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Assassins (1995)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:4
Rotten:28
Average Rating:3.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Richard Rath is a seen-it-all, top-flight hitman, who wants out of the game. Miguel Bain is a young, hot-tempered Latin assassin, obsessed with dethroning Rath -- by killing him. Rath's final... Richard Rath is a seen-it-all, top-flight hitman, who wants out of the game. Miguel Bain is a young, hot-tempered Latin assassin, obsessed with dethroning Rath -- by killing him. Rath's final mission before retiring is to steal a computer disc, and kill its pretty-but-ditzy owner, Electra. But when Rath discovers that Bain is on the same case, he senses a set-up, so he takes Electra with him. This sets the stage for a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, in which the goal is survival.... [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore
Director: Richard Donner
Director: Richard Donner
Reviews for Assassins
Suspenseless, plastic and contrived. Rent Best Seller, The Professional or The Mechanic instead, all far superior films about professional hit men.
Entirely confused and annoyingly confusing action inanity. Donner should know better.
Face-clawingly awful; a textbook example of everything that's wrong with Hollywood.
Has the word "ass" in the title twice; entire plot based on "who is number one," yet entire movie is large number two.
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March 02, 2006:
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