Assassins (1995)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 45
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 38
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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
Oct 6, 1995 Wide
Sep 30, 1997
Warner Home Video
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Cast
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Sylvester Stallone
Robert Rath -
Antonio Banderas
Miguel Bain -
Julianne Moore
Electra -
Anatoly Davydov
Nikolai -
Axel Anderson
Bank President -
Marian Collier
Pet Shop Lady -
James W. Gavin
Police Helicopter Pilot -
J. Mills Goodloe
Newlywed Man -
John Harms
Cop -
Ron Ben Jarrett
Maintenance Man -
Stephen Kahan
Alan Branch -
Stephen Liska
Cop -
Edward J. Rosen
Cemetery Caretaker -
Kelly Rowan
Jennifer -
Cary Sanchez
Bank Receptionist -
Paul Tuerpé
Reporter -
Kai Wulff
Remy -
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Bob Minor
Cop -
Robert David Sanders
Monorail Driver -
Richard Blum
Watcher -
John Procaccino
Reporter -
Wally Dalton
Priest -
Reed Diamond
Bob -
Muse Watson
Ketcham -
Jeff King
Helicopter Pilot -
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All Critics (45) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (39) | DVD (4)
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?).
A not-much-fun high-tech actioner.
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.
Top CriticAlthough he lets Assassins run on too long, Mr. Donner gives it a dependably slick big-budget style.
Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas seem as if they didn't know quite what to do to make this implausible action drama a kick.
Noisy, shallow and glibly violent.
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.
The action is stilted and infrequent, reduced to indifferent gun play, car chases and one standout explosion when a gas main ignites.
It's numbingly cold and pointless.
It's a typical DAM, dumb action movie. (Blu-ray edition)
The further into the action we get, the more ludicrous things become.
...a decent 80-minute thriller that somehow manages to chug along for over two hours.
If I had to describe this movie in two words, I'd say "long" and "boring".
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.
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