The Assignment Reviews
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Stylish spy flick with a surprisingly good cast.
| Original Score: 3/5
Laramie Movie Scope
A non-formula spy thriller without the glitz and romanticism usually associated with this genre.
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| Original Score: B
Top CriticIf 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.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Christian Science Monitor
The 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.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Jam! Movies
Quinn is excellent in the dual roles of Jackal and Ramirez.
| Original Score: 4/5
Boxoffice Magazine
Melodramatic pap.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Film Journal International
Quinn gives a commanding performance as both Ramirez and Carlos.
San Francisco Examiner
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.
Jam! Movies
A spy thriller with no thrills, no doubt an interesting cinematic gambit but not one we'd recommend.
| Original Score: 2/5
If 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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| Original Score: 2/5
E! Online
The assignment, should you choose to accept it, does pay off in potent thrills.
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| Original Score: B-
Compuserve
An intelligent, imaginative bit a fiction about suggesting one way the killer may have been captured.
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Great premise is executed with enough style and thrills to keep the piece interesting throughout its close to two-hour runtime.
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| Original Score: 7/10
A film of real finesse, style and intelligence, an espionage thriller of the old school, with some modern technical embellishments.
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| Original Score: 3/4
