The German Exterritorial movie on Netflix has only been streaming for five days, and it’s already taken over Tom Hardy’sHavoc movie for the No. 1 spot on Netflix top trending titles list. That means it must be good, right?
Written and directed by Christian Zübert, this action thriller stars Jeanne Goursaud as a veteran and single mother who must take matters into her own hands, after her 6-year-old son goes missing in the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany. Perhaps it was only a matter of time that the Americans get to be the bad guys in an European movie.
Netflix audiences can’t seem to get enough of this movie, which will remind viewers of Liam Neeson’s Taken franchise. That said, the plot is not quite as tight as Taken. In fact, Exterritorial is downright confusing at times. Don’t worry, because Decider is here to help. Read on for a breakdown of the Exterritorial plot summary and Exterritorial ending explained, including why Sara’s son was kidnapped.
Unable to find Josh anywhere, Sara meets with a consulate security officer named Sergeant Donovan (played by Kayode Akinyemi) and the head of the regional security officer name Eric Kynch (Dougray Scott). At first, the officers help Sara look for her son. But soon, they treat her with suspicion. According to the records and the front desk workers, the officers say, Sara came to the Consulate by herself. She was not accompanied by her 6-year-old son.
Sara tries calling her mother for help, but her mother believes Sara is having a psychotic episode and asks if Sara is taking her pills. She tries calling the German police, but they tell her that they have no jurisdiction at the consulate, because it is an “exterritorial area.” Sara believes she is being lied to and that someone at the consulate kidnapped her son. She breaks out of the room where she is being held to look for him.
During her search, Sara comes across a young Russian woman, Irina (Lera Abova). Irina claims she has been held prisoner in the consulate for months, and that she will help Sara find her son if Sara helps Irina escape. After a red herring subplot involving a drug deal that is ultimately not relevant to the plot, Sara discovers that she was lured to the consulate by Sergeant Donovan and Kynch. It turns out that Kynch is also a veteran. He is featured in that video that the journalist sent to Sara. After a phone call with the journalist, Sara realizes that Kynch betrayed his country and gave intel to the enemy. This is why Sara’s platoon was ambushed. As the only survivor of the ambush, Sara is the only one still alive who could rat out Kynch.
