Assassins Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
In the shadows of life, In the business of death, One man found a reason to live...
Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone) is a seasoned hitman who just wants out of the business with no back talk. But, as things go, it ain't so easy. A younger, peppier assassin named Bain (Antonio Banderas) is having a field day trying to kill said older assassin. Rath teams up with a computer hacker named Electra (Julianne Moore) to defeat the obsessed Bain.
| Antonio Banderas | Miguel Bain |
| Sylvester Stallone | Robert Rath |
| Julianne Moore | Electra |
| Anatoli Davydov | Nicolai Tashlinkov |
| Muse Watson | Ketcham |
| Steve Kahan | Alan Branch |
| Kelly Rowan | Jennifer, Electra's Neighbor |
| Reed Diamond | Bob |
| Kai Wulff | Remy |
| James Douglas Haskins | Buyer with Remy |
| John Harms | Cop |
| Edward J. Rosen | Cemetery Caretaker |
| Christina Orchid | Dowager |
| Richard Donner |
5.70 out of 10 (11816 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Blatant rip-off of "My name is Nobody"
posted on 20 May 2009I admit, I skimmed the previous comments. I didn't see any comment that mentioned this movie is nearly a line-for-line copy of: "My Name is Nobody." (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0070215)"My Name is Nobody" is a spaghetti western directed and co-written by Sergio Leone. It stars Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. It is more fun, and more satisfying than "Assassins."I'm sure I'm not the first one who noticed the similarities between the two movies.
An Exciting Movie!
posted on 30 Jan 2009This was a very exciting movie. There was action from start to finish. Stallone,the top hit man in the world suddenly finds that he has competition. He battles all over the landscape against his new competitor Antonio Banderas. A woman comes into possesion of an article that the bad guys want. She then becomes a target for Banderas. It falls upon Stallone to defend her. Stallone has to fight for his life against his new younger competition. The battle is ruthless. Stallone and Banderas have a final showdown that is top notch. Be sure to see this movie.It is top of the line. You will not be dissapointed.
This Action-Pack thriller hits the mark!
posted on 01 Oct 2008Bain. Julianne Moore portraits the clever info-highway thief. Swept into the pair's fierce runung battle. Robert Rath is the best hit men around, but the code and sense of duty that once were part of his deadly career. Lost in a post-Cold War of free-lance guns. He wants out. Not so Miguel Bain, a driven killer who knows how to claim to top spot of his shadowy profession: Eliminate Rath.
You Can't Fix Stupid
posted on 27 Jun 2008I had read enough reviews of "Assassins" to have some idea about the silliness of the story. I decided to watch it anyway because I thought that a movie with Stallone, Banderas, and Julianne Moore would likely have high enough production values to make it marginally interesting even if the story was stupid. I was right -- barely. The tension is contrived and "stupid" is not a strong enough word to describe the story. (The heavy, Banderas, turns out to be harder to kill than Frankenstein's monster.) How Brian Helgeland, who co-wrote the screenplay for L.A. Confidential, could have allowed his name to appear in the credits to this cretinous mess astounds me. Still, I have to admit that Assassins charismatic stars and big budget allowed me to be reasonably well entertained most of the time. Marginally recommended, 5 of 10.
"I'm going to die like English Patient's girlfriend--long, slow, boring death!"
posted on 23 Mar 2008Well, Khan from TV's KING OF THE HILL never says that line in ASSASSINS, but he could have. This is a long, slow, boring film. Even sequences that are supposed to be exciting--such as a part where Stallone retrieves a briefcase from an elevated train in Seattle, then has to get rid of it in a hurry--are just there. There's no energy here. Sylvester Stallone does a very good job showing a hitman who's life energy has been destroyed by his career, but unfortunately his character's weariness mirrors the film's. We aren't any more enthused by what he's going through than he is.What's interesting, and a little strange, is that this movie was written by the Wachowski Brothers, who went on to write and direct THE MATRIX. The strange part is that the structure of these two movies, this one and MATRIX, isn't all that different: several intense action sequences bracketed by a large amount of exposition. It's more what's done with it than what it is, though, so ASSASSINS has unexciting action with uninteresting dialogue compared to THE MATRIX.And for the goofs section, the Nicolai character says he had to fake his death in 1980 because the Cold War was coming to an end. Whatever events were happening in 1980, the Cold War's imminent end wasn't one of them.
Needs less violence and more acting
posted on 05 Mar 2008This movie has everything. It has action, adventure, humor, drama, suspense, mystery, thrills, chills, and romance. The one thing it does not have is acting. The acting is terrible. The actors don't have to do much acting because of the non-stop action sequences filled with plenty of nasty violence. The writers should have wrote a script with more dialogue and less violence. The director should have gotten better actors. They're to blame for the bad acting. Not the actors. The actors were doing their job, just badly.
