A secret group of Assassins, secretly fighting a secret tyrannical group. A technologically advance machine that brings out visual memories of 15th century Spain, and a means to show us action sequences set in the past. A powerful artifact that needs to be kept hidden, but many want to find it. Lots of people wearing hoodies. This sounds like it could be an exciting and fun premise for an action adventure movie right? It could have been exciting and fun, if it wasn't so boring and dull. At least it did good in the people wearing hoodies department.
The script for this film is a jumbled mess of expositions, mixed with heavy handed dialogue, filled with underdeveloped characters, plot conveniences just to move the story along, and a misguided attempt to treat the material way too seriously to the point of dourness. It seemed like it was way too busy just trying to string together a series of plot points that it needed to hit. The pacing and flow of the story telling just didn't feel like it moved in an organic way at all, and that hurt the enjoyment factor of the movie.
With the script failing this film, the actors and the action scenes would have to save the day right? Well i'm sorry, but as talented as the actors are, the dialogue given to them are just bad bad bad. The action sequences are also not that memorable, and consists mostly of quick cuts that dilutes the choreographed fights. There is however this extended parkour filled chase sequence action set piece that was actually entertaining to watch, and is easily the main highlight of the whole movie.
Fans of the video game series that this is adapted off from might have an added advantage of finding more things to like about this movie, due to their familiarity with the franchise. Those who aren't that knowledgeable about the property may find very few things in this movie to convince them to care about the game. Oh, for those interested to care, I myself have never played the game series.
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