Moments into American Assassin, the franchise starter wannabe based on Vince Flynn's throwback pulp action -
thriller series directed with competent anonymity by Michael Cuesta (Kill the Messenger, Roadie), Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien, Teen Wolf, The Maze Runner series), a privileged, twenty - something vacationing on the island
paradise of Ibiza with his girlfriend - turned - fiancée, Katrina (Charlotte Vega),
loses everything to a jihadi terrorist attack.