Check out this exclusive "First Look" featurette of the upcoming film The Amateur starring Rami Malek and Laurence Fishburne. Join stars Rami Malek, Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan, and director James Hawes for a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming espionage thriller movie before it opens in theaters nationwide on April 11, 2025.
Charlie Heller (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 film also stars Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, and Danny Sapani. The screenplay is by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli based on the novel by Robert Littell. The film is produced by Hutch Parker, p.g.a., Dan Wilson, p.g.a., Rami Malek, Joel B. Michaels, with JJ Hook serving as executive producer.
Charlie Heller (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 film also stars Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, and Danny Sapani. The screenplay is by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli based on the novel by Robert Littell. The film is produced by Hutch Parker, p.g.a., Dan Wilson, p.g.a., Rami Malek, Joel B. Michaels, with JJ Hook serving as executive producer.
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00:00I want to face my wife's killers. I beg your pardon. You heard me. I want to find and kill people who murdered my wife
00:08You're just a slight little nerdy fella likes to work on computers
00:11The amateur for me is an action film. That's sophisticated smart and from the point of view of someone who's
00:19Underestimated you can't do what I do. No matter how much I train you. You're just not a killer Charlie
00:25It's a really interesting and fresh take on the world of intelligence
00:30He does things that he would never dream himself capable of to avenge her death
00:35I want cash and a new identity what you doing. It's gonna kill you
00:41It's a really good ride of a movie
00:43It takes you places with real scale and texture and to properly visit those you need the big screen
00:51It has a scope and scale of an action film
00:54But with an unexpected
00:57underestimated hero doing extraordinary things
01:00Do you ever account for the things I'm good at tell me where he is or swim very fast
01:10This ends here