Shadow Force (2025)
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The story
Eight years ago, Kyrah Owens and Issac Sarr were leaders of Shadow Force, a CIA clandestine operations team. After falling in love and having a son, they went underground to live in peace. However, their former commander, Jack Cinder, refuses to forgive their 'treason' and has begun hunting them down. While Kyrah acts as bait to lead assassins away from their family, Issac and their son accidentally become entangled in a bank heist. When the public sees the child, Cinder blacklists them and summons the rest of Shadow Force to hunt them down, forcing the family into a desperate flight.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Kyrah Owens and Issac Sarr, former leaders of the CIA's Shadow Force, live in hiding with their son, Ky. Their peace is shattered when Jack Cinder, the former founder of Shadow Force and current Secretary General of the G7, discovers their existence after they are caught in a public bank heist. Cinder summons the remaining Shadow Force members to eliminate them. The family flees to the Colombian jungle, where they realize one of Kyrah's contacts, Unc, is an informant for Cinder. Kyrah lures Cinder to his private island off Cartagena, intending to expose his secrets. During a tense reunion, Kyrah is captured, and Issac is joined by Auntie and Unc. A gunfight ensues when Cinder's aides are revealed as OIG agents, resulting in the death of the Shadow Force members. Kyrah is taken hostage, but Issac manages to kill Cinder. Six months later, the Sarrs resume civilian life, and Kyrah declines an offer to form a new Shadow Force.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 104
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Joe Carnahan
- Writers
- Leon Chills · writer; Joe Carnahan · writer
- Cast and characters
- Kerry Washington · Kyrah Owens; Omar Sy · Issac Sarr; Mark Strong · Jack Cinder; Da'Vine Joy Randolph · Auntie/Marvella; Cliff "Method Man" Smith · Unc/Avery; Jahleel Kamara · Ky Sarr; Marshall Cook · Patrick; Ed Quinn · Parker
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- betrayal; family protection; vengeance
- Tone and mood
- intense; gritty
- Premise and plot tags
- contract killing; special forces; action thriller
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics and performed poorly at the box office, grossing only $5 million against a $40 million budget.
- Production trivia
- The film was delayed from May 2, 2025, to May 9, 2025, to avoid competition with Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*.; The film was shot almost entirely in Colombia.; The production was co-financed by Media Capital Technologies.
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