American Assassin

Scorned by the murder of his fiancé, Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), self trained bad ass, sets out on a course to infiltrate muslim extremist terror cells and exact his revenge. But, before gets too carried away, the CIA and Uncle Sam catch on to his plans. Approving of his behaviors, the CIA sends Mitch to Orion training, a group of similar bad asses all secretly training to go on convert bad ass missions for the U.S. Government. Led by hardened father of bad assery, Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton), the group sets out to stop a nefarious plot to blow up the world with a stolen nuclear bomb, will success be theirs or will victory be stolen away by the jaws of defeat?Directed by Michael Cuesta and based on the novel by Vince Flynn, this pulpy hybrid of every spy thriller/spec ops/gun slinging government/military whiz bang film ever created starts out with little promise and unfortunately gets bogged down further as an unimaginative procedural, going through the motions leaving the audience malnourished for cinematic sustenance. Easily forgettable, except for one pivotal torture scene, you can afford to wait for this one on basic cable. American Assassin is rated R.