The only thing that saves this movie from falling victim to its predecessors mistakes is that it could act as an excellent origins story. Assassins creed is a 2016 action film based on the video game franchise of the same name. While it becomes a tad mundane due to the repetition over the course of all the iterations, the stories were always fun and the. The year 2016 has been full of surprises, so in some ways assassins creed, hollywoods latest attempt to mine gold from an industry that rakes in more dough than it does, is a reassuring tonic. Fox, ubisoft and new regency hopes to break that cycle with assassins creed, a movie based on the video game series of the same name that hits theaters wednesday in the midst of the. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes audience score to help you choose a movie to watch. Feb 08, 2018 the movie has an 18% tomatometer score and a 43% audience score on rotten tomatoes, the critics consensus stating that assassins creed is arguably better made and certainly better cast than most video game adaptations. Assassins creed stars academy award r nominee michael fassbender xmen. At press time, the film stands at 16% on rotten tomatoes with an average score of 3.
Dec 20, 2016 the assassins creed movie debuts tomorrow and its not looking great. With michael fassbender, marion cotillard, jeremy irons, brendan gleeson. Assassins creed trailer michael fassbender and marion cotillard, directed by justin kurzel macbeth. The 10 sketch comedies on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes scores. When the team behind the criticallyacclaimed macbeth reunited for assassins creed, we thought we might have our first great video game movie adaptation at last. Jordan never knew his father, boxing legend apollo creed. Dec 19, 2016 is assassin s creed the video game adaptation to break the curse. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes. They plan on achieving it by using a device called the animus that uses the blood of the targets descendant to create a virtual environment of the ancestors memory. Sonic movies rotten tomatoes score compared to other video. What s perhaps worse is that the movie only has a 44 percent audience rating. After adonis bounces around from one group home to another, apollo s widow phylicia rashad takes him in, providing him with a loving family and the education to pursue what she hopes is a journey different from his father s, who died. This week, assassins creed got an unexpected savior in michael fassbender, star of such recent genre hits as xmen.
Michael fassbender says assassins creed took itself too seriously. Fassbender would later admit during promotion for alien. An oversimplified story leads to an uninteresting experience. Dec 19, 2016 assassins creed is a game series ripe for the movie world. Both a spinoff and sequel in the rocky film series, michael b. The problem with the assassins creed movie, according to. Michael fassbender knows why his assassins creed movie. Assassins creed official movie trailer 2016 youtube. Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic. Dec 21, 2016 assassin s creed is a step in the right direction for video game movies but slick action and beautiful visuals are undercut by a hollow hero story following the murder of his mother, and thirty years spent running from his pain, the past finally catches up to callum lynch michael fassbender as the criminal is set to be executed for his past crimes. Michael fassbender knows why his assassins creed movie bombed. May 12, 2016 michael fassbender is a master assassin in assassins creed movie. Creed is a 2015 american sports drama film directed by ryan coogler and written by coogler and aaron covington. The website s critical consensus reads, assassin s creed is arguably better made and certainly better cast than most video game adaptations.
Ubisofts ceo tells newsweek what hes done to make assassins creed the movie a box office hit. Assassin s creed, rated pg, is in theaters december 21, 2016. Oct 10, 2017 assassin s creed currently has a very poor 18 percent approval rating from critics on rotten tomatoes. Obviously with an origin movie especially one with the complexities like the story behind the assassins creed franchise, there is going to be a lot of dialog to help explain the organizations, characters, and events in the games. Warcraft looks like its going to be another final fantasy and assassins creed just looks well, bad.
Dec 22, 2016 assassin s creed may very well claim the crown of being the best video game movie to date, but as a scifi action blockbuster, it s still lacking in many significant, problematic ways. Assassins creed opens in theaters worldwide on december 21st, 2016. See the premiere trailer for the assassins creed adaptation, starring michael fassbender and marion cotillard, directed by justin kurzel. Currently of this writing, it stands at a 21% approval from rotten tomatoes and 37% from metacritic. Assassins creed why the movie failed screenanigans.
