The Protégé is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell, written by Richard Wenk, and starring Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, David Rintoul, Ori Pfeffer, Ray Fearon, Caroline Loncq, and Robert Patrick.

In 1991, international assassin Moody Dutton discovers a child named Anna in the aftermath of a gang massacre in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Thirty years later, Moody has raised Anna as his apprentice and adopted daughter, while she runs a rare book shop in London as a cover.

[3] Following a successful assassination in Romania, Anna returns home where an ill Moody shows her his headquarters under a barn next to the English manor where he lives.

Anna enlists her contact Benny to investigate Lucas, and encounters the mysterious Michael Rembrandt at her bookstore.

After the visit her captors try to hang Anna but she kills them, escapes and discovers that Lucas is severely disabled, cared for in a facility with a wealthy benefactor.

On the street, Anna is shot by Duquet's last henchman but is rescued by Moody, who faked his death by disguising his attempted killer as himself.

Edward hired Moody to perform the hit on him years ago, faking his death to hide him, his son, and his criminal empire.

In October 2017, it was announced that Gong Li had joined the cast of the film, then titled Ana, with Martin Campbell directing from a screenplay by Richard Wenk.

The site's critical consensus reads: "Maggie Q's still waiting for the action movie that really deserves her -- but until then, The Protégé hits just hard enough to satisfy.