Release Date: January 5th, 2018
R|1 hr 35 min
Plot Summary
After the death of his American counterpart, an MI6 agent and his team must race against time to stop a madman from unleashing stolen chemical weapons.
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Connie Nielsen, Gemma Chan, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Felton, Thomas Kretschmann, Derek Jacobi, Austin Stowell
Director: Simon West
Production Co: Square One Entertainment
Distributors: Momentum Pictures
Because crime thrillers, nut-with-a-knife horror movies, combat films, Westerns and the like are so very familiar, you’ve got to raise the bar on those tropes and action beats just to surprise and impress us. Stratton is a special forces thriller that fails to do that. show more
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