THE AMATEUR is a 2025 vigilante action thriller film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, which was previously adapted into a Canadian film that same year.
After Charles "Charlie" Heller (Rami Malek), a CIA cryptographer, loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, he realizes his bosses will not act due to conflicting internal priorities. Having blackmailed the agency to train him as a field operative, Charlie embarks on a one-man mission to hunt down his wife's killers.
The cast includes Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, and Laurence Fishburne.
THE AMATEUR is set to debut in theaters April 11th, courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Watch the official trailer below.