Release Date
May 14, 2021 (Limited)
Digital Date
July 27, 2021
DVD Release Date
August 10, 2021 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Timur Bekmambetov
Writer
Britt Poulton, Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina
Cast
Valene Kane, Shazad Latif
Studio
Running Time
105 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language throughout and some disturbing images
Profile follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. The thriller is co-led by Valene Kane (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery). Profile is inspired by the 2015 nonfiction bestseller In the Skin of a Jihadist by a French journalist who now has round-the-clock police protection and has changed her... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
An investigative journalist catfishes a handsome ISIS recruiter via Skype in the somewhat compelling if slightly underwhelming thriller Profile. Shot over a mere nine days, the movie, from Timur Bekmambetov, is told through a series of video calls and screen shares.
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