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Assassins (1995)

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25

Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 6

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Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner helms this action-adventure yarn in which Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone), a veteran, burned-out hit man for hire who's looking to leave his profession, meets a younger, crazier, more ambitious competitor, Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas), who is out to best Rath and make him a target in the process. Rath signs on for one last hit, but complications ensue when he falls in love with the mark, a beautiful, mysterious woman named Electra (Julianne Moore). Bain

Sep 30, 1997

Warner Home Video

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There's so much dead air floating around in this icy-cool thriller that the director, Richard Donner, seems to be trying for an art-house version of his Lethal Weapon series (The 400 Blows to Your Head?).

September 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
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A not-much-fun high-tech actioner.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety
Variety
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An unusually serious, almost sombre thriller from the versatile action producer Joel Silver in which Stallone's a jaded assassin haunted by the past but unable to face the future.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Although he lets Assassins run on too long, Mr. Donner gives it a dependably slick big-budget style.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas seem as if they didn't know quite what to do to make this implausible action drama a kick.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Noisy, shallow and glibly violent.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Washington Post
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The plot becomes increasingly silly, and while some pleasure can be had in the improbable set pieces, this is not nearly as much fun as it should be.

March 2, 2012 Full Review Source: Film4
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The action is stilted and infrequent, reduced to indifferent gun play, car chases and one standout explosion when a gas main ignites.

March 2, 2012 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

It's numbingly cold and pointless.

March 2, 2012 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's a typical DAM, dumb action movie. (Blu-ray edition)

August 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

The further into the action we get, the more ludicrous things become.

August 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

...a decent 80-minute thriller that somehow manages to chug along for over two hours.

August 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

If I had to describe this movie in two words, I'd say "long" and "boring".

April 7, 2006 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Suspenseless, plastic and contrived. Rent Best Seller, The Professional or The Mechanic instead, all far superior films about professional hit men.

March 3, 2006
FulvueDrive-in.com

Entirely confused and annoyingly confusing action inanity. Donner should know better.

April 3, 2005
eFilmCritic.com

Face-clawingly awful; a textbook example of everything that's wrong with Hollywood.

January 13, 2005
Flipside Movie Emporium

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An explosive and pulse-pounding edge of your seat action-packed thriller. It packs a full-clip of riveting suspense and fast-paced action from start to finish. It`s smart, tense, terrific and energetic. A wickedly cool and exhilerating assassin-thriller with well-drawn characters and swift execution. Director, Richard Donner crafts one of his best films ever. Slyvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas are just pure dynamite. Stallone gives a strong and effective performance. Banderas gives a sensational and electrifying performance that shows a side of himself we havent seen before.
December 21, 2011
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