Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is a brilliant, introverted CIA decoder whose quiet life is upended forever when his wife (Rachel Brosnahan) is killed in a London terrorist attack. Frustrated by his superiors and their refusal to act, Charlie decides to take matters into his own hands. After attempting assassin training with a retired colonel (Laurence Fishburne), the unlikely operative eventually opts to play to his own strengths: putting his intellect and skills towards crafting intricate traps for his targets while staying one step ahead of his CIA pursuers.

The Amateur puts a unique, intelligent twist on the ever-popular vigilante thriller genre, aided by a terrifically eccentric and convincing performance from Rami Malek as an ordinary man pushed to the edge in a dangerous world, blurring the lines between justice and revenge.