Trigger (2025): One Pull Ends a Life — or Starts a War

He followed the mission. Now he’s writing his own rules.

Trigger (2025) is a high-stakes psychological action-thriller that dives into the mind of a man trained to kill — and forced to question every order, every shot, and every truth he once believed. Set in a tense geopolitical landscape, the film explores loyalty, morality, and the terrifying power that lies behind a single decision.

The story follows Gabriel Knox (Jake Gyllenhaal), a former military sniper turned private contractor, who now works covert missions for a shadowy global security firm. After completing a sanctioned hit on a high-profile foreign target, Gabriel is caught in an ambush — only to discover that the man he killed wasn’t the intended target, and the entire mission was a setup.

Now burned by his employers and hunted by international forces, Gabriel goes on the run, trying to piece together who issued the order and why. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a sinister plot involving corporate arms dealers, forged intelligence, and a plan to ignite a global conflict for profit. With time running out and no one to trust, he must decide: disappear forever — or pull the trigger again, this time for the truth

Directed by Denis Villeneuve with sharp precision and emotional depth, Trigger is a taut, intelligent thriller that balances explosive action with moral ambiguity. It challenges viewers to ask who really holds the power when a finger rests on the trigger — and what happens when that finger refuses to obey.

Trigger is not just about bullets. It’s about choice, conscience, and control.