Freelance is a 2023 American action comedy film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Jacob Lentz in his feature writing debut.

Mason Pettits is a former U.S. Army Special Forces operator, who was injured and medically discharged after a failed mission to assassinate Juan Venegas, the dictator of the South American country of Paldonia.

Years later, Mason, stuck in a dead-end job at a law firm, is approached by an old teammate, Sebastian Earle, who offers him a highly paid private security job where he has to protect disgraced journalist Claire Wellington as she travels to Paldonia at the invitation of Venegas, who wishes to improve his public image with an interview in the midst of an uprising against his regime.

Venegas deduces that their attackers were his own soldiers in disguise, and that the assassination attempt is actually a coup orchestrated by his nephew Jorge with the aid of military advisor Colonel Jan Koehorst.

Jan and his men subsequently arrive at the village and chase the group; Mason and Venegas manage to escape while Claire is captured.

The next day, during said trade, Venegas brings in fake protestors to distract Jan as he, Mason, and Claire flee to the safety of the presidential palace.

[4][5] In January 2022, Alison Brie,[6] Juan Pablo Raba,[7] Alice Eve, Marton Csokas,[8] and Christian Slater joined the cast.