The series' lead character John Stratton is played by Dominic Cooper, while the rest of the cast includes Gemma Chan, Austin Stowell, Tyler Hoechlin, and Tom Felton.

They learn a bomb maker has developed a drone system to disperse the bioweapon, which is more lethal at high altitudes, and track the terrorists to Rome.

There is a speedboat chase with heavy gunfire, before the final action sequence, which takes place in London with the poison device loaded onto a double-decker bus whose destination is shown as Clapham Common (so as to blend in).

[3] It would be based on Duncan Falconer's eight-novel series of the same name, featuring the lead character John Stratton, an SBS soldier working for the Intelligence Detachment in Northern Ireland.

[7] According to Hardman & Co. the budget for Stratton was £12.9m and Ober Private Clients assisted GFM in the financing of this film through an EIS fund raise.

[2] Principal photography on the film began on 15 July 2015 in Brindisi, Lecce, Squinzano and Casalabate, Italy, and then the shooting would move to Rome and then to London.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Stratton's action-thriller ambitions are roundly thwarted by a derivative story, misguided casting, and a low-budget feel underscored by unimpressive set pieces.

"[10] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 2 out 5 stars, calling it a "medium-budget, moderately silly action-thriller" that "is partly redeemed by its cheerfully outrageous finale involving a chase-slash-shootout with a car and a double-decker London bus somewhere in the countryside.

"[14] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote: "Solidly professional in overall packaging yet clichéd, pedestrian and indistinct in specific contributions, this thriller never finds (let alone raises) its own pulse.