Smooth 'Assassins'
posted on 03 Mar 2008Sylvester Stallone is back again along with a new comic hero, Antonio Banderas. The best duo since Tango and Cash, yes! Assassin Stallone wants to retire with one last hit, but Assassin Banderas ruins the cash payment. Naive man. You don't mess with Stallone, he gets angry real fast. A woman who has valuable information and is a hacker, must be assassinated. But luckily for her, Stallone protects her from Banderas. An encounterment in a taxicab forced Stallone to drive like a madman and crash into other cars, gutsy! The stove trick was clever forcing Banderas to jump out of the window! In the final pay-off, Banderas waited in a tower for Stallone to come out of a bank, but Stallone took his time and made Banderas sweat. I was laughing with enthusiasm. This movie is too smooth.
Slick, enjoyable, mano-y-mano action thriller!
posted on 13 Feb 2008I had never been a huge fan of Sylvester Stallone in the 1980s. I find most of his 80s flicks unwatchable. He doesn't have that ability to let loose and make fun of himself while still entertaining like Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger. I can think of a dozen or so Arnie flicks from his career that I can just plain sit back and enjoy b/c Arnie knew how to entertain an audience. Stallone has always taken himself too seriously and been too stiff. But guess what? A funny thing happened in the early 1990s. I started to like Sylvester Stallone! All of a sudden, he made these hugely entertaining action flicks that his style of, errr, acting seemed to be suited for: CLIFFHANGER, THE SPECIALIST, DAYLIGHT, and this film, my favorite of the lot, ASSASSINS. I love ASSASSINS! I can watch it over and over. The tone, pace, and style of the film perfectly fits Stallone's stoic, glaring, steely demeanor. And Stallone is damn freakin good in this film! It's one of his better film performances. Stallone plays Robert Rath (cool name), a veteran highly paid assassin who will only assassinate high-level shady criminals (nicknamed "marks"). He has morals of course, as noted early in the film. But Rath wants out. He's tired of killing for a living, so he wants to do one last job, assassinating a reclusive billionaire "mark" named Alan Branch, who financed South American death squads.But there's a complication. Rath finds that he's no longer alone. A cocksure, boisterous young gun named Miguel Bain (played with vim, vigor, and verve by Antonio Banderas). Bain kills Branch at his brother's funeral (where Rath was going to kill him), then the fun begins! Rath tracks down Bain and tries to eliminate him, but to no avail. Bain escapes and so Rath wants to know from his secret employer who this kid is. So Rath agrees to do one last job (this time he's serious; it pays 2 million dollars) to retrieve a disc with encrypted information and kill the buyers and the seller ("the mark"). The buyers are Interpol agents trying to capture Rath and Bain's secret employer. The "mark" (who intercepted the transmission) is a hot, slightly skewered-in-the-brain redheaded genius named "Elektra" and she is played by then newcomer and now top Hollywood actress Julianne Moore. I've never seen Moore's big time Oscar-nominated movies (except BOOGIE NIGHTS), but I've seen her in a lot of other stuff and this is my favorite thing she's done.As Rath is about to complete this 'final' mission, Bain steps in again and kills the buyers while Rath gets to Electra first before she turns over the disk information, but decides not to kill her since Bain has interceded again and he wants to stop this kid and deal with his employer for hiring him by extorting for 20 million dollars for his trouble. It is during this time that Rath and Electra develop a connection and become partners to stop Bain from repeating history (Rath killed the #1 assassin 15 years before to be #1; now Bain wants to kill Rath so he can become #1). Stallone, Banderas, and Moore are all excellent and keep the action lively and moving. I like the way the film shows how these highly trained professionals plot, scheme, think, and outwit their way through sticky and tricky situations. The action is spare, yet exciting when it comes and the film is an very interesting character study. It never slows down or drags at all, even though the pace is delibarate. The final showdown is thrilling to say the least. Well done all the way around!
Great movie, great actors
posted on 09 Jan 2008I love this movie, but I admit I'm a little turned off by the Stallone action genre. I'm glad I did watch it. I love Electra, she's the best. A woman can be a strong character, she doesn't do what he tells her, until she trusts him. The scene in which Stallone spills his guts about liking her is even more compelling because she's not around to hear it. Great job by Antonio, he's just beautiful enough to be scary. Great movie!!
