Stylish spy flick with a surprisingly good cast.
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10/06/05 01:44 PM
The Assignment (1997)
56 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 10 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Synopsis:
A CIA agent obsessed with apprehending infamous international terrorist Carlos "The Jackal" deploys a U.S. Navy man--who resembles Carlos exactly--in his scheme to discredit the legendary mercenary in the eyes of his employers. A complex psychological suspenser elevated above the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley, Claudia Ferri, Celine Bonnier
Director: Christian Duguay
Composer: Normand Corbeil
Producer: Tom Berry, Franco Battista
Screenwriter: Dan Gordon, Sabi H. Shabtai
Composer: Normand Corbeil
Producer: Tom Berry, Franco Battista
Screenwriter: Dan Gordon, Sabi H. Shabtai
Reviews
1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A non-formula spy thriller without the glitz and romanticism usually associated with this genre.
03/10/04 02:54 PM
If there's a small saving grace to this crude thriller, it is the work of Montreal-born director Christian Duguay, who shows flashes of real flare.
07/12/02 08:10 AM
The plot raises the keenly important question of whether professionals who fight evil may be corrupted by the ruthless means they employ; but the movie takes too much pleasure in sensationalistic digressions to explore this issue very thoroughly.
06/25/02 08:09 AM
The assignment, should you choose to accept it, does pay off in potent thrills.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Quinn gives a commanding performance as both Ramirez and Carlos.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
An intelligent, imaginative bit a fiction about suggesting one way the killer may have been captured.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Great premise is executed with enough style and thrills to keep the piece interesting throughout its close to two-hour runtime.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
A spy thriller with no thrills, no doubt an interesting cinematic gambit but not one we'd recommend.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
A film of real finesse, style and intelligence, an espionage thriller of the old school, with some modern technical embellishments.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Top Critic If you believe that Elvis still lives or that a millennial invasion of flying saucers is imminent, you might buy the bogus premise.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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01/01/00 12:00 AM
A mediocre action-thriller combination that revolves around a preposterous plan for the same reason that most pot-boilers do; it's just the nature of the beast.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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