Rami Malek as Heller in ‘The Amateur’ (Photo by John Wilson © 2025 20th Century Studios)

Betrayal, cover-ups, blackmail, and revenge are at the core of the spy action thriller The Amateur. Oscar winner Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) stars as CIA master decoder Charlie Heller, who loves three things most in the world: decoding, puzzles, and his lovely wife Sarah. Life is going well for Charlie until tragedy strikes when his wife is killed during a terrorist attack while on a business trip in London.

Overwhelmed by grief and anger, Charlie becomes focused on finding those directly responsible for Sarah’s death. He grows exasperated when he presents his work of finding three out of the four terrorists’ locations to his superiors, who refuse to act on it and suggest he take time off to grieve.

Instead, Charlie forces his superiors, by using certain secret intelligence, to have him trained as a...