Rami Malek leads a new high-profile spy thriller, about a bereaved desk agent forced to turn assassin.

A CIA cryptographer’s life upends when his wife dies in a London terrorist attack, and festers when his superiors say they cannot prioritise investigating it. Instead, he uses his position to blackmail them into training him as a field agent – and sets off on a worldwide vigilante mission that will cost him, and his world, heavily.

From screenwriters Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Gary Spinelli (American Made) and director James Hawes (One Life), the film updates a classic 80s novel with a Bourne-like vision, combining epic scale and intrigue with tight, spectacular action. It also tells a moving story of one man tearing himself apart for the sake of revenge, played by Malek with outstanding detail and commitment.