Tom Hardy stars in Kathryn Bigelow's adaptation of Anand Giridharadas book True American: Murder & Mercy in Texas, which tells the true story of Bangladesh Air Force officer Raisuddin Bhuiyan, who immigrates to America with dreams of working in technology, but finds his fate taking an unexpectedly tragic turn when, in the tense days following 9/11, he is brutally maimed by a vengeful "American terrorist" seeking violent retribution for the attacks on the United States.