Assassins Creed - Quick Review

This film suffers from the same problems as the video game that being that the people in charge think that the audience care about the modern day plot. As you can guess i did not like the Assassins Creed film.

Where do i start with this one, so many problems and little to nothing positive to say. I had bad vibes before the first frame was shown, sitting in a movie theater to watch this film was a big mistake. Full of fanboys who were going to be passionate for the film, in a negative or positive fashion but i did get a very bad vibe.

Lets start off by talking about the directors previous film Macbeth. I did not like Macbeth it was clearly made by a film student and not a film maker, studios need to stop giving major films to people who don't have a good number of quality films under their belt, and the problems that plague Macbeth are prevalent in Assassins Creed. Cinematography is so poor in Assassins Creed, just muddy visuals and very dull action scenes, and overall the film just has a dull look to it, other than some of the lighting which, i must admit is a good change from flat lighting. Good use of under-lighting and shadows and light sources were distinct and contrasted which is surprising for a recent release.

The story is rather forgettable purely a stepping stone just to establish the sequel, again this is a problem that studios are having, they are trying to plan a franchise before the film is even complete. Essentially its a basic mcguffin hunt for something known as the "Apple" and Fassbender must use this machine called the Animus to relive his ancestors memories in order to help Jeremy Irons and Marion Cotillard find the Apple, but the film spends a lot of time in the present day inside of a prison-like building. The film feels small even when inside the Animus and we are taken back to the past, it does feel cheap and very close quarters almost like a small budget film with a high concept but no budget to back it up.

Performances are very bland other than Jeremy Irons who has a clear character that the audience can clearly understand but both Cotillard and Fassbender just cruise through their performances and i find it strange that Fassbender produced this contrasted with how phoned in his performance was.

Overall Assassins Creed is the final nail in the coffin for the video game movie. Just a dull movie where the concept was bigger than the script itself and poor visuals. Not worth seeing even if you are a fan of the games.

5/10

Written By
Ashley Harvey