Directed by James Hawes, The Amateur is a new action/thriller starring Rami Malek, Holt McCallany, Rachel Brosnahan and Caitríona Balfe.

Malek plays a CIA Cryptographer on a mission to find the terrorists who murdered his wife.

This feels like a story for all the underestimated, the misunderstood, the misclassified, the incorrectly categorised, the misjudged and the unseen. You know, like that student whose skills can’t come to light in a ‘one size fits all standardised test.

This absolutely speaks to my vengeance story-loving heart. Dare I say, it’s kind of like John Wick but for the computer smart. Am I right or am I right?

Lastly and randomly, I think ‘Cryptographer’ and one of my favourite movies, The Imitation Game (2014), comes to mind because Turing was a Cryptanalyst.

According to Google:

‘Cryptography is the science of creating hidden messages, while cryptanalysis is the science of breaking encrypted messages‘ Fascinating!

Can you tell that mathematics and science aren’t my areas?

Julianne Nicholson, Laurence Fishburne, Adrian Martinez, Christy Meyer, Takehiro Hira, Joseph Millson, Evan Milton and Ashley Byam also star.

The Amateur Release Dates: April 11th, 2025, (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

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