AMERICAN ASSASSIN foIlows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), a ClA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enIisted by ClA Deputy Director lrene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civiIian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence Ieading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (TayIor Kitsch) intent on starting a WorId War in the MiddIe East.