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- 2016
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
Summary Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and pow...
Directed By: Justin Kurzel
- 2016
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 55 m
Assassin's Creed
36
6.0
Where to Watch
Summary Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and pow...
Directed By: Justin Kurzel
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
36
11% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
42% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
47% Negative
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
36
11% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
42% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
47% Negative
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
Assassin’s Creed’s creators have the courage to always take themselves seriously, even when they’re working with material that sounds fundamentally silly. There’s no great leap of faith in Assassin’s Creed, but a surprising amount of the time, it at least finds steady footing.
Assassin’s Creed makes you actively work for its pleasures, and it’s heartening to see a film of this scale that’s strange and ambitious and doesn’t spoon-feed viewers every little detail.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 1,109 User Ratings
6.0
47% Positive
518 Ratings
518 Ratings
30% Mixed
336 Ratings
336 Ratings
23% Negative
255 Ratings
255 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 1,109 User Ratings
6.0
47% Positive
518 Ratings
518 Ratings
30% Mixed
336 Ratings
336 Ratings
23% Negative
255 Ratings
255 Ratings
What saves this head-scratching, relentlessly portentous movie is what also saves the games: the action is on point.
In Assassin’s Creed, Michael Fassbender is like the ultimate special effect. Just by showing up, he confers respectability on two hours of semi-coherent overly art-directed video-game sludge.
For an ostensible action movie, the cast spends an awful lot of time standing around and looking lost. I can only guess that they were following their director’s lead.
Here’s a film that turns Michael Fassbender into a puppet, and oh, those strings hold him down.
I suppose you could say the film made me slightly more likely to play one of the games, but only because I’d do just about anything before I saw this movie again.
What's wrong with you people? This was a film inspired by the Assassin's Creed games and you got it. Stealth, templars and all that. Where these mad expectations come from to see Ezio or another well known assassin instead? AC fans should be happy to have a film inspired by the games.
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Es ist kein schlechter Film! Vielleicht ist die Geschichte nicht ganz so gut erzählt, jedoch war mir zur keiner Zeit langweilig. Falls man nicht weiß was man machen soll und weiß was Assassinen sind, dann tut man sich keinen Zwang an den Film zu sehen.
Ich würde ihn nicht als Meisterwerk verzeichnen, aber er hat mir dennoch Spaß gemacht.
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Assassin's Creed film can be perceived in different ways. But this is one of not many normal films made on games. Fine cast and good camera work. The film is of course 1 time, but better so than the release of a new part of the game. Moreover, the very year of respite went to the game for the benefit.
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Am I supposed to think that video games can never be adapted on screen? If you have an engaging storyline in the source material, it shouldn't be wildly difficult to make a movie out of it. We have seen a lot of incredible comic book and superhero movies. Why cannot we have a great video game movie?
Good : Somewhere around the middle of the movie, Fassbender breaks the fourth wall and says "what the **** is going on?" which summarizes the entire film. Bad : Michael Fassbender is taken in a quest of revisiting the memories of his great (raised to power 18) grandfather using the weirdest and the most absurd things, which are too absurd even for the needlessly absurd movies like this. Plus, after all that dance offs or action sequences or whatever there is a least interesting build up to the least interesting twist. Probably, the makers thought the best way to utilize the CGI was to create dust sequences and that annoying bird. The action sequences were too boring. It tried to be a "historical epic" of some kind and failed every bit. And, those spirits crossing over were something that the movie didn't try to explain. And whatever happens towards the end is plain vague. The most nonsensical part. It feels like as if Michael Fassbender did this movie because he (as Magneto) couldn't travel back in time in X-Men: Days of Future Past. This is the one of the worst "quest for something", epic and sort of time travel film ever made.
Conclusion : Yet another addition to the long list of whacky video game adaptations. In short, almost 20 minutes of English + shabby script + dust sequences (I don't know what you call that) + ripped off action sequences of Prince of Persia + confusing direction + boring performances = this movie. It was literally vague and shallow. Total waste of time. .
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Score : 3.1/10
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Grade : E+
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Production Company
New Regency Productions,
Ubisoft,
Ubisoft Film and Television,
DMC Film,
The Kennedy/Marshall Company,
RatPac Entertainment,
Alpha Pictures,
Jing Yi Multimedia,
Monarchy Enterprises S.a.r.l.,
CatchPlay,
Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit,
Event Film Cars,
Bona Film Group,
Latina Pictures
Release Date Dec 21, 2016
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Welcome to the Spanish Inquisition.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
CinEuphoria Awards
• 1 Nomination
