Assassin's Creed

Name: Assassin's Creed
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, History
Released: December 21, 2016
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Jeremy Irons, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 21, 2016 | PG-13

Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Jeremy Irons, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender, Michael Kenneth Williams

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 andThrough 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 powerful Templar organization in the present day. [20th Century Fox]… Expand

Director: Justin Kurzel

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, History, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 115 min

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Adi Robertson

Dec 19, 2016

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. Read full review

James Mottram

Dec 19, 2016

Valiant, but flawed. Some of the set-pieces are superb, but there isn’t enough meat on the bones to turn this into a classic. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Dec 20, 2016

Assassin's Creed will be polarizing, but it's fascinating as an entry in Kurzel's oeuvre. It is singularly his film — both in style and the obsession with hubris, power and violence. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Dec 19, 2016

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. Read full review

Robert Yaniz Jr.

Dec 21, 2016

Any fans hoping that Assassin's Creed would break the long streak of poor video game adaptations are bound to be disappointed by this nearly incomprehensible mess. Read full review

Harry Windsor

Dec 19, 2016

Assassin’s Creed is resolutely stone-faced, ditching the humdrum quips that are par for the course in today's blockbusters. But this is almost two hours of convoluted hokum that might have benefited from a few self-deflating jabs. Read full review

Jonathan L. Fischer

Dec 22, 2016

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. Read full review

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Dreizehn

Dec 21, 2016

Currently the best videogame adaptation that has been made. A great film for the fans and excellent entertainment for everybody. Good job with this one Ubisoft!

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Critics2017

Dec 30, 2016

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Dr4gonkiller96

Aug 7, 2017

i thought this movie was great, i knew it wouldnt be a direct tie in with the games, because it was a spinoff own story like a remake. that said, it was amazing how they made the bleed effect work in the movie, making it teach Cal which the animus could not, the inclusion of the Apple wasi thought this movie was great, i knew it wouldnt be a direct tie in with the games, because it was a spinoff own story like a remake. that said, it was amazing how they made the bleed effect work in the movie, making it teach Cal which the animus could not, the inclusion of the Apple was great and the Spanish Inquisition was an excellent choice and keeping those parts in Spanish and not for some reason English. loved the mechanics for the Animus and how it moves and react IRL and in the animus that there is some boundaries with it being a prototype, seen when it smashed Cal in the floor during a Eagle dive. the story made sense but i wish it was a bit longer and less of a cliffhanger at the end. hopefully they make a sequel and make it bigger and better, maybe a few years in the future with a new animus based on the In-Game design. but that might be boring as the reason they made the animus physical than static was so you dont just see a character playing a video game for the whole film. i am a Assassins Creed Fan with loving mostly all the games from ACIV & Syndicate to Revelation & III (haven't played Unity and Chronicles). worth the watch for most fans.… Expand

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Willmoy

Apr 22, 2017

The movie is decent. I wouldn't say it's "great," but it's decent. Of course, this is coming from someone who has never been a huge fan of the franchise, so I don't have a bias against the movie.

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hawkeye766

Dec 27, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Assassins creed is a pretty straightforward franchise. Its about historical conflicts, and cool dudes that run around taking out major targets whilst doing awesome parkour. I'm not a huge fan of the games (I've only ever played IV) but as someone who is into history, I was pretty stoked for this movie. On top of that, Assassins Creed is also a reunion For Justin Kurzel, Michael Fassbender, and Marion Cotillard; who all worked on the most recent version of Macbeth, which I absolutely loved. My expectations for this movie were high. So high, in fact, that I disregarded the overwhelming onslaught of hate that came in the wake of the movie's early screenings. Boy, was I wrong.

Justin Kurzel is a great director. He has a gift in his manipulation of fog, dust, and light. He did great things in Macbeth, especially with the final confrontation, and he does similarly great things here...at least when the screenplay permits it. The setting that I had most looked forward to; fifteenth century Spain, at the height of the inquisition, barely gets 30 minutes of screen time, if that. The ferocious beauty that Kurzel's visual style brings to the table is never given time to become the prepossessing masterpiece I know it could have become. The epic acrobatics, tense sequences of martial arts combat, and exotic weaponry scarcely sink in before the viewers, just like Callum Lynch, are jerked back to a monotone and boring laboratory, that serves as the setting for most of the movie.

At one point in the film, when the villainous Templar priest finally lays his oppressive hands on the apple of Eden, the movie's sought after artifact, Aguilar, and his Assassin partner leap down into a cloud of grey smoke, emerging from the shadows here, and there, laying absolute waste to the Templar. This is a moment of cinematic triumph, and Kurzel ought to be pleased. Next however, as Aguilar seizes the priest, he looks across the room, and sees his partner just as she is murdered by a Templar enforcer. An epic duel ensues. Climactic combat is Fassbender's forte. The man shows his emotions so well with his facial expressions. This woman is his wife, presumably, or his lover perhaps. However, I have no idea who she is; heck, i don't even know what her name is. The movies plot prevents you from being emotionally invested in the most adrenaline pumping part of the story, because the script focuses on what has to be the most positively tedious plot device in Assassins Creed.

This movie was Ubisoft's chance to disconnect the Assassins Creed franchise from the half-baked convoluted sci-fi plot devices that are part and parcel of the games. Instead, the film chooses to be a movie that is almost solely, a half baked-convoluted plot device, with a dash of fantastic stunt work on the side.

I am usually pretty optimistic after a movie. It takes very little to please me. My rating scale tends to peak at "perfect", and reach its low at "just good". I'm sad to say that I wanted Assassin's Creed to end. Once I realized that there were no more animus sequences coming my way, I had no reason to care anymore. This was not, sitting on the edge of my seat, or wishing the film would hurry up and get to the climax. I legitimately wanted the movie to be over, so the credits would roll, and I could get up and leave.

Assassin's Creed is a tragedy. So much talent was involved, and clearly, plenty of hard work went into it. A few times, Kurzel's pictorial virtuosity is allowed to shine through the weary and trite plot, but for the most part, it is suppressed by how vapid and incomplete everything else is. It is a pity. Assassins Creed was chock full of potential, but it couldn't have fallen more short.… Expand

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DvorkaM

Mar 13, 2017

This movie is visually really impressive. As a fan of AC franchise, I still enjoyed the translation from game to movie. Direction seemed ok, and I enjoyed many images they created.
That being said, this movie is stupid. Not in a sense it is necessarily a bad movie, but in a sense you are notThis movie is visually really impressive. As a fan of AC franchise, I still enjoyed the translation from game to movie. Direction seemed ok, and I enjoyed many images they created.
That being said, this movie is stupid. Not in a sense it is necessarily a bad movie, but in a sense you are not allowed to take any plot line, character or motive seriously, lest you feel stabbing pain in your brain from how stupid it is.
And the cast... well frankly I would say the stars are on par with speaking extras. With honorable exception of Marion Cotillard who did not Skype it in, but again the silliness of her script prevented her from improving this movie.
This much starpower hasn't been wasted since the destruction of death star.… Expand

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Filmix16

Mar 15, 2019

Le scènario est stupide.La réalisation est banal.Les acteurs semblent se chercher et Michael Faessbeder fait ce qu’il peux.Les effets spéciaux sont a mourire de rire. Les mouvement de caméra sont étourdissants. La fin est bâclé .Bref, c’est le pire film que j’ai vue.

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