As star of “The Amateur,” in theaters Friday, Rami Malek gets to be both skittish nerd and coolly competent angel of death.

The Amateur has nothing interesting to contribute to the underdog action thriller subgenre. It can’t be said that the guy isn ...

Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne and Caitríona Balfe also star in James Hawes’ film of the Robert Littell novel about a man shattered by loss but galvanized by justice.

Directed by James Hawes (Slow Horses, and the “Hated in the Nation” and “Smithereens” episodes of Black Mirror) and based on the novel by Robert Littell, the ...