The Engineer | |
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Directed by | Danny A. Abeckaser |
Written by | Kosta Kondilopoulous |
Produced by | Danny A. Abeckaser Yoav Gross |
Starring | Emile Hirsch |
Cinematography | Barry Markowitz |
Edited by | Eric Yalkut Chase Steve Hansel |
Music by | Lionel Cohen |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Engineer is a 2023 American[1] action film written by Kosta Kondilopoulous, directed by Danny A. Abeckaser and starring Emile Hirsch.
Follows the biggest manhunt in the history of Israel to find Yahya Ayyash, the mastermind bombmaker who oversaw a group of suicide troops in Israel in the middle of the 1990s
Hirsch's official casting as the lead was announced in June 2022.[2]
The film was released on August 18, 2023.[3]
The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.[4]
Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "...feels very much like an American B-movie stab at turning Israeli anti-terrorist operations of 30 years ago into formulaic action fodder — without much action, even."[1]