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The Protégé

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Directed by Martin Campbell
Produced by Robert Van Norden, Moshe Diamant, Yariv Lerner, Christopher Milburn, and Arthur Sarkissian
Written by Richard Wenk
With: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, David Rintoul, Patrick Malahide, Ray Fearon, Ori Pfeffer, and Robert Patrick
Cinematography: David Tattersall
Editing: Angela M. Catanzaro
Music: Photek
Runtime: 109 min
Release Date: 20 August 2021
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
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Not Keaton, Jackson, or Q, nor the reliable action director Campbell can do much with this silly tale about an assassin avenging the murder of the legendary hit-man who rescued her as a child and groomed her to become the world's most skilled killer.