The Amateur was a solid midseason action movie that came out in April. Now that summer blockbuster season is heating up, The Amateur is available at home. The standout is that it actually filmed in international locations, so now you can see those places in 4K.
Rami Malek plays a CIA analyst who trains to find the terrorists who killed his wife, but he never becomes James Bond. Even the action scenes are scrappy as he figures out the parts his training didn’t cover.
There are some notable surround sound effects. Particularl the sky pool explosion has cracking glass to match.
Deleted scenes include an extra action scene with a cool improvised weapon that works.
Four featurettes offer close to a half hour of behind the scenes material.