On Christmas Eve, a TSA agent finds himself trapped in a deadly game of survival when a terrorist threatens his girlfriend's life.
Sometimes you just want to watch a movie that demands absolutely zero from its audience. It’s just about sitting back, relaxing, and letting the story take care of itself. No thinking, no figuring out whodunnit. is all that. Because after another gritty day, week, month or year, who wants to do much else than a couch potato? We want to chill and wind down as much as possible.
Transportation Safety Agency worker Ethan Kopek, played by Taron Egerton, mans the hand baggage X-ray checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport or LAX. He has not had a promotion in three years but on Christmas Eve he gets the chance to prove himself. What follows is an ordeal of terrorist proportions as he finds himself trapped in a deadly game of intimidation and survival.The baddie, known as the Traveller, is played by Jason Bateman. Using an earbud to communicate, the Traveller orders Ethan to allow a specific carry-on case through security or risk his girlfriend’s life. She also happens to work at the airport. To make matters worse, the Traveller’s sidekick, aptly nicked The Watcher, monitors Ethan’s every move through the airport’s hacked surveillance system. The TSA officer just cannot seek help, despite trying some innovative methods, and with a sniper rifle aimed at his girlfriend, the heat is on.The situation spirals further when Ethan learns that the carry-on bag that he must allow through security contains Novichok, a highly lethal Russian-made nerve agent.Needless to say, LAX turns into chaos as the manhunt, the bomb hunt and the craziness of the terrorist plot unfolds. In between the action, we learn that Ethan had always wanted to be a police officer. His dream was never realised, because his dad’s criminal record derailed his own attempts at becoming a co
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