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An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.


“Don't underestimate him.”
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.

Rami Malek
Heller

Holt McCallany
Director Moore

Danny Sapani
Caleb

Rachel Brosnahan
Sarah

Michael Stuhlbarg
Schiller

Laurence Fishburne
Henderson

Julianne Nicholson
Director O'Brien

Caitríona Balfe
Inquiline

Jon Bernthal
The Bear

Adrian Martinez
Carlos
The Amateur is a thriller, action film released in 2025 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, escape, blackmail, revenge, agent. Directed by James Hawes, it stars Rami Malek, Holt McCallany, Danny Sapani. 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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