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03/26/09
The Assignment (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 10
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A CIA agent obsessed with apprehending infamous international terrorist Carlos "The Jackal" deploys a U.S. Navy man--who resembles Carlos exactly--in his scheme to discredit the legendary mercenary... [More]
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri
Director: Christian Duguay
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Reviews for The Assignment
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Top CriticStylish spy flick with a surprisingly good cast.
10/06/05
No review available.
08/28/05
A non-formula spy thriller without the glitz and romanticism usually associated with this genre.
03/10/04
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02/12/04
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10/04/02
If there's a small saving grace to this crude thriller, it is the work of Montreal-born director Christian Duguay, who shows flashes of real flare.
07/12/02
Top CriticThe plot raises the keenly important question of whether professionals who fight evil may be corrupted by the ruthless means they employ; but the movie takes too much pleasure in sensationalistic digressions to explore this issue very thoroughly.
06/25/02
Quinn is excellent in the dual roles of Jackal and Ramirez.
06/24/02
Melodramatic pap.
06/05/02
The assignment, should you choose to accept it, does pay off in potent thrills.
01/01/00
Quinn gives a commanding performance as both Ramirez and Carlos.
01/01/00
An intelligent, imaginative bit a fiction about suggesting one way the killer may have been captured.
01/01/00
Great premise is executed with enough style and thrills to keep the piece interesting throughout its close to two-hour runtime.
01/01/00
A spy thriller with no thrills, no doubt an interesting cinematic gambit but not one we'd recommend.
01/01/00
A film of real finesse, style and intelligence, an espionage thriller of the old school, with some modern technical embellishments.
01/01/00
Top CriticIntelligent and gripping.
01/01/00
Top CriticIf you believe that Elvis still lives or that a millennial invasion of flying saucers is imminent, you might buy the bogus premise.
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01/01/00
A mediocre action-thriller combination that revolves around a preposterous plan for the same reason that most pot-boilers do; it's just the nature of the beast.
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