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The True Memoirs of an International Assassin

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A mild-mannered author is mistaken for an assassin after his novel about a hired killer is published as a true story. He is soon kidnapped and taken out of the country to help with an assassination plot.
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club 11/13/2016
C
[Wadlow's] direction is too tongue in cheek to create actual excitement or suspense, but doesn't aspire to a level of humor any deeper than intentional clich. Go to Full Review
Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 11/11/2016
2/4
It's not action-packed enough, not funny enough, and the characters aren't memorable enough. Go to Full Review
Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly 11/10/2016
C
If Netflix is serious about becoming a major player in the original-movies game, they're going to have to do better than True Memoirs of an International Assassin. Go to Full Review
Miles Surrey The Ringer 03/27/2020
True Memoirs of an International Assassin would've benefited from embracing the inherent stupidity of being the Kevin James Spy Movie rather than trying, and failing, to punch above its weight. Go to Full Review
Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media 11/29/2016
2/5
Occasionally funny fish-out-of-water comedy is violent. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com 11/17/2016
D+
If you've seen one James endeavor, you've already seen "True Memoirs," which serves up the same slapstick the actor is known for. Go to Full Review
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Monic Kenya M Aug 24 Extremely slow boring start. Bad script, very few real funny moments, not enough action. Good actors but so badly directed by wadlow. Very boring background music like you get watching a B movie.asr twenty minutes were amusing with more action. But if a shame. If it was directed better script better, this could have been a good movie with these actors. See more Kelsey J Jul 27 I thought the film was absolutely hilarious. It was exactly was I was hoping for and I come back to it over and over again. It has just what you would hope for from an action comedy! See more Jenny M May 25 Fun and enjoyable. I always look at professional reviews and do the opposite. They have no idea what regular people enjoy! This was a wonderful weekend watch. See more Js S Apr 30 This is your standard netflix money grab film. Netflix in a nutshell this film See more Dennes T Mar 9 Very creative comedy out of usual with a good story and conclusion See more Amelia A Jan 19 Such a bad movie. The premise is fun enough, if not exactly fresh - writer lives through the adventures of his fictional character is a well worn trope. Kevin James is credible and even endearing in the role, and moves competently through the action sequences. But boy the script needs work. The movie never becomes truly funny, or gripping, or romantic or anything, really. A waste of time and of a generally good casting (with the notable exception of Zulay Henao as Rosa Bolivar - she was outright painful to watch. Her general styling was cringeworthy at best, and her acting was atrocious. Do better, Netflix. We need credible female leads even in mediocre movies. This wooden, over-made up, soft-spoken kitten in skin-tight clothes and huge heels should be a hardened DEA agent? Just no). See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A mild-mannered author is mistaken for an assassin after his novel about a hired killer is published as a true story. He is soon kidnapped and taken out of the country to help with an assassination plot.
Director
Jeff Wadlow
Producer
Justin Begnaud, RJ Collins, Kevin Scott Frakes, Todd Garner, Mark Fasano, Ted Sarandos
Screenwriter
Jeff Morris
Production Co
PalmStar Media
Genre
Action, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 38m
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