Assassin’s Creed is a 2016 dystopian, science fiction, action film based on the video game franchise of the same name. The film is directed by Justin Kurzel, written by Michael Lesslie, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, and stars Michael Fassbender (who also produced), as well as Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling and Michael K. Williams. The film is set in the same universe as the video games but features an original story that expands the series’ mythology. The plot revolves around Callum “Cal” Lynch (Fassbender), who is abducted by the Abstergo Foundation because of his heritage. Cal’s ancestor, Aguilar de Nerha, was a member of the Assassin Brotherhood—a fictional organization inspired by the real-life Order of Assassins—active during the Spanish Inquisition in the late 15th-century, who swore to protect the Apple of Eden, an artifact believed to contain the key to humanity’s free will. Cal must accept his Assassin heritage and stop Abstergo, the Templar Order of the modern-day, from finding the Apple and using it to enslave humanity.
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Human experimentation on ex-death row prisoners who have died. Also based on a video game series, I happen to have in my collection. Though I haven’t played it much, so it doesn’t skew my review here. It’s meant to be a prequel to the video games – the start of the search for an ancient relic.
This movie follows 2 story lines, one in 1492 where we follow Aguilar to find out where he stashed the Apple of Eden and one in 2016 where we follow the Abstergo Foundation’s human experiments with Cal to end violence by searching for the Apple of Eden.
Half this movie is in Spanish as we are following Aguilar in Spain, so this does make sense; it breaks up the sequences nicely. I will say though that I prefer watching the 1492 storyline over the 2016 storyline. So I guess that means I like half the movie?
And there’s a sequel.
My Ranking: ★ ★
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