History Film / The355

A top-secret weapon has fallen into the hands of a terrorist organization that is planning on starting World War III. The only one who can stop them and retrieve the weapon is a wild card CIA agent named Mason "Mace" Browne (Chastain), who must join forces with three other female agents: German agent Marie (Kruger), [=MI6=] computer specialist Khadijah (Nyong'o), and Colombian psychologist Graciela (Cruz), while also staying ahead of a mysterious woman, Lin Mi Sheng (Fan), who is tracking their every move.

-->'''Marie''': How'd you know my name?
-->'''Mace''': We're spies, asshole.

->''"We put ourselves in danger, so others aren't. We're the 355."''

* BigBadWannabe: Elijah Clarke is built up to be the BigBad, having been the one who stole the drive in the first place and kicking off the plot, with [[spoiler: Nick]] as his [[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[spoiler: Later, he's later OutGambitted by Nick, who shoots him dead in retaliation for sending a hit squad after him.]]

* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: This is how Mi Sheng (in a fast car) introduces herself to the other four protagonists.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Luis dies in Graciela's arms after being shot by a fellow Colombian agent. Graciela is deeply shaken by both his death and the betrayal]].

%%* FiveManBand has been moved to discussion

* BlackTieInfiltration: Mace, Khadijah, Marie, and Graciela go undercover at a high class auction in Shanghai with comms in their earrings and cameras in their necklaces.

* HeroicBSOD: Done by [[spoiler:almost all the women after Nick kills Khadijah's boyfriend, Marie's mentor, Mi Sheng's father and nearly Graciela's family]]. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge They soon overcome it to seek payback]].

%%* TokenGoodTeammate: While all five women are dedicated to doing the right thing, Graciela is the only one of them who was not an active agent when the crisis started, as she was a psychologist who just ended up going along with the others because she was the only one with access to certain vital information, only even picking up a gun near the end. %%How is Graciela a token good teammate? The example outright says that "all five women are dedicated to doing the right thing", and one of them not using a gun for most of the movie does not make the rest of them "not good"

''The 355'' is a 2022 action spy film starring Creator/DianeKruger, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/JessicaChastain, Creator/LupitaNyongO, and Creator/FanBingbing and directed by Simon Kinberg (''Film/DarkPhoenix''). Produced by [=FilmNation=] Entertainment, the film was released on January 7, 2021 in the US and the UK/Ireland by [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] with international releases following after.[[note]]The film was released in France on January 5 of that year as well as Germany and Mexico/Latin America and a few other territories, a few days later but distributed by other companies[[/note]]

A top-secret weapon has fallen into the hands of a terrorist organization that is planning on starting World War III. The only one who can stop them and retrieve the weapon is a wild card CIA agent named Mason "Mace" Browne, who must join forces with three other female agents: German agent Marie, [=MI6=] computer specialist Khadijah, and Colombian psychologist Graciela, while also staying ahead of a mysterious woman, Lin Mi Sheng, who is tracking their every move.

* AskAStupidQuestion:

%%RealityEnsues is no longer a trope.

* AmazonBrigade: The main protagonists are a group of women who use their combined skills to stop terrorists from getting their hands on a powerful weapon. Mace, Marie, Khadijah, and Mi Sheng are proficient with both firearms and hand-to-hand combat and their teamwork is best demonstrated during the final shoot-out. Garciela is the only one without prior combat experience, but she still manages to [[spoiler: shoot Nick]].

* BlackTieInfiltration: Mace, Khadijah, Marie, and Garciela go undercover at a high class auction in Shanghai with comms in their earrings and cameras in their necklaces.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Luis dies in Garciela's arms after being shot by a fellow Colombian agent. Garciela is deeply shaken by both his death and the betrayal]].

* HidingInAHijab: Khadijah turns her headscarf into a makeshift hijab to blend in with the locals during the mission in Morocco. Garciela gets the idea that all of them should put on hijabs to take the drive from a mook, who is unable to tell which woman in the crowd took it from him.

** During the final shoot-out, [[spoiler:Marie finds the drive, only for Nick to shoot her in the shoulder and nearly kill her and Mace, if not for the timely intervention of Garciela]].
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Nick threats to kill the women's loved ones until they hand over the drive. Garciela gives in and begs the other women to let him have the drive so he'll spare her family. Although the team eventually defeats him, he manages to kill Khadijah's boyfriend, Marie's mentor, and Mi Sheng's father, leaving only Garciela's family alive]].