Despite Alex mocking him early on as wanting to be James Bond, Charles is more akin to a geeky version of Liam Neeson’s Taken do-gooder, ridding the world of cretins via the use of his very particular set of skills—which, in this case, boils down to a facility with cutting-edge technology.

The film stars Rami Malek as CIA cryptographer-turned-vigilante Charles Heller, who goes on a solo mission to avenge his wife’s death. Critics had the opportunity to screen it ahead of its April 11 release to theaters,

The other is The Amateur, a frustratingly old-school thriller in which the most modern element is not the top-notch computer hacking that's crucial to its plotline, but focusing its story of a "wife guy.