving as the ultimate weapon for eluding his pursuers and achieving his revenge. The Amateur is directed by award-winning British filmmaker James Hawes, director of many TV movies including A Line in the Sand, The Chatterley Affair, The Lift, Miss Marie Lloyd, The 39 Steps, Enid, Pulse, and The Challenger Disaster previously, plus for the series “Snowpiercer”, “Slow Horses“, and the Anthony Hopkins film One Life most recently. The screenplay is written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli; based on the novel by Robert Littell. Produced by Hutch Parker, Dan Wilson, Rami Malek, and Joel B. Michaels. 20th Century will debut Hawes’ The Amateur in theaters nationwide starting April 11th, 2025 next spring. Look any good? Who’s down?
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