MICHAEL CUESTA

AMERICAN ASSASSIN (2017)
Starring Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Taylor Kitsch, Scott Adkins, David Suchet, Navid Negahban, Trevor White and Alaa Safi. Directed by Michael Cuesta.

American Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp, a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

REVIEWS American Assassin - Carbon copy clichéd crap

KILL THE MESSENGER (2014)
Starring Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie Dewitt and Ray Liotta. Directed by Michael Cuesta.

Based on true events, Kill the Messenger tells the remarkable story of a small-town reporter who uncovers one of the most elaborate criminal conspiracies in the history of the US government- unleashing a CIA smear campaign that turns the entire American political and media establishment against him.