The Assignment

Name: The Assignment
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 7, 2017
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 34

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Saban Films | Release Date: April 7, 2017 | R

Summary: Hitman Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez) is given a lethal assignment, but after being double-crossed, he discovers he’s not the man he thought he was—he’s been surgically altered and now has the body of a woman. Seeking vengeance, Frank heads for a showdown with the person (Sigourney Weaver) who transformed him, a brilliant surgeon with aHitman Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez) is given a lethal assignment, but after being double-crossed, he discovers he’s not the man he thought he was—he’s been surgically altered and now has the body of a woman. Seeking vengeance, Frank heads for a showdown with the person (Sigourney Weaver) who transformed him, a brilliant surgeon with a chilling agenda of her own. [Saban Films]… Expand

Director: Roger Julian Cross and Walter Hill

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Chris Packham

Apr 6, 2017

The film is wallpapered with beatings, shootings and bloodshed, so its genuine sensitivity to trans issues is welcome and surprising. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Apr 7, 2017

This is a modestly scaled B-movie by one of the best genre filmmakers of our time, Walter Hill, that has enough skill and personality going for it to make it worth checking out, even if it doesn’t quite live up (or down, depending on your perspective) to its borderline sleazy premise. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Apr 6, 2017

Not all of Hill’s movies are great, and The Assignment certainly isn’t. Maybe, in the strictest terms, it isn’t even any good. But even a mediocre Walter Hill film has more style and energy — and a finer sense of the sweet spot between joy and despair — than ninety percent of the action thrillers that get made today. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Sep 12, 2016

This is a film which doesn’t take itself very seriously, and it will work best with an audience which takes the same approach. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Sep 14, 2016

Cheesy without being self-aware, hobbled by rampant transphobia that the screenplay’s too dumb to address, this inane burst of campy stupidity can’t get beyond the sheer absurdity of its very existence. Read full review

Matt Singer

Sep 12, 2016

If (Re)Assignment played more like a spoof of vintage pulp and less like a tacky rehash of it, that choice could have worked. Instead, it just comes off as clueless — about gender as well as filmmaking. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Apr 3, 2017

The Assignment is reprehensible, yes, but it’s also dull and inept. Fans of Walter Hill should treat his latest effort like the kind of car crash from which it’s best to avert one’s eyes. Read full review

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Habibiehakim

Oct 2, 2021

Michelle Rodriguez is a women in real life and in the movie she play a guy who become a women with the voice of a man (because they keep the man voice), and i found her voice is kinda overpush, so everytime i hear her voice it's pretty hard to really pretend she is a man, but besides that,Michelle Rodriguez is a women in real life and in the movie she play a guy who become a women with the voice of a man (because they keep the man voice), and i found her voice is kinda overpush, so everytime i hear her voice it's pretty hard to really pretend she is a man, but besides that, The Assignment is still delivers some action, alright performance, and interesting story, overall, i still enjoy The Assignment, it's an alright film at is best.… Expand

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LeZee

Jul 30, 2017

The story of how a hitman became hitgirl!

Actually, it was a much better film than what I've heard of it. What could you expect from a B movie? This was a much better film for its small budget with a decent cast. The storyline seems okay, but Michelle Rodriguez is the one who made itThe story of how a hitman became hitgirl!

Actually, it was a much better film than what I've heard of it. What could you expect from a B movie? This was a much better film for its small budget with a decent cast. The storyline seems okay, but Michelle Rodriguez is the one who made it possible. Yeah, it was like created for her to play the main role and she excelled. The filmmaking was quite compromised when the initial part of her character was played by herself. Because of particularly her height, but decently convinces us with all the rest of the makeovers.

The film was about an assassin, who after encountering some wrong men, discovers later that he'd went through gender reassignment surgery. Now raged with anger, he begins his hunt whoever behind it, especially finding the reason for. With a small romance and action sequences, the film comes to an end. Before giving it a try, you must understand that it is not the film you should expect to be a masterpiece. It tried its best to narrate a decent story, as well as you get your entertainment along. So it is not a must see, but still worth a watch.

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bfoore90

Jan 14, 2018

Wasn't bad, it was entertaining and had a ton of action sequences and stunts. Its obviously a budget film and alot of times you can certainly tell but Michelle Rodriguez really does a fabulous job here and looks mostly convincing as when she is playing a man. The plot is your basic run ofWasn't bad, it was entertaining and had a ton of action sequences and stunts. Its obviously a budget film and alot of times you can certainly tell but Michelle Rodriguez really does a fabulous job here and looks mostly convincing as when she is playing a man. The plot is your basic run of the mill revenge theme, the villian is uninspiring, partly because Sigourney Weaver is sleep walking through the role and the rest of the people are just meat on a stick to be killed off later. Still if you have Amazon Prime, its definitely worth a watch if you're looking your looking to be entertained.

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