Talk about one of the most accurate titles, except...he's not 100%.
A REAL Amateur wouldn't be able to do half of what he did. Maybe not even 20%. He was really a CIA Nerd with lotza brains.
But, this was really Jason Bourne all over again, with someone not as skilled. Just partially there. Heck, even the music was close to Bourne's.
CIA Computer Geek Charlie Heller's lovely wife whom you KNOW he's designed with is murdered in a London Terrorist attack. Heller just wants his bosses to do the right thing: murder the murderers. When they won't, he sets off to do the deed in a revenge plot from someone who can't pull the trigger, but can do so much worse.
I generally don't watch trailers, but I did happen to catch this one and it did spark my interest. It did seem very formulaic, clichéd and predictable...and then I saw the movie. Remy Malek already won an Oscar for Bohemian Rhapsody and frankly, deserves another for this role.
He really was THAT good. Everyone else, standard and did their role. Remy gave it his all. Never once did I not believe ALL that he was going through with his plot for revenge against his wife's murderers.
And for him to remind me of one of my favorite action/spy trilogies of all time (The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum) that's a welcome surprise. I actually found myself wishing this was part of Jason Bourne's universe.
This was SUPER SMART, advanced, intelligent and still simple enough to follow along. It's certainly not as fast-paced/action packed as the Bourne movies, but it feels more real than they did.
I don't think this movie will make too much. And that's a shame. We need more movies like this produced every year.
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Final Thoughts: The AMC Bartender asked me if I was seeing Minecraft and I said, "No. I might be a bit too old for that." To which, she replied, "Oh, yeah by a long-slide." Ouch. Granted, the demographics apparently are for toddlers so no offense taken.
