Assassins

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Assassins

R

1995

2h 12m

Action

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Assassin Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone) arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness rival hired gun Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas) complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his target, Electra (Julianne Moore), and becomes a marked man himself.

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Ian Nathan

Empire Magazine

03/02/2012

2/5

The action is stilted and infrequent, reduced to indifferent gun play, car chases and one standout explosion when a gas main ignites.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

09/07/2011

C

There's so much dead air floating around in this icy-cool thriller that the director, Richard Donner, seems to be trying for an art-house version of his Lethal Weapon series (The 400 Blows to Your Head?).

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Jonathan Taylor

Variety

03/26/2009

A not-much-fun high-tech actioner.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Sep 19

3/5

Banderas gets away with a lazy performance, Stallone is a lot more interesting, but Moore has the best lines.

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Quentin Falk

Sunday Mirror (UK)

12/17/2024

2/5

[A] violent but overlong and wordy thriller.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

09/09/2020

6/10

A sensational collection of gun battles, face-offs, and car chases embellishes a destructive cat and mouse endeavor.

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ERNIE A

@Erniea Dec 22

Go back to a time where action movie where over the top but still fun. I feel this movie is better than 90 percent of movie made after 2016

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cameron c

Aug 3

It's a fun movie. Banderas does a pretty good job as the unhinged Miguel and Stallone (though has a very narrow range as usual) is passable as the morose Robert. Honestly this flick is more interesting than 80% of action movies, I'm not sure what the critics were smoking with this one.

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Peter D

Apr 24

I liked it. Never heard of it but Sly, Mr. Moore AB were great and the movie did not seem trite. Kept me interested. The RaT critics are a bunch of pretentious idiots so I never pay any attention to them.

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AD 3

Apr 22

As usual, these critics are pathetic. This movie is seriously underrated, Stallone and Banderas light the screen on fire. There's some lulls but this movie is still better than just about any of the garbage action movies put out today. And thats the thing, ultimately this is an action movie, not some drama, yet theres surprisingly good acting although I feel like Moores role could've been written better and she didn't exactly step up to the 2 leads level. This site continues to grade movies based off really poor critics

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Ivana C

11/19/2024

Underrated film, this is in fact, Nolan's Joker, or better, Heath Ledger and all subsequent Jokers' source, Banderas' Miguel assassin.

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Jose R

11/08/2024

Corny movie. Unrealistic police chases, and gun duels. Banderas tries too hard in his role as an unhinged hitman. Stallone plays the same role he does in just about all of his films. Calm but ready when needs to be, no depth. Predictable.

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Synopsis

Assassin Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone) arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness rival hired gun Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas) complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his target, Electra (Julianne Moore), and becomes a marked man himself.

Director: Richard Donner
Producer: Richard Donner, Bruce A. Evans, Andrew Lazar, Joel Silver
Screenwriter: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Brian Helgeland
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Donner/Schuler-Donner, Silver Pictures, Evansgideon/Lazar, Warner Brothers
Rating: R (Violence|Language)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 1995, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2008
Runtime: 2h 12m
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS, Dolby Stereo, Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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