Action-adventure based on the video game series starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, directed by their Macbeth helmer Justin Kurzel.
Through revolutionary genetic technologies that allow him to unlock the memories of his ancestors, Lynch (Fassbender) discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society. These memories allow him to relive the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain, and equip him with the knowledge and skills necessary to take on the oppressive Knights Templar in the present day.
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A great videogame-to-film adaptation will happen in my lifetime, and I will be there when it happens. There will be confetti. There will be cheers. I will probably sob a little. But over this past year, there was no celebration for Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, Rovio’s Angry Birds or Michael Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed.
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Valiant, but flawed. Some of the set-pieces are superb, but there isn’t enough meat on the bones to turn this into a classic.
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Takes itself too seriously – but manages to serve up a convincing enough alternate reality.
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Assassin’s Creed is leaps and bounds ahead of kitchen-sink-hurling flapdoodle like X-Men Apocalypse – it’s only the second-worst Fassbender star vehicle of 2016...
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For an ostensible action movie, the cast spends an awful lot of time standing around and looking lost. I can only guess that they were following their director's lead.
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It’s rare to see a film quite so lacking in animus. It exists only to gouge money out of gamers. They might well want to stick to the game.
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Often confusing and far too po-faced, Kurzel’s stabby period piece is redeemed by its sumptuous vistas and top-notch fight work.
Full reviewAssassin's Creed is available to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix and Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Disney+.
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