

Don't underestimate him.
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Rami MalekHeller
- Holt McCallanyDirector Moore
- Danny SapaniCaleb
- Rachel BrosnahanSarah
- Michael StuhlbargSchiller
- Laurence FishburneHenderson
- Julianne NicholsonDirector O'Brien
- Caitríona BalfeInquiline
- Jon BernthalThe Bear
- Adrian MartinezCarlos
Crew
- James HawesDirector
- Ken NolanScreenplay
- Gary SpinelliScreenplay
- Robert LittellNovel
- Martin RuheDirector of Photography
- Volker BertelmannOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan AmosEditor
- Hutch ParkerProducer
- Dan WilsonProducer
- Rami MalekProducer
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