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American Assassin is an action thriller film directed by Michael Cuesta.  The trailers make it a must see but 3 quarters though the film you realized this could be considered fantasy.  It’s saving grace is it’s the kind of fantasy you don’t mind.  A subordinate that does his own thing and doesn’t pay the consequences for his actions — my kind of job.  Given the way it started, you probably could forgive him for anything.

Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) and his girlfriend are on vacation in Ibiza, Spain, he proposes to her, giving her his mother’s ring as he films her acceptance.  Suddenly, radical Islamist jihadist cells land on the beach and begin to attack with assault rifles, wounding Mitch and killing his new fiance.

Eighteen months later, Mitch, now consumed by his desire for vengeance, frequents an internet message board where the terrorist responsible for his girlfriend’s murder…

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