Assassin's Creed
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 21, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
16
Negative:
18
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzDec 21, 2016
Never before have such acting heavyweights been so misused on screen. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsDec 21, 2016
Unlike the actual video game, Assassin's Creed isn't ridiculous and fun, but rather ridiculous and turgid. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 20, 2016
Quest or no quest, cool locations or green screen soundstages, shirtless Fassbender or Fassbender in an assassin’s hoodie, “Assassin’s” never breaks the creed of Hollywood filmed video games — “Action packed, but dull.” Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredRobert Yaniz Jr.Dec 21, 2016
Any fans hoping that Assassin's Creed would break the long streak of poor video game adaptations are bound to be disappointed by this nearly incomprehensible mess. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghDec 21, 2016
Another entry in a long line of good video games adapted into terrible movies, Assassin’s Creed is ragingly stupid. That its incoherent plotline is treated with the utmost reverence by skilled thespians only brings its idiocy into sharper relief. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyDec 20, 2016
For an ostensible action movie, the cast spends an awful lot of time standing around and looking lost. I can only guess that they were following their director’s lead. Read full review
30
New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasDec 19, 2016
The acting offers little relief. Fassbender gives a super serious performance in a movie that needed his natural sense of humor. Playing his Abstergo doctor, Cotillard's accent is so bizarre and disconcerting, it's impossible to believe she’s the same actress who’s been so amazing in everything else she's done. As for Jeremy Irons, who plays her scientist father, it's hard to imagine this is anything more than a payday. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorDec 19, 2016
Assassin’s Creed is resolutely stone-faced, ditching the humdrum quips that are par for the course in today's blockbusters. But this is almost two hours of convoluted hokum that might have benefited from a few self-deflating jabs. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlDec 19, 2016
The Assassin's Creed movie is about all the parts you might skip in the games. Read full review
30
TheWrapMichael NordineDec 19, 2016
The plot is that most dreadful of mixes: both laughably silly and needlessly complicated. Read full review
30
TimeStephanie ZacharekDec 19, 2016
Assassin’s Creed the movie is fairly innocuous. It’s also cheerless and dumb. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyDarren FranichDec 21, 2016
Here’s a film that turns Michael Fassbender into a puppet, and oh, those strings hold him down. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 21, 2016
It's just a mediocre action movie, poorly edited and larded with a terrible musical score, based on a video game. Nothing new there. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartDec 20, 2016
As might be obvious, I’m not a gamer, so perhaps all of this will be thrilling for fans who’ve played it. The rest of us, I imagine, may come out of this film invigorated with a creed of our own: Avoid movies based on video games. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiDec 21, 2016
Assassin’s Creed is a dour, lifeless film that leaves those familiar with the material perplexed, and those ignorant of it downright clueless. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 19, 2016
It’s rare to see a film quite so lacking in animus. It exists only to gouge money out of gamers. They might well want to stick to the game. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineAaron RiccioDec 19, 2016
The film ends up with both blurry action that often looks digitally faked and a fractious plot that’s stuck over-explaining itself. Read full review
10
SlateJonathan L. FischerDec 22, 2016
I suppose you could say the film made me slightly more likely to play one of the games, but only because I’d do just about anything before I saw this movie again. Read full review
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