The Assassin (2025)

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC+
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 20, 2025
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Oct 23, 2025
    100
    It’s so much fun. Hawes is so good, so funny, Highmore so nimble and perfectly pitched and everyone else.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: David Opie
    Oct 23, 2025
    80
    You've never met an assassin like Keeley Hawes’ Julie, and for that matter you've never watched a thriller like this either. Come for the cutthroat action and stay for the cutting dynamic at its core.
  3. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: James Hibbs
    Oct 23, 2025
    80
    They may not be revolutionary, and may give you some déjà vu to past Williams joints, but if you're looking for entertaining action, some fun twists and a compelling central character/relationship study, then you will certainly find all of that here.
  5. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Oct 23, 2025
    80
    Middle-aged women everywhere will quickly buy into the idea of Hawes capably dispatching victims in between taking her HRT tablets and getting exasperated with her lily-livered son. .... Don’t think too hard about it. Just enjoy the ride.