Assassins aren't born. They're made.
A CIA black ops recruit, Mitch Rapp (O'Brien), is devastated by the loss of his girlfriend to a terrorist attack. CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Lathan) assigns Stan Hurley (Keaton) to train a grief-stricken but highly motivated Rapp how to thwart terrorist operations and hunt the perpetrators. Together they investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets and discover a pattern in the violence that leads them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Kitsch) intent on starting a world war in the Middle East.
Critic Reviews
“After Atomic Blonde and The Hitman's Assassin, this terrifically
paced, proficiently mounted outing is our third generous serving of high-quality
action in rapid succession.”
– 3AW
“American Assassin delivers just what it says it will.”
– Stuff.co.nz
“American Assassin is a no holds barred, ass-kicking action flick. It
fires on all cylinders from the gut-wrenching start. Dylan O'Brien is vengeance
and ferocity personified.”
– MovieWeb