American Assassin

“Assassins aren't born. They're made.”

Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien) has his fiancée taken from him in a killing that leaves him with grief and a need to act on it. The CIA puts him under Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton), a Cold War veteran who trains him, then sends the two after a run of seemingly random attacks on military and civilian targets. Michael Cuesta keeps the film moving at a brisk, modern clip, one assignment pressed hard against the next.