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The 355 (Original title)
Date: 2020 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Simon Kinberg

Synopsis: Espionage action thriller. A group of female secret agents try to retrieve a powerful hard drive before it falls into the hands of criminals. Secret agent Mason Brown, known as Mace, has to recover a hard drive containing deadly decryption technology capable of causing events like mass power cuts and plane crashes, which has turned up on the black market. London-based computer expert (and former MI6 agent) Khadijah Adiyeme reluctantly agrees to join her. They find themselves up against a German agent, Marie Schmidt, but soon they realise they should all work together. With them is a psychologist from Colombia, Graciela, who is just keen to get home to her family. The group travel from the cafés of Paris to the souks of Morocco and an art auction in Shanghai. Meanwhile, they are aware that they are being tracked by the enigmatic Chinese woman Lin Mi Sheng, whose loyalties eventually become known.

Genres:
Action and Adventure, Thriller

Subjects:
Espionage, Intelligence services
Releases
Date: 07 January 2022Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 122 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 07 January 2022Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire