Assassin's Creed

PG-13

Released Dec 21, 2016

1 hr. 56 min.

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Adventure

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Cal Lynch travels back in time to 15th-century Spain through a revolutionary technology that unlocks the genetic memories contained in his DNA. There, he lives out the experiences of Aguilar de Nerha, a distant relative who's also a member of the Assassins, a secret society that fights to protect free will from the power-hungry Templar Order. Transformed by the past, Cal begins to gain the knowledge and physical skills necessary to battle the oppressive organization in the present.

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Critics Consensus

Assassin's Creed is arguably better made (and certainly better cast) than most video game adaptations; unfortunately, the CGI-fueled end result still is still a joylessly overplotted slog.

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Jade Coyote

good acting good action weak writing and story telling

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/22

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Abraham S

I really enjoyed the movie, coming in with low expectations based on reviews. I was pleasantly surprised with a really enjoyable film. My only reason for giving it a 4/5 is because the story felt a little weak. I would have loved more character development.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/04/24

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Derek L

I do question to whoever was involved with the writing, had they even played the video game at all? Assassin's Creed felt more like a very dull and boring adaptation of the video game which showcased little or development within its characters and a story that feels messy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Tijs v

The movie is clearly made for people who are familiar with both the templars and the assassins which can make the movie seem confusing to the people who are not as not much is explained. It could have been a decent movie but it is pretty mediocre at the best of times.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/20/24

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Jay F

Never played the game. Enjoyed the movie. Good action. Decent characters. If you don't go in with expectations, you come out having enjoyed watching it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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Pierre L

The good in the evil and the evil in the good Fiction in reality and vice versa How to know the truth? By heart? By logic? By experience? Probably by all of this. Should we know how to start with non-judgment, non-prejudice, non-speculation, non-thinking… But to do this, it is enough to know how to listen to one's breath… This is the basis of yin-yang which is the basis of the cosmogony of the middle. Then we can take an interest in the author referred to in the page turned in the opposite language. This mathematician indeed developed spherical astronomy to an advanced level which was used in the elaboration of the Alphonsine Tables. But whatever the case, it is to the breath that we will have to return in the current period of survival…

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Justin Kurzel

Director

Michael Fassbender

Cal Lynch

Marion Cotillard

Sofia

Jeremy Irons

Rikkin

Brendan Gleeson

Joseph Lynch

Charlotte Rampling

Ellen Kaye

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Elena Lazic

Little White Lies

Although this story of multiple timelines provides some interesting moments, the cryptic, excessive, often extremely muffled dialogue makes the film excruciatingly hard to follow.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 3, 2018

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Valerie Complex

Black Girl Nerds

I have never seen a group of A-list actors look and act so disinterested.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jan 19, 2017

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

One is left wracking brains as to why these talented people wasted so much time. It's not even the best videogame adaptation released in the past 12 months. Come back, Angry Birds. All is forgiven.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 10, 2017

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Zach Pope

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The worst way to adapt a video game

Aug 7, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

I had fun with “Assassin’s Creed” particularly with its wildly unique (and admittedly wacky) story. It also doesn’t hurt to have this level of acting talent in front of the camera.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Kurzel's brooding, internalized work often appears through a literal or figurative haze, which doesn't help matters.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 5, 2022

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Synopsis

Cal Lynch travels back in time to 15th-century Spain through a revolutionary technology that unlocks the genetic memories contained in his DNA. There, he lives out the experiences of Aguilar de Nerha, a distant relative who's also a member of the Assassins, a secret society that fights to protect free will from the power-hungry Templar Order. Transformed by the past, Cal begins to gain the knowledge and physical skills necessary to battle the oppressive organization in the present.

Director: Justin Kurzel
Executive Producer: Markus Barmettler, Christine Burgess-Quémard, Jean de Rivières, Serge Hascoët, Philip Lee
Screenwriter: Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Regency Enterprises, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, DMC Film
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Action|Brief Strong Language|Intense Sequences of Violence|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.6M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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