The Assignment
The Assignment
R | 08 June 2016 (USA)
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Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.

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AniInterview

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Smartorhypo

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Mischa Redfern

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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Claire Dunne

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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sarah-263-133115

When I first heard about this film I was like "ugh! Another non-trans actor playing a trans(ish) role", and was annoyed.The lead actor Michelle Rodriguez is pretty much only known for the Fast and Furious films, so this would be the first film with her as essentially the lead.I'm trying to play devils advocate here and give it a fair go, but its just a terrible film. Frank never looks convincing as a man, that beard! Omg! I've seen kids with better pretend pirate beards! The story makes no sense, no even Sigourney Weaver can save this steaming pile from going straight to the 50p DVD bin.Is it transphobic? I don't know. It's not someone wanting to make a change to their body but someone having that change forced upon them.Is it a good film? Absolutely not. Don't waste your hard earned on this, if you really want to see it then wait for it to appear at 3am on some b-movie channel or with a Netflix / Amazon Prime subscription or other "free" method, but you won't get that time back.

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bettycjung

9/27/17. How feasible is this? Then again, this is more like a psychological thriller in which Weaver is a demented surgeon who changes the gender of the man who killed her brother. For some reason Weaver likes doing this type of movie every so often, like Copycat. But she was much better in that movie. In this one it was all flat affect. Rodriguez did a decent job playing the woman who can't accept the change, and regardless of the change she was still a killer through and through. If you like these actresses, then go tor it.

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Velho Barbudo

If you don't like action and have a dark sense of humour then don't waste your time and don't see it, it's that simple. It only means you have other movies that suits you better. Whoever watch's it, take it seriously lightly and you will have a laugh. It's a graphic movie with a B-side intention.

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TomSawyer 2112

I didn't know anything about this movie, the title attracted me, but neither does Michelle Rodrigues, nor Sigourney Weaver. Something female about the killer disturbed me in the beginning, and that should not have been.The Director draws some final scenes into a comic picture, which is a clear wink, it's up to the viewer to accept it, or not. I like a movie from another universe. And the Killer's name is Frank.I'm a huge fan of Rodriguez, Robert, directing Frank Miller's Sin City, and this movie really gets into this slow monologue talks about revenge, everybody has his own cause and his own way for revenge. The psychological philosophical screen writing is quite up to the reference. I finally admit that I was not outraged against the director to refer to the atmosphere of Sin City, in fact the more the movie went on, the more I enjoyed it, and the final scene is worthy.Which made me curious to read at the end, the director Walter Hill. What, another copy ? No, THE Walter Hill, who made great, though brainless action movies in the 80ies. Except Warriors!Don't get me wrong. This does not have the depth of Sin City, and anyway, Jessica Alba is getting old, and Brittany Murphy has left us, and Carla Gugino, Alexis Bledel, Devon Aoki, Rosario Dawson can't be hired all together again.Fact is, the choice of female actors could have been better. Rosario Dawson would certainly have done a better job than Michelle Rodrigues,though Sigourney did quite well, although the movie falls flat on the erotic aspect.I forget about 9 movies out of ten, but this one, nevertheless, I will remember very well, later on, and I'm sure I will watch it again.

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