Brilliant Hacker Wanted in "Criminal"
The thrilling espionage movie “Criminal” starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal
Gadot, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones tracks the story of the right man in
the wrong body. In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA
operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into an unpredictable
and dangerous death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative’s
mission.
“Criminal” delves
into the inner workings of the mind when CIA agent Bill Pope (Reynolds)
tragically disappears in the middle of an urgent, top-secret mission. He’s been
tracking the brilliant hacker known as "The Dutchman" (Michael Pitt),
who, while navigating the lawless Dark Web, has uncovered the means to take
charge of the entire weaponry of the U.S. military’s Central Command.
With Pope’s
death, every vital piece of information he’s discovered about The Dutchman and
his whereabouts is wiped out forever. Dead men tell no tales. Or do they? As
Kevin Costner who plays Jerico in the movie says: “It used to be dead men went
to the grave with their secrets but as we unlock the inner workings of the
brain, and as science progresses, we know it may soon be possible to transfer
the memories of one person to another – and the implications are vast.”
That is why the
CIA’s relentless London chief, Quaker Wells (Oldman), embarks on an
unprecedented medical intervention – an experimental surgery that might implant
Pope’s DNA directly into the synapses of another man’s brain. He recruits the
maverick neurosurgeon, Dr. Franks (Tommy Lee Jones), who in turn finds the one
person who might be able to absorb Pope’s memories: a treacherously unhinged
death-row convict named Jerico Stewart (Costner), whose childhood brain damage
makes him unpredictable yet an ideal candidate. Left without empathy or
emotions, Jerico might provide a blank slate for taking on Pope’s memories.
At first, it
appears the operation has failed. Wells and CIA agents Esteban Ruiza (Amaury
Nolasco) and Marta Lynch (Alice Eve) get nowhere with Jerico. But Jerico,
unsure of what has happened to him and in fear for his life, escapes and finds
himself on the run. At large in London, Jerico begins to experience memories
that are clearly not his own – memories that take him into an overwhelming
world of family, love and responsibility that he’s never known.
Deluged by memories he doesn’t know what to do with, Jerico is drawn
like a magnet to Pope's old house and to his widow Jill (Gadot) and their
beloved child – even as the CIA begins to trace his moves. When the ruthless
anarchist Xavier Heimdahl (Jordi Molla), intent on controlling the U.S. nuclear
arsenal to advance his own agenda, kidnaps Pope's family to get to The Dutchman
first, Jerico is helpless against the overpowering urge to save them.
But time is of
the essence, for Jerico has learned from Dr. Franks that the effects of the
brain surgery are only temporary. Soon, his sense of Pope’s innermost thoughts
will begin to fade and Jerico will lose the memories that now mean everything
to the future of the civilized world and to Jerico himself.
“Criminal” opens
April 13 in cinemas to be released by OctoArts Films International.
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