In 1932 Shanghai an assassin is given a deadly mission....
Set not long after the Japanese invasion of China, ASSASSIN (original title ASAASINATION 1932) is a killer action thriller. Looking like a grand action epic, with more than its fair share of action set pieces and characters you can both cheer and hiss, the film is another John Wick influenced film that is destined to be rewatched over and over again.
Occuring in a very movie world where colors pop and things always fall the right way to move our emotions ASSASSIN uses every trick in the book to tell one hell of a tale. By the time we get to the end of the film we are exhausted as well as delighted. Yes it's clear early on this is going to be by the numbers, but the film also signals to us that it is going to use that familiarity to blow our minds.
This is truly one of the great action films you are likely to see this year, this is one to get a bucket of popcorn and sit and watch. I'm not certain you'll need a second movie to follow it since if you're like me you're going to want to go again right away.
That's a rave.
See this film.
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