Efter terrorangrebet på World Trade Center i 2001 begynder CIA at jagte bagmanden, Osama bin Laden. Over hele verden foretager CIA en lang række hårdhændede afhøringer af formodede terrorister. Den nyansatte agent Maya bliver kvinden, der finder vej gennem de mange blindgyder, falske ledetråde og modstridende rapporter.
- Genre: Thriller, Drama
- Studio: Annapurna Pictures, First Light, Mark Boal Productions
- Nøgleord: hotel, van, mossad, central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, prisoner, car dealer, iraq, pakistan, f word, man hunt, u.s. navy seal, female protagonist, gunfight, terrorism, raid, text message, monkey, dog, special forces, tied up, military, area 51, terrorist group, torturing, woman director, al qaeda, prison camp, suicide bombing, political thriller, ex special forces, post 9/11, helicopter crash, islamabad
- Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Joel Edgerton
