The film stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Jack Kesy, Brett Gelman, Lauren London, Colman Domingo and Guy Pearce.

After over 20 years in development hell, Jordan was announced as the lead role in September 2018, and Sheridan was hired to rewrite a script originally written in the 1990s.

In Aleppo, Syria, a team of US Navy SEALs, including Senior Chief Petty Officer John Kelly, rescue a CIA operative taken hostage by a suspected pro-Assad para-military group.

Healed from his injuries, Kelly tracks down the corrupt Russian diplomat, who issued the passports to the FSB operatives, and forces him to give the name of the surviving assassin before killing him.

Incarcerated for murder, Kelly bargains his way out by revealing the escaped operative is Victor Rykov, an ex-Spetznaz officer, who is hiding in Murmansk, Russia.

As police arrive, the team realizes that the mission was a set-up to have American soldiers killed on Russian soil to start a war.

[8] Tom Hardy was approached by Paramount to play Kelly, and Kevin Costner was slated to reprise his role as mentor William Harper from another Clancy-based film, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), but this version did not happen.

[13] In September 2019, Jamie Bell and Jodie Turner-Smith were cast, with Luke Mitchell, Jacob Scipio, Cam Gigandet, Jack Kesy, Todd Lasance and Brett Gelman joining in October.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Despite a commanding performance from Michael B. Jordan, Without Remorse fails to escape its outdated patriotic tropes and forced franchise place settings.

[31] The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney called the film "pacey and punchy, buoyed by its magnetic lead" and wrote: "The result is a solid entry in the Clancy screen canon — gritty, briskly paced, laced with vigorously choreographed fight scenes, explosive weapons action and twisty political intrigue that seems prescient as it taps into the most strained period in U.S.-Russian relations since the Cold War.

"[32] Randy Meyers of The Mercury News wrote, "Without Remorse improves on its source material and delivers a satisfyingly sleek and ultra-violent spy thriller.

"[33] Owen Gleiberman of Variety called the film "...a lively formulaic action-hero origin story, dunked in combat grunge, that demonstrates how a resourceful lead actor can bend and heighten the meaning of a commercial thriller.

"[34] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail wrote, "Without Remorse is a half-hearted attempt to exfiltrate an espionage brand that just won't come in from the cold.

"[35] David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a grade of C− and said: "Without Remorse doesn't understand the role it's meant to serve as the foundation of a potential franchise.

"[37] In September 2018, Jordan's selection to play Kelly was reported to serve as an origin story for the character before he would appear in a sequel, based on Clancy's Rainbow Six novel.

Additionally Jordan is a producer, alongside Akiva Goldsman, Greg Lessans, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Elizabeth Raposo.