The True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)

Original title

True Memoirs of an International Assassin

Directed by

Jeff Wadlow

Genre

comedy television program

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 858 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A writer named Sam Larson writes a novel about an assassin. His publisher presents it as a true story and he ends up kidnapped in Venezuela. He has to pretend to be his own character to survive the situation.

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What happens

True Memoirs of an International Assassin is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Jeff Wadlow from a screenplay co-written with Jeff Morris. The film stars Kevin James, Kim Coates, Maurice Compte, Zulay Henao, Andrew Howard, Ron Rifkin, Yul Vazquez and Andy García. Aspiring author Sam Larson gets thrown into the dangerous, politically volatile Venezuela when his online publisher sells his debut fiction novel about a deadly assassin as non-fiction, so he gets kidnapped to aid a military coup. Thrust into his lead character's world, he must take on the role for his own survival. The film was released on Netflix on November 11, 2016, and had a primarily negative response from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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