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Dan D @Goku4032 01/26/2025 This is a really bad movie. Michelle Rodriguez as a guy...no way did she look like a guy. Sigourney Weaver as an insufferable blow hard...ok fine. But cmon, what a dumb film. See more Ray R @RT93986326 02/04/2024 For all Michelle Rodriguez fans this is a must watch. Such a babe 😍 See more IsMackinac N @IsMackinac 11/03/2023 Very bad movie, spare yourself. See more Cork B @RT87142816 10/14/2023 Eesh.... is Rodriguez believable as a man? HECK no. I loved the chest hair. Hilarious. Even as a revenge flick, this isn't very good, and there are some really odd lapses in logic, most namely, why are you letting a trained killer wander around after you cut off his dong? A better flick in this genera would be something like 'Haywire' or even 'Salt'. See more Jacob B @RT89309114 06/26/2023 Even setting aside the transphobic implications of the premise, The Assignment is still a really boring revenge thriller which comes close to reaching "so-bad-it's-good" levels of entertainment were it not for how "going-through-the-motions" the storytelling is once our protagonist recovers from the shock. And by that, I mean the hilariously unconvincing way that the filmmakers present Michelle Rodriguez as a cis man with a fake beard and prosthetics. It looks like something out of Monty Python taken out of context. But then Fast & Furious fans get their wish of seeing Michelle Ridriguez's boobs but it's very much not meant to be sexy and The Assignment is just boring. I hope that paycheck was worth it, Sigourney Weaver. On the bright side, Michelle Rodriguez delivers a slightly better performance than usual and it does have one good idea regarding the sex change but that's about it as far as unironic merits go. Also, what was up with those weird shots where the film stops a scene and has it turned into a comic book panel? It didn't seem to mean anything. Is it because this is from the director of The Warriors? It's because of that, isn't it? After all, The Warriors was influenced by comic books according to behind-the-scenes featurettes. In conclusion, The Assignment's premise is...certainly an unconventional take on a revenge thriller but it looks and feels very much like VOD schlock and took itself so seriously it stopped being fun when Rodriguez didn't have to deal with a fake penis on her person. These were the best moments due to their sheer unintentional hilarity and it's a shame that they couldn't've done something more inventive than "guns go bang-bang". Letty doesn't even get to have an actual fight! All the "action sequences" amount to looking angry, an interrogation and then coldly shooting them dead; lather, rinse, repeat. The way the villain was defeated did provide a nice change of pace, though. Good thing nobody saw this film, meaning that, even without the F&F franchise, Rodriguez managed to live this down. See more R 9 @RT00952237 06/23/2023 Big thumbs down. I truly wanted to enjoy 'The Assignment' due to Michelle Rodriguez's involvement, but man it is unfortunately a pretty cruddy flick. Rodriguez herself is the film's only noteworthy positive, but only just to be honest - she isn't given much to work with. The premise has potential, though its execution here leaves a lot to be desired. Everything onscreen involving the characters of Sigourney Weaver and Tony Shalhoub bored me tremendously, every time it's just the filmmakers trying to come out looking smart - the dialogue, which is poor overall, is particularly bad for those two. The editing is also awful, the phoney comic book bits are weak and the transitions a very amateur-ish. This 2016 release also has an annoying habit of telling us every single location that a scene takes place, why I do not know - and if you are going to, choose a different font. I know that's an odd thing to mention, but they chose a TV police procedual-esque font, which doesn't fit with the aforementioned attempt at the comic book schtick. This should've been fun. Sadly, it is anything but. See more Read all reviews

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