The Amateur
A CIA computer expert goes abroad for revenge after terrorists execute his girlfriend in Munich.
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"I have never been to the Czech Republic yet, but I hope that some day I will make it. This movie will certainly not influence my decision but Czechs might like to watch it. Will they recognize their own country? I doubt it. Basically this is a vigilante movie. Some terrorists (not oriental Muslims for once but German home grown nut cases) storm the American consulate in Munich, take all people hostage and ask for the release of some of their comrades. Otherwise they will kill a hostage every, say, half hour. For good measure they kill a young woman right after formulating their demands. As ..."
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The film's writer is Robert Littell who is a journalist and novelist who specializes in espionage novels that frequently are set around the spy world of the CIA and the former Soviet Union. He wrote the screenplay for this movie then wrote the novel of the same name after-wards. The book has a slightly different title, it being "The Amateur: A Novel of Revenge (1981)". This film was his first film & TV credit.
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A CIA computer expert goes abroad for revenge after terrorists execute his girlfriend in Munich.