So I recently watched Assassin's Creed and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...
Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (played by Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
This is a rather disappointing film. The Assassin's Creed video game franchise is one of the most successful franchises of all-time and it's a no-brainer to build off of it's success by making a film based on the game. While the concept is a great idea and with better execution, this film could've bucked the trend of video game films being terrible. Instead the film is a mess and the trend of video game films being terrible continues. The plot of this film involves an item that was featured in the first video game "The Apple of Eden" and it was a great MacGuffin that worked well and while it was a great nod to the games, it no build up whatsoever in why it was such an important artifact. With no build up, it makes the ambitions of the villains seem odd and just really stupid. It changes a lot of things from the games and that can be a good thing simply because you don't want to cater to just the video gamers mainly due to alienating a lot of the people you want to see this film and some of them work to perfection, but others not so much. The big change was the Animus and it just look really weird and the way Michael Fassbender's character was forced into it was dumb and didn't make a lot of sense. As mentioned before there are a lot of great nods to games and it really shows how much the filmmakers appreciated the gamers on that level. Visually the film looks really gorgeous and the way they were able to capture 15th century Spain so perfectly just makes for a very appealing scenery. Within in the film the one thing that really stood out as bothersome was when there were fight scenes within the Animus and it would constantly flip back and forth between the past and the present and it just got to be really annoying and the awesome choreography couldn't be appreciated due to that. Performance wise , there is a great performance by Fassbender in the film, but everyone else just seemed like a waste and you can't have a successful film based off of one single performance. Overall this film is a mess from the beginning and it's a film that never found it's identity and it overshadows some great visuals, fight choreography and a really great lead performance. I Give Assassin's Creed a 4.5 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Assassin's Creed, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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