Assassin's Creed

2016 Directed by Justin Kurzel

Your destiny is in your blood.

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…

Alternative Titles

Assassin's Creed: The Movie, Assassin's Creed: The IMAX Experience

action science fiction adventure

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Review by Matthew L. Brady ★★ 13

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!
Review by davidehrlich ★★★½ 21

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…
Review by David Sims ★★★½ 11

fuck...is this movie good?
fuck!!!!
gotta give it up for the creed though. what a creed. top 10 creeds.
and you GOTTA give it up for the apple. need that apple to win a Nobel Peace Prize!
P.S. Marion Cotillard 100% believes this movie is non-fiction and that the Knights Templar are after her even as we speak
Review by Jay ★½ 3

distinguishably lacked the only thing i remember from playing assassins creed: hiding in haystacks
Review by Sean Baker 31

Watched the Blu-ray rented from Netflix
Review by SilentDawn ★★½ 4

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.
Review by brat pitt ★★½ 1

sorry, i just can't give anything with this much gratuitous shirtless michael fassbender less than 3 stars

EDIT: turns out i can
Review by Jared ★★★★ 9

"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…
Review by Eli Hayes ★★ 7

how did this happen
Review by DirkH ★★ 4

For a film completely devoid of a soul it manages to scrape through because of its unwavering faith in its own convoluted and ridiculous premise.
The games are extremely cinematic, so it is rather ironic (and not in the least frustrating) that Kurzel and Co are intent on ignoring that for the better part of the film, focusing instead on a plot inhabited by characters so ripe with pathos they're ready to explode in a sea of pantomime dramatic expressions.
And even when they try emulate the game it is often good but never brilliant due to an unnecessary kinetic camera, often losing sense of space and direction.
I appreciate the fact that they tried to be different, but that should never win over trying to be good first.
Review by Matt Singer ★★★ 1

Probably not the best video game movie, and maybe not even the weirdest (cause hot damn there have been some weird-ass video game movies), but there’s definitely something here. I’m honestly still not sure what that something is, but I liked trying to find it.
Full review at ScreenCrush.
Review by Raúl Dudas-Lyne ★ 4

Utterly joyless. A film so bad that not even Michael Fassbender can save it. Simple rule of thumb: don't make movies out of critically and commercially successful video games.

Recent reviews

Review by Schuloch ★★★

After watching McBeth I was really interested to see Fassbender and the director team up again, but was certainly disappointed by the result. Visually arresting, but extremely thin on any character development or compelling narrative.
Review by Lennart Goebel ★★★½

Ich kann verstehen, dass man den Film scheiße findet, aber er fühlte sich doch irgendwie wie die alten Spiele an. Geht fit, muss man aber nicht Mögen - Ist mir egal...
Review by Matea Stević ★★

This was bad, yeah? I think it's time we let go of the idea that Assassin's Creed at any point had a story worth of a movie adaptation. The way it's game stories are going I don't think there ever will be one either.
Review by KDid ★

I only watched this movie because I’ll watch anything with Michael Fassbender. I don’t even he watched this.
Review by SoBeJe ★★★

Callum wird in letzter Minute aus der Todeszelle befreit und landet bei einem mysteriösen Bund, der Callum wegen seines Vorfahrens entführt hat. Callums Geist soll in die Vergangenheit geschickt werden.
Die Verfilmung der berühmten und erfolgreichen Videospielreihe hat viele enttäuscht und wurde zu einem Flop. Teilweise kann ich die Kritik nachvollziehen. Der Teil in der Vergangenheit kommt viel zu kurz und enthält ausser ein paar Actionszene keinerlei andere detektivische Missionen. Auch die Figuren in der Vergangenheit bleiben blutleer und ganz kritisch habe ich die störende Überblendung der Gegenwart angesehen. Zu keinem Zeitpunkt verliert man sich wirklich in der Vergangenheit - was für ein verschenktes Potenzial, da der Vergangenheitsstrang visuell toll umgesetzt wurde, trotzdem eher wie beischmückendes aber belangloses Actionspektakel zugefügt…
Review by Benny Ong ★★½

With script blisters abound, this lumbering video game adaptation doesn't quite fulfil the leap of faith as much as its star-studded cast wants to.
Review by shivamsez ★

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Review by Ryan Dougherty ★

We’re a multi billion dollar company right? Yeah.
So, hear me out. Let’s give our security guards.......... Crossbows
I love it.
Review by Mikey ★½

Another victim of the video game curse. You could have been so much more.
I’m a massive fan of the AC franchise. I’ve played all of them. Admittedly they drastically fluctuate in quality, ranging from genius to frustrating. None of them are as bland and flavourless as this though.
Not basing this on the first game is probably a smart move. Instead we are introduced to a new character Cal/Aguilar, the latter of which lives in fifteenth century Spain. Unfortunately there’s just not enough stuff happening to make this an interesting setting.
This film has some seriously shocking pacing problems, constantly swapping between snails pace and slow. The animus jumps (though relatively crucial for the story) are quite disjointed and…
Review by TBStudios ★

Ass-shit-in’s Shit.
Review by Tobit L. Rohner ★★½

KURZREVIEW:
Ja, der Stil eines Films ist Geschmackssache. Aber ganz ehrlich: Wer findet diesen Rauch, diese Wolken, diesen Nebel, die ständig im Bild von "Assassin's Creed" präsent sind, schön? Dadurch wird der Bildausschnitt lediglich unerkenntlich - und nicht mysteriös oder was auch immer versucht wurde damit zu erzielen. Wenn solch ein Stil bewusst eingesetzt wird, um eine bestimmte Wirkung zu erzielen, dann ist das etwas anderes. Aber hier verunschönert dieser Stil einfach nur das Bild. Diese Stilunsicherheit schadet dem Film extrem.
Zusätzlich eine fade Story und langweilige Charaktere. Auch mit einer Besetzung, die aus eigentlich talentierten SchauspielerInnen besteht, kann man den Karren nicht aus dem Dreck ziehen. Schon gar nicht, wenn man nicht weiß, wie man die Schauspieler in Szene setzt.
Review by Landra Lee ★★½

The acting and plot well executed but I expected a little more being a fan of the AC games. I felt the ending gave no closure but hey, I guess their work is never done