Assassin's Creed

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Assassin's Creed

PG-13

2016

1h 56m

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Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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A descendant of the mysterious secret society known as the Assassins uses his newfound knowledge and physical skills to battle the power-hungry Templar Order.

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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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Elena Lazic

Little White Lies

07/03/2018

2/5

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

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Valerie Complex

Black Girl Nerds

01/19/2017

1.5/5

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

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

01/10/2017

2/5

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.

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

08/07/2023

The worst way to adapt a video game

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/19/2022

3/5

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/05/2022

1.5/4

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

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Jade Coyote

01/07/2022

good acting good action weak writing and story telling

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Aaron S

@RT28490698 Apr 22

Reading the professional reviews, it is like dejavu in reading professional reviews for Avengers movies; or reviews from those of "professional" video game critics. While the writing could be better, this movie was intended for fans of the series who have the background knowledge of the AC universe. Those who lack that knowledge may have a decent time, but will ultimately be left confused. From an Assassin's Creed fan watching this movie for the first time in 2026, a whole decade after release, this movie was fantastic. All of the little details that make up the AC universe were on displayed and represented in a new and interesting way. And I believe current AC fans will enjoy it much more than the AC fans of 2016 ever could. While not one for one; from the cut of the finger, to a new take on the Bleeding Affect and a movable animus; this movie excellently takes its liberties of making the Assassin's Creed universe a reality while still respecting the original source material.

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A J

@RT30824839 Apr 2

Just noticed the RT rating for this and thought it deserved a much better ranking. Not into video games and wasn’t aware until now it’s based on such. That said, for me, this was a good movie and just as enjoyable as Prometheus, thereto notedly, MF was, per usual, conveying his enigmatic presence on screen that made this film intriguing too. I can’t recall ever watching a movie he starred in that I didn’t enjoy and I thought the film included a good array of cast members who I found, as an onlooker seeking escapism, brought the film to life

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Reina A.

@KilljoySince2017 Feb 21

. For this to be based off a video game it’s pretty god . could’ve been done better but I like it

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Daryl D

@DmacVisuals Feb 1

Aura Farm entire movie

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stephen b

@RT02381805 Jan 18

Ok, this one's on me because I knew going in it would probably be stupid, but man how did it over deliver on that.

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Synopsis

A descendant of the mysterious secret society known as the Assassins uses his newfound knowledge and physical skills to battle the power-hungry Templar Order.

Director: Justin Kurzel
Producer: Jean-Julien Baronnet, Gerard Guillemot, Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Michael Fassbender, Conor McCaughan, Arnon Milchan
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, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.6M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)