The Amateur 4K 2025 Ultra HD 2160p

A CIA cryptographer demands that his superiors find those responsible for the terrorist attack in London, where his wife was killed. When his request is denied, he decides to track down the criminals himself.

User Review

Liam Neeson's “Taken,” the first Jason Bourne movie, or even Alain Delon's “Samurai.” Or maybe “Rambo,” “Law Abiding Citizen,” “Enemy of the State,” or “Black Box” with Pierre Niney. No, it's The Amateur, or more precisely, an amateur, a dilettante, a greenhorn. Director James Howes has worked on the series Black Mirror, Slow Horses, and many others.

Let's start with the unpleasant. The most unfortunate thing about The Amateur is the casting. Either Rami Malek is chronically bad at acting, or the writers watched the playback with their eyes closed. An actor shouldn't overact like that. His emotions are sick and inappropriate, and he doesn't play out any of the key scenes to the end. This is the director's responsibility and problem when he says “cut.” In general, I think another actor could have saved this hopelessly outdated script with his charisma alone. There is none of Bond's humor, Bourne's tough dynamics, Stallone's muscles, or Tom Cruise's smile.

There is no memorable music; it seems as hackneyed as in dozens of blockbuster trailers. There is no sophisticated camera work or lighting. This is a twenty-year-old film without a drop of new thought, without relevant political statements, with cranky and greedy officials. The original idea behind The Amateur is appealing: an intelligence officer wants to take revenge on terrorists for the death of his wife. I can already sense the intrigue and great potential for plot development on this theme. It could be explored from the perspective of human emotions and inner worlds, delving into the world of bandits or the upper echelons of the special services, but in our film, all these layers are treated very superficially, just for the sake of it, cramming in every possible cliché and demanding applause.

The film cannot be called completely terrible. It is average, there is something to catch the eye, but it is still a little unfinished. It's a shame, but still. Large, original films about spies are rare these days, although viewers always want to see political conspiracies, watch vivid and exciting chases and shootouts. But let's be honest. The Amateur lacks almost everything except a nice poster and a couple of beautiful landscapes. In the current reality of real terror, such fictional plots seem completely cartoonish.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (49.3 Mb/s)
Resolution: 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10+
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Info Audio

#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1
#English: Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos 5.1
#French: Dolby Digital 5.1
#Spanish (Latino): Dolby Digital 5.1
#Japanese: DTS-HD High Resolution Audio 7.1

Info Subtitles

English SDH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Cantonese (Hant), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French (FR), French (CA), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (PT), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (ES), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian.