He meets several government officials, including CIA Officer Donald Gaines, CIA Officer Sandy Crowder, Colonel Gary Ruzak of the National Security Council, and Ambassador Frank Whalen, and learns that Cal Riley was recently abducted in Lebanon. The kidnappers have specifically requested Skiles as the negotiator. The group meets with the kidnappers and find Karim heading the organization. Karim demands the release of his brother in exchange for Riley, despite the Americans' protest that they do not have Rafid in captivity. Skiles suspects that Israel is holding Rafid, and travels with Ruzak to secure his release. The Israelis reveal that they do not have Rafid, and Skiles returns to Beirut to meet with Alice, Riley's wife. Alice holds Skiles responsible for Riley's abduction, believing that Riley has remained in Lebanon over the guilt he feels for Nadia's death. The next day, while Skiles is conducting the lecture at the American University of Beirut (the official reason for his visit), a car bomb is set off outside the building. In the ensuing chaos, Skiles is instructed to leave to meet Karim.
Karim brings him to Riley, who covertly tells Skiles that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is holding Rafid and that Gaines is not to be trusted. Skiles returns to Riley's apartment to search for clues, where he encounters Crowder.īefore releasing Skiles, Karim threatens that unless Rafid is returned later that night, he will sell Riley to Iran. She reveals that Gaines had been stealing money from the embassy and that Riley has made a written report, but didn't deliver it to CIA authorities, shortly before his disappearance. Skiles convinces Crowder that the PLO is holding Rafid, and she steals $4 million from the CIA office to trade for Rafid.Ĭrowder and Skiles lead an attack on a PLO officer in order to force a trade for Rafid. After a payoff to his PLO captors, they bring him to the exchange with Karim. After trading Riley for Rafid, Rafid is shot and killed by a Mossad sniper in a nearby building. The Mossad sniper is actually Bernard who originally met Skiles when he arrived to Beirut. Bernard meets Sandrine, the mistress of the PLO officer whom Skiles attacked, who is also an Israeli agent, and leaves on a helicopter. Before departing Beirut, Skiles learns that Gaines has unexpectedly retired and that Ruzak has left Beirut. Jon Hamm as Mason Skiles, a former U.S.Ĭrowder announces her intention to apply for the newly vacant station chief job, and Skiles offers his services as a negotiator.Īs the film ends, news footage is shown of the subsequent 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, increasing international involvement in the country, and, finally, the 1983 bombings of the U.S.Rosamund Pike as Sandy Crowder, a CIA field officer working undercover at the American embassy tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring the mission is successful.ĭiplomat who returns to service to save a former colleague.
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