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WHO’S IN IT?

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point), Olivia Thirlby (Dredd), John Hurt (Midnight Express), Jürgen Prochnow (Air Force One), Navid Negahban (American Sniper), Wolf Kahler (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Igal Naor (Munich), Selva Rasalingam (Skyfall), Neta Riskin (A Tale of Love and Darkness), Tzachi Halevy (Mary Magdalene), Ben Affan (The Essence of Irwin), Herzl Tobey (The Returning), Aki Avni (Black Light), Hassani Shapi (Brothers), Shani Aviv (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Daniel Zelik Berk (film debut), director, writer; Samantha Newton (film debut), writer; Huw Penallt Jones (Chaos), Hannah Leader (The Christmas Candle), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (film debut) and Joe Thomas (The Man Who Knew Infinity), producers; Harry Escott (Shame), composer; Chloë Thomson (film debut), cinematographer; Martin Brinkler (Omar), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ari Ben-Zion (Meyers), a Mossad agent haunted by the death of his son, is assigned to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist out of Syria. However, when the mission goes horribly wrong, Ari must reach out to a deep cover agent in order to survive, only to find that his a pawn in a much larger game…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Fans of Jonathan Rhys Meyers will swoon over his latest role in this action-thriller, which also features John Hurt’s very final film performance, filmed before his death last year.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST 2018

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