Overview
Momentum is a 2015 action thriller film directed by Stephen Campanelli, and starring Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman and James Purefoy. A high tech thief is pursued by mysterious government agents.
Plot
Alex (Olga Kurylenko), a former CIA agent-turned-thief after an incident in Belarus, gets pulled into a high-tech bank heist (her 'one last job') by her former partner Kevin. During the heist, they force the bank manager to reveal the password to open the vault. When the manager refuses, one of the robbers, Wayne, tries to kill him but is stopped when Kevin realizes that the vault can only be opened using the body scanning machine, and the body of the manager is the key. After using the manager's body to open the vault, they steal a bag of diamonds which hides a valuable flash drive containing incriminating evidence. Alex keeps the diamonds as her cut of the heist and relaxes at a hotel as the rest of the proceeds are laundered. They are pursued by a team of agents led by Mr. Washington (James Purefoy). Kevin is tortured and killed as Alex hides under the bed. Alex escapes and is involved in a cat-and-mouse chase across the city. Kevin's wife and child are used as bait to lure Alex. Alex tries to uncover the conspiracy behind her pursuers.
Alex eventually learns they have been sent by an anonymous United States Senator (Morgan Freeman) to retrieve the flash drive.
Cast
Olga Kurylenko as Alexis "Alex" Faraday
Colin Moss as Kevin Fuller
Lee-Anne Summers as Penny Fuller
James Purefoy as Mr. "Washington"
Hlomla Dandala as Mr. "Madison"
Morgan Freeman as "Senator"
Karl Thaning as Doug MacArthur
Shelley Nicole as Ms. "Clinton"
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