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Assassination

The country falls. The operation begins.

2015 · 2h 20m · Not Rated Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by Choi Dong-hoon

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Overview

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

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All reviews
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh

A sensationally entertaining mash-up of historical drama, "Dirty Dozen" style shoot-'em-up, spaghetti Western-flavored flamboyance, and extended action set pieces that suggest a dream-team collaboration of Sergio Leone, John Woo and Steven Spielberg.

Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten

Brimming with characters - many in near-identical military garb - and bristling with double crosses, this unnecessarily lengthy homage to resistance chooses breadth over depth at every turn.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh

Working off a budget of $16 million, filmmaker Choi Dong-hoon keeps the unapologetically mainstream but twisty story moving along engagingly despite some less-than-seamless shifts in time.

Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

For better and worse, South Korean period adventure Assassination is the kind of overstuffed historical mega-production that Hollywood doesn't make anymore.

Simon Abrams, Village Voice

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