Im not familiar with the game, but the plot was easy to follow and it had good action sequences. After he discovers that he is a descendant of a secret society called the assassins, the newfound knowledge and skills help him battle the templar organization in the present day. Developer ubisoft also admitted disappointment with the. Assassin s creed is arguably better made and certainly better cast than most video game adaptations. The film is directed by justin kurzel snowtown, macbeth. Covenant that the movie needed to be more entertaining and took itself too seriously. The assassins creed movies historical sequences are all in spanish. Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, callum lynch michael fassbender experiences the adventures of. Assassin s creed 2016 18% based on the popular video game series, this action thriller stars michael fassbender as a man launched into the memories of an adventurous ancestor and pitted into a centurieslong battle between the assassins guild and the knights templar. Jordan stars as adonis donnie johnson creed, apollo creed s son, with sylvester stallone reprising the role of rocky balboa. After seeing the movie, almost a week after the its release and begging a fellow moviegoer to tag along, we left with an overall sense of appreciation. Upcoming video game movies and tv adaptations assassins creed 2. I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those 34 percent on rotten tomatoes, 15 years of rerun hell on fx type of.
Michael fassbender is a master assassin in assassins creed movie. Assassins creed is a trainwreck that commits the cardinal sin of being boring. Assassins creed ist ein franzosischusamerikanischer scifiactionfilm des regisseurs. Best video game movies, according to rotten tomatoes. Like the aforementioned movies, assassins creed has lousy cgi, a poor script and subpar performances. Apollo died in the ring in the 1980s at the hand of russian pugilist ivan drago, forcing adonis to grow up without his dad in his life. Ive not played an entry in the assassin s creed series since the first, which. A video game movie starring michael fassbender, directed by the guy who made the certified fresh macbeth. Assassins creed actually is the best video game movie so. Its tale of entering the past through your ancestors dna opens doors for a number of narrative opportunities, and the film. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing assassins creed near. Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, callum lynch michael fassbender experiences the adventures of his ancestor, aguilar, in.
Assassin s creed is one of the best video games i have played. Best video game movies, according to rotten tomatoes it appeared 2016 might turn around the critical reception of the genre on the big screen, thanks to highprofile projects like duncan jones warcraft and justin kurzels assassins creed. Assassins creed is one of the best video games i have played. Rotten tomatoes verzeichnete nur 18 prozent positive kritiken bei 209 kritiken insgesamt. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcast s network. Jordan, the son of former heavyweight champion apollo creed, attempts to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a boxing legend in his own right. Is assassins creed the video game adaptation to break the curse.
Dec 21, 2016 this was referenced in the video game assassin s creed 2, occurring decades before the events in the movie. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an email address associated with a. Dec 23, 2016 assassins creed is a deeply flawed film because it is caught between being an introduction to the world of the assassins and the templars and serving as yet another node in a large web of. Many were hoping that the assassins creed movie would be the one to move video games into the realm of comic books and novels as serious and. Assassins creed actually is the best video game movie. Assassins creed may very well claim the crown of being the best video game movie to date, but as a scifi action blockbuster, its still lacking in many significant, problematic ways. Find out where assassins creed is streaming, if assassins creed is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Apollo died before adonis was born the boy was the product of an affair. Video game company ubisoft has been trying to get an assassins creed movie going for a few years now, but recently discussions with sony pictures were put on hold. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. By some technological miracle, callum lynch is able to go back in time and experience the memories of aguilar, his ancestor. Assassins creed is about a corporation who wants to unlock historys dark secrets. The 20th century fox release has a mere 19 percent approval rating from 31 critics counted on rotten tomatoes, so far.
Assassins creed 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. As the movie and its sequels are original stories set within the same universe as the games, removing a finger to use the hidden blade has not been necessary for centuries by the time aguilar joins the brotherhood. Dec 20, 2016 when the team behind the criticallyacclaimed macbeth reunited for assassins creed, we thought we might have our first great video game movie adaptation at last. Assassins creed is a deeply flawed film because it is caught between being an introduction to the world of the assassins and the templars. Assassins creed is a game series ripe for the movie world. The embargo on the forthcoming assassins creed movie has broken, and the curse of the videogame movie continues. The primary conflict in the assassins creed series is set between two opposing schools of thought that became separate orders.
Although seeking a similar end, the assassins and templars have fought bitterly over the way to achieve that end throughout history. The websites critical consensus reads, assassins creed is arguably better made and certainly better cast than most video game adaptations. I enjoyed this film and would like to see a sequel. Assassins creed currently has a very poor 18 percent approval rating from critics on rotten tomatoes. Im a huge mass effect fan its my favorite videogames ever. A part of me really wants to see it turned into a movie.