2016 Directed by Justin Kurzel
Through unlocked genetic memories that allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he's a descendant of the secret 'Assassins' society. After gaining incredible knowledge and skills, he is now poised to take on the oppressive Knights Templar in the present day.
Michael Fassbender Marion Cotillard Jeremy Irons Brendan Gleeson Charlotte Rampling Michael Kenneth Williams Ariane Labed James Sobol Kelly Denis Ménochet Callum Turner Khalid Abdalla Essie Davis Carlos Bardem Javier Gutiérrez Hovik Keuchkerian Crystal Clarke Brian Gleeson Rufus Wright Matias Varela Coco König Michelle H. Lin Julio Jordán Angus Brown Kemaal Deen-Ellis Aaron Monaghan Thomas Camilleri Marysia S. Peres Gabriel Andreu Jeff Mash Show All…
Michael Fassbender Markus Barmettler Jean-Julien Baronnet Christine Burgess-Quémard Patrick Crowley Jean de Rivieres Gerard Guillemot Serge Hascoet Philip Lee Frank Marshall Conor McCaughan Arnon Milchan Alison Banks
Stafford Lawrence Lars Andersen Marc Hutchings Sarah Tulloch Tyler Weiss David Yrisarri Kamila Ostra Tracey Leadbetter Leila Nicotera Annie Cliche
Markus Stemler Alistair Hawkins Benjamin Krbetschek Christian Conrad Sacha Walker Gilbert Lake Steve Single Frank Kruse
New Regency Pictures Regency Enterprises The Kennedy/Marshall Company Ubisoft CatchPlay Latina Pictures Monarchy Enterprises S.a.r.l. Ubisoft Motion Pictures DMC Film Alpha Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! You were supposed to destroy the bad video movies, not join them! Bring balance to cinema, not leave it in darkness!
History, which is foundational to the captivatingly bonkers story of Justin Kurzel’s “Assassin’s Creed,” tells us that this should be a very bad movie. For one thing, this dense, dour, and oft-delayed holiday spectacle is based on a popular series of video games — a grim omen in a year that brought us the likes of “Warcraft” and “Ratchet & Clank.” For another, Kurzel’s moody adaptation is told on a massive scale, budgeted to compete with other franchise monstrosities like “Rogue One” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” — the familiar trouble with making a film like this is that it’s too expensive to afford any risks.
But “Assassin’s Creed,” in which Michael Fassbender’s blank protagonist quite literally repeats…
48/100
Justin Kurzel sucks the lifeblood out of anything he touches, and Assassin's Creed is no exception, but the self-serious ambition exudes an entrancing sense of style in spite of the goofy premise being drained of its inherent silliness. The flashback sequences are silent, acrobatic showcases - a dizzying soundtrack fulfills the extended chases and high-jumping movements - while the present-day material drowns in convoluted concepts, and the resulting mix is one of continuous fascination and intermittent thrills. See it for the Fassbender.
"We work in the dark to serve the light.
We are assassins."
Bold, cold and a mess to behold; Assassin's Creed is a fascinatingly weird movie, but one that succeeds pretty wonderfully. Video games have rarely made a seamless transition from console to cinema; they've earned themselves quite the sour reputation. What Assassin's Creed does so well is it allows the game's strengths to take center stage in the film. Impossibly high dives, historically fetishized locations, sweet kills and absurd acrobatics are why the franchise has succeeded, and naturally it's also why the film succeeds. Kurzel doesn't attempt to weave some narrative over those things, but rather he builds a story entirely composed by them. The film bravely flips from…
The first act is a mess, the dialogue is woeful, and I couldn't have given less of a fuck about what the actual plot was, but I got to see Fassbender sing "Crazy" and run around stabbing people, some cool looking costumes, locations, and action set pieces (the second one at an execution is a lot of fun, especially) with some nice cinematography and camera work, so I can't really complain that much......
That's all I got, really.....
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Pretty enjoyable, honestly. Suffers from cramming exposition you can take your time with in a game into two hours, but otherwise not bad. D.O.A.: Dead Or Alive is still the best video game movie.
I’ve never really played an Assassin’s Creed game beyond the tutorial levels (and whatever that weird 2D sidescroller one was) so I really don’t care for the franchise. What Interested me more about this movie was the actors involved (Fassbender, Cotillard, their director from the well received MacBeth, etc).
I don’t think Fassbender has made a bad blunder since maybe 2010′s Jonah Hex, but really that wasn’t his fault (entirely) since he was a supporting role. But I think what happened here was just a new director crumbling under studio pressure. I get that these games are set in a future with the organization, but the split to future and present is almost so off that it’s insulting to the…
Death by Film Scavenger Hunt - Movie 8
A movie under 20% on Rotten Tomatoes
I picked this one because I figured it would be a typical watchable-but-bad video game movie. Michael Fassbender I like, and I've played one or two of the actual games and they themselves actually have a decent story, so I thought really could it be that bad? After two long hours split across three sittings (because I literally couldn't watch it all in one go), I can tell you it could be that bad, THAT BAD, and even worse. 19% on RT is an understatement because DAMN how you can screw up a movie this bad when you start with something that is already kind of interesting and has a decent story to begin with.
Full of self importance, this film is like watching someone else’s Twitch stream except you have to spend an hour learning about how he got his PC.
BORING
the evil consumer tech/military complex company have to use McSexy to find the mcGuffin and keep sexy scientist daughter from falling for him. there are way too many characters no one cares about and mommy issues here, it’s like an opening cutscene that NEVER ENDS. In fact it is, because it’s all a 2 hour set up for a franchise that will never happen.
Honestly this was just ok at best could’ve been a lot better in my opinion Micheal Fassbender gives a good enough performance and when the assassin stuff is happening is really cool but the movie is unfortunately just bogged down by this abstergo crap which is kinda boring but as I’ve stated the movie isn’t completely horrible it was just disappointing but still give it a watch nonetheless.
This movie, Yikes, Loved the games, Hated the movie. Don't bother watching.
Assassin’s Creed stands as maybe the best film based on a video game by default for showing real intelligence and mischief. But that’s not saying much given the low bar of the sub-genre that includes turds like Super Mario Bros., Doom and House of The Dead. And remember last summer’s Warcraft? Maybe that served as a lesson to director Justin Kurzel and his producer/star Michael Fassbender. They really think they can raise the game on movies based on video games, and they succeed enough that its not a huge disaster. It’s ferocious fun watching them go for broke with such abandon.
No point in trying to explain the plot. I’m not even sure the game’s most avid fans cam accomplish…
"‘Assassin’s Creed’ is lacking in cohesive storytelling, a plot that makes sense, and it has a generic sense of urgency that they don’t ever really make up for. It’s another movie that was told to have a short run-time, incorporate a lot of CGI, and just be a cash grab for those who like the property it’s based on."
The visual effects and the idea of this movie are great. The technology in this movie's setting is very clever. The action scenes fine but little too fast phased. The plot flows good enough to keep you interested. Jeremy Irons is marvelous in this movie, but otherwise the acting in just okay. I would have hoped that the writing would have been better, but it's fine as it is.
As a video game movie and as a whole this movie is rather good than mediocre or bad. I would watch this movie again and i will, eventually.
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