The Engineer (film)

The Engineer is a 2023 American^[1] action film written by Kosta Kondilopoulous, directed by Danny A. Abeckaser and starring Emile Hirsch.

The Engineer
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
Production companies	Lionsgate Studios Grindstone Entertainment Group 2B Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	August 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

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

Cast

• Emile Hirsch as Etan
• Angel Bonanni as Avi
• Danny A. Abeckaser as Yakov
• Tzachi Halevy as Gili
• Oshri Cohen^[1]
• Dan Mor as Tamas
• Omer Hazan as Levi
• Stefani Yunger^[1]
• Kyle Stefanski as Henry
• Yarden Toussia-Cohen as Fanni
• Adam Haloon as The Engineer
• Lee Keinan as Al-Soowi
• Robert Davi as Senator David Adler ^[1]

Production

Hirsch's official casting as the lead was announced in June 2022.^[2]

Release

The film was released on August 18, 2023.^[3]

Reception

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]