The premise is deceptively simple. A cadre of disgraced ex-CIA operatives, hollowed out by the chaotic end of the war in Afghanistan, reunite for one final mission: a high-stakes score in Tehran. Tucker (Zachary Levi) is the ostensible leader, a man whose idealism curdled into something harder. Larry (Liam Neeson) is the elder statesman, a veteran who has seen too many wars end badly. Alex (Wes Chatham), James (Titus Welliver), Matt (Grant Harvey), and Bruce (Augusto Aguilera) round out the crew, each carrying his own scars.
What begins as a heist narrative - the "life-changing score" of the synopsis - gradually reveals itself as something more existential. The target is less important than what the mission represents: a chance to be useful again, to reclaim agency in a world that has moved past them. Moshe, who also co-wrote the screenplay, keeps the geopolitical specifics deliberately hazy, focusing instead on the psychological terrain of men who no longer have a country that wants them.
The introduction of Qasim (Navid Negahban) and Sophie (Annet Mahendru) injects moral complexity into what could have been a straightforward us-versus-them setup. Tehran is not painted as a monolithic enemy but as a living, breathing city with its own contradictions. The film refuses easy answers, and that refusal is both its greatest strength and, at times, its structural weakness.
