Beckett

An action-thriller

Introduction

I heard about the upcoming Netflix movie 'Beckett’ while out of town. Netflix created quite a media buzz online so naturally, my curiosity was piqued and I had high expectations. I decided it would be the first movie I watched when I got back.

I felt slightly disappointed as the movie did not actually meet the expectation and the hype. Don’t get me wrong. John David Washington and Alicia Vikander are both excellent actors. It’s just that I feel the hype created expectations the movie did not meet.

About the movie

Beckett is a 2021 Netflix action thriller written by Kevin Rice and directed by Ferdinado Cito Filomarino. The movie stars John David Washington (Tenet), Alicia Vikander (The Man from Uncle), Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps, Maria Votti, Panos Koronis, and Lena Kitsopoulou

Synopsis

Beckett (John David Washington) and his girlfriend, April (Alicia Vikander) are American tourists visiting Athens, Greece. A freak accident that claims the life of April puts Beckett in the path of powerful forces bent on killing him to avoid him exposing their secret.

Unable to mourn the death of his girlfriend and running for his life, Beckett finds himself inadvertently thrust into a political crisis where no side can be trusted. He must depend on the help of good samaritans to keep one step ahead of dirty cops bent on killing him while trying to unravel the mystery…