The Throwaways
The best last resort
2015 · 1h 30m · Unrated
Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Directed by
Tony Bui
Overview
Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition - work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the condition that he can form his own team, he puts together a group of "throwaways" - the people deemed expendable and seemingly the worst in the organization.
Director and cast
- Tony Bui Director
- Sam Huntington as Drew Reynolds
- James Caan as Lt. Col. Christopher Holden
- Peter Brooke as Agent Langstrom
- Kevin Dillon as Dan Fisher
- Katie McGrath as Gloria
- Noel Clarke as Erik Williamson
- Darrell D'Silva as Konstantin
- Valentin Ganev as Bulgarian Official
- Don Handfield as US Embassy Station Chief (as E.D. Handfield)
- Christian Hillborg as Dmitri
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