There was a time back in the 90s and early 2000s when an American spy or hero or killer guy in a movie could go over to another country, kill all the terrorist bad guys, come back and the audience would think, "Yup, that was OK to do." But a lot has happened since then, and that type of movie should really be handled a lot differently now. American Assassin seems to know this, but doesn't care or, at the very least, doesn't know how to care.
Look, I'm all for action movies where an American flies to some country and starts shooting -- if I wasn't I wouldn't be able to watch very many action movies -- but if you're going to involve the CIA, very real-world terrorists, torture, the Iranian government, and an atomic bomb, then you can't make that movie anymore. Or if you're going to you have to have the wherewithal on how to handle it. American Assassin does not.
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