American Assassin

2017 film by Michael Cuesta
Movie film Q26882523
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

American Assassin is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Michael Cuesta[3]
  • Screenwriter: Stephen Schiff[4], Edward Zwick[5], Marshall Herskovitz[6]
  • Composer: Steven Price[7]
  • Genre: action thriller[8], action film[9]
  • Based on: American Assassin[10]
  • Cast member: Dylan O'Brien[11], Michael Keaton[12], Sanaa Lathan[13], Taylor Kitsch[14], David Suchet[15], Navid Negahban[16], Scott Adkins[17], Mohammad Bakri[18], Jeff Davis[19], Alaa Safi[20]
  • Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura[21]
  • Production company: CBS Films[22]
  • Director of photography: Enrique Chediak[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 34%[26], 4.7/10[27], 45/100[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United States[30]
  • Publication date: October 12, 2017[31], September 15, 2017[32], September 14, 2017[33], 2017[34]
  • Distributed by: Starz Entertainment[35], Hulu[36]
  • Narrative location: Istanbul[37], Rome[38]
  • Official website: http://www.american-assassin.com/[39]
  • Filming location: Rome[40], Valletta[41], London Borough of Croydon[42], Blythe House[43], Somerset House[44], Phuket[45], Istanbul[46]
  • Film editor: Conrad Buff IV[47]
  • Title: American Assassin[48]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[49]
  • MPA film rating: R[50]
  • Duration: 111[51]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1[52]

Why It Matters

American Assassin has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). American Assassin. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/american-assassin
MLA “American Assassin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/american-assassin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_american-assassin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{American Assassin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/american-assassin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): American Assassin — https://4ort.xyz/entity/american-assassin (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/american-assassin · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1961175
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 1961175, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  2. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14710 → F02183
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14710: F02183"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 51101
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14571 → 406208
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39375|batch #39375]]: Add P14571 statement based on Rating certificate id qualifier of Rcq classification statement"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2017-10-12T00:00:00Z, +2017-09-15T00:00:00Z, +2017-09-14T00:00:00Z +1
    Screenwriter → Stephen Schiff, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
    Duration → {'amount': '+111'}
    Bbfc rating → 18 certificate
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.