Anna (Maggie Q) is an Assassin whose mentor is contract killer Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and she discovers that someone killed him. She believes the killer is in Viet Nam and she goes there to avenge Moody.
Some of this is complicated. We are not sure why Edward Hayes (David Rintoul) faked his death to spare his son of being complicit in Hayes' gangster operations. But that is what he did. Anna finds that Hayes' assistant, Vohl (Patrick Malahide) knows what all is about, but before he can tell her anything lawyer Duquet (Ray Feron) shoots Vohl in the head. Anna attacks Duquet and tries to escape, but Duquet captures and tortures her. Now enter Michael Rembrandt (Michael Keaton) who also works for Edward Hayes. Anna escapes, but now we see an almost different kind of relationship with her and Rembrandt.
Part of the complications loom from some scenes that are hard to explain and we are not sure why they are in here. For example the searching for and finding Lucas, the son of Edward Hayes went on for too long. Best to just keep your eye on Anna. Why go after Edward Hayes? Anna believes he was the one who ordered the hit on Moody, but she never had proof of that. However, she did know that Moody was investigating Edward Hayes, but didn't know why.
We do see a flashback re Anna's childhood and this shows she can kill the 4-people, who killed her family in front of her. Here we see the beginnings of an Assassin.
Many of the fight scenes are extremely brutal. When Anna was captured by Duquet the scenes with a bed sheet to subdue her captors were some of the best I have ever seen. And later when she fights Rembrandt it was so brutal almost to a point I had to check into the ER to make sure I was okay. Yes, stunt people were used and they must have been bruised and hurt for days, maybe more. The fight scenes were over the top brutal, but I have to admit, the choreography for the fight scenes were outstanding. Kudos.
Notables: Robert Patrick as Billy Boy a motocycle gang leader, who helps Anna meet with Vohl, who she believes can supply many answers re Edward Hayes; Florin Piersic Jr as Ram, who is a violent Enforcer for Edward Hayes.
There is a very big twist that no one saw coming, but you will like it. Guaranteed.
This is one of the better Assassin movies. The cast is solid and the pacing is very good. Maybe a little too long with those unnecessary scenes as mentioned above. (7/10)
Violence: Yes.
Sex: No.
Nudity: Yes, very brief in the beginning.
Humor: Not really. They tried too hard and it failed with me.
Language: Yes, but not much.
Rating: B.
Some of this is complicated. We are not sure why Edward Hayes (David Rintoul) faked his death to spare his son of being complicit in Hayes' gangster operations. But that is what he did. Anna finds that Hayes' assistant, Vohl (Patrick Malahide) knows what all is about, but before he can tell her anything lawyer Duquet (Ray Feron) shoots Vohl in the head. Anna attacks Duquet and tries to escape, but Duquet captures and tortures her. Now enter Michael Rembrandt (Michael Keaton) who also works for Edward Hayes. Anna escapes, but now we see an almost different kind of relationship with her and Rembrandt.
Part of the complications loom from some scenes that are hard to explain and we are not sure why they are in here. For example the searching for and finding Lucas, the son of Edward Hayes went on for too long. Best to just keep your eye on Anna. Why go after Edward Hayes? Anna believes he was the one who ordered the hit on Moody, but she never had proof of that. However, she did know that Moody was investigating Edward Hayes, but didn't know why.
We do see a flashback re Anna's childhood and this shows she can kill the 4-people, who killed her family in front of her. Here we see the beginnings of an Assassin.
Many of the fight scenes are extremely brutal. When Anna was captured by Duquet the scenes with a bed sheet to subdue her captors were some of the best I have ever seen. And later when she fights Rembrandt it was so brutal almost to a point I had to check into the ER to make sure I was okay. Yes, stunt people were used and they must have been bruised and hurt for days, maybe more. The fight scenes were over the top brutal, but I have to admit, the choreography for the fight scenes were outstanding. Kudos.
Notables: Robert Patrick as Billy Boy a motocycle gang leader, who helps Anna meet with Vohl, who she believes can supply many answers re Edward Hayes; Florin Piersic Jr as Ram, who is a violent Enforcer for Edward Hayes.
There is a very big twist that no one saw coming, but you will like it. Guaranteed.
This is one of the better Assassin movies. The cast is solid and the pacing is very good. Maybe a little too long with those unnecessary scenes as mentioned above. (7/10)
Violence: Yes.
Sex: No.
Nudity: Yes, very brief in the beginning.
Humor: Not really. They tried too hard and it failed with me.
Language: Yes, but not much.
Rating: B.