Assassin's Creed

Movie Review
Release on: Dec 21, 2016

Movie name	:	Assassin's Creed
Genres	:	Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Run time	:	115 min
Produced by	:	Jean-Julien Baronnet Gérard Guillemot
Directed by	:	Justin Kurzel
Music by	:	Jed Kurzel
Writers	:	Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper
Cinematography	:	Adam Arkapaw
Edited by	:	Christopher Tellefsen
Production	:	Regency Enterprises, Ubisoft Entertainment
Countries	:	UK, France, Hong Kong, USA

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Stars : Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Kenneth Williams, Denis MÃ©nochet, Ariane Labed, Khalid Abdalla, Essie Davis, Matias Varela, Callum Turner, Carlos Bardem, Javier GutiÃ©rrez, Hovik Keuchkerian, Crystal Clarke, Michelle H. Lin, Brian Gleeson, Julio JordÃ¡n, Rufus Wright, Angus Brown, Kemaal Deen-Ellis, Aaron Monaghan, Thomas Camilleri, Marysia S. Peres, Jeff Mash, James Sobol Kelly, Gabriel Andreu, Yuric Allison, Joe Kennard, Gertrude Thoma, Juan Pablo Shuk, Coco KÃ¶nig, Octavia Selena Alexandru, Mohammed Ali, Iain Batchelor, Sam Benoiton, Dacio Caballero, Jade Clarke, Emma Clay, Alexander Cooper, Graham Curry, Louis Dulanto-Sime, Malcolm Ellul, Dino Fazzani, Flor Ferraco, Lee Nicholas Harris, Ty Hurley, Bruce Johnson, Edward Mannering, Martyn Mayger, Stephen McDade, Anthony Milton, Ross Moneypenny, Jassie Mortimer, Cali Nelle, Emeson Nwolie, Pip Phillips, Massimo Portelli, Jonathan Pyatt, Mike Ray, Jonathan Ronin, Steve Saunders, Jasper Schellekens, Rahji Shrinarine, Clem So, Clyde Vassallo, Sean Vassallo, Roberto Vivancos, Abi Whetton, Christopher Whitlow, Cerys Wrigley-Moss

Story : 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 powerful Templar organization in the present day.

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The number of video game movie adaptations that have failed to meet expectations is astounding. It's as if Hollywood simply can't make the transition from console to cinema. 'Assassin's Creed' was touted as the one to break the curse, with big actors attached to the project like Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons. Additionally, the trailer looked promising with sweeping cinematography and complex action choreography which mimicked the frenetic pace and vast set pieces of the free-running, gravity-defying, time-traveling game series.
To its credit, the movie manages to accomplish that. Fassbender's Aguilar showcases lethal skills with his character's trademark concealed knives as he scales buildings and jumps across rooftops leading to some gorgeous fight sequences. The production design is appropriately detailed and the background score does its best to lend some emotion to the action. But instead of focusing on its most intriguing aspects - Aguilar and the assassins in the past, it chooses to invest more time in the present.

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Assassin's Creed

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