Top Notch Action Film With 2 Awesome Performances By Stallone And Banderas
posted on 24 Nov 2007This is a top notch action film with 2 awesome performances from Stallone and Banderas!. It's very unpredictable, and a really cool twist at the end, that you won't see coming!. I loved the mind games between Stallone and Banderas, they were a LOT of fun to watch, and see them try to outsmart each other was a treat!. It's very intelligent, with only a few plot holes, plus the chemistry between Stallone and JUlianne Moore was great!. It's One of Stallone's best Non Rocky films, and one of his best performances too!, even though he is amazing in everything!. The Directing is awesome!. Richard Donner, does an awesome job here, with some great camera work, keeping the film fresh and overall keeping the film at VERY fast pace!. There is lots of blood, but we only get LOTS of extremely bloody gunshot wounds. The Acting is AWESOME!. Sylvester Stallone is AMAZING as always, he gives one of his best performances here, he kicks that ass, had awesome chemistry with Julianne Moore, and was just TONS of fun to watch!. Antonio Banderas is AWESOME here as the main villain , he was extremely menacing, funny, and him and Stallone were great fun to watch!, love his accent!. Julianne Moore, is STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS!, and was GREAT here, she had awesome chemistry with Stallone, and was very smart, she was a perfect choice to play this part!, she is a wonderful actress!. Anatoli Davydov, is good in his scene!. Overall GO see it! a must see! ***** out of 5
Sometimes very interesting film
posted on 28 Sep 2007Somehow, I thought, that Assassins (1995) would be excellent Hollywood entertainment. But it isn't. Movie is sometimes rather boring. And one good actionscene doesn't save the show. But the actors save a lot. And sometimes plot is very interesting and I can watch the movie till the end. Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone) is assassin, who wants to retire and who has principles. Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas, this time he acts well) is ambitious young rookie, who wants to the top. Julianne Moore is wasting her talents as a woman who has to be in this story. Professional director and good one, Richard Donner, directs lazyly.6 out of 10. All the actors are good, especially Stallone and Banderas.
this sucks
posted on 23 Aug 2007I think this is a dreadful film - tedious to sit through and instantly forgettable. Stallone delivers his usual performance almost on auto pilot. Banderas camps up his bad - guy act a bit, and almost gets a few unintentional laughs. The female lead is simply irritating, and the action sequences so antiseptic I thought I was watching Miami Vice at times. This is Hollywood at its worst.
Stallone has his sights set on another big hit!
posted on 07 Jul 2007Though the money taken in at the box office was dissappointing for an actor like Stallone, I personally enjoyed it. I am a huge Stallone fan and have yet to see one I didn't like. The best of its type since THE MECHANIC with Charles Bronson. Bandaras, Stallone and an action packed suprise ending. Buy It.
Hollywood trash with some slightly redeeming qualities
posted on 15 Jun 2007The first time I saw this was in a Hotel room while I was on vacation. I only saw the last half so I didn't know the full scope of the plot, but it's a simple movie so that wasn't important. What stuck out in my mind was a performance by Antonio Banderes that was so memorable I had to go back and re-watch this in its entirety very recently. Unlike many of the other viewers who posted here, I thought Julianne Moore was terrible in this film. The character was bad enough, but Julianne Moore's interpretation of the script made this aspect of the film practically unbearable. She was the most annoying and dumb woman who could possibly be in any film. Not to mention, she was an insulting mockery of Seattle women by making it seem people from Seattle could actually be like her. Her sense of style was absurd, and that little raincoat was a joke. As if everyone in Seattle wears these ugly little raincoats. I've not been very impressed with Julianne Moore anyway. I'm sure she's a very nice person off the screen, but she just seems like a flavor of the month actress, which is probably why we aren't seeing too many hits featuring her lately.The plot is not completely innovative or complex but it's satisfactory. Unfortunately, the film is riddled with unrealistic moments that resemble the old Tom and Jerry cartoons where everyone gets smashed up but they still survive.Banderes is what makes this movie worth watching. When I saw this movie, I took on a new opinion of his abilities. His high strung personality along with the constant swearing under breath and emotional disruptions really made his character interesting to watch. There's a definite comedic edge to Bain which had me laughing through the whole movie.The bottom line, it's not a good movie, but somehow still rewarding and worth watching.
Action It Has, Story It Has Not.
posted on 04 Jun 2007Sly Stallone plays a hitman Robert Rath, who has grown tired of his dangerous profession and decides to retire. When going to collect as what he views as a payoff from one last job, in comes
Miguel Bain(Antonio Banderas) a younger more crazier assassin who was hired to take down Rath. Basic, simple film with all the action and viloence one expects when a great director like Richard Donner is involved. But it suffers from a tired repeitive script. Stallone Seems bored with the role and looks like during the dull moments of the film was going to fall asleep. As for Banderas he was the only reason to watch this film his over the top portrayal of a cocky, short fused assassin
was truly memorable. As for Juliane Moore she failed to impress me with a pretty weak performance on her part. If it wern't for the action ASSASSINS would pretty much go unnoticed.
A brutally efficent action thriller.
posted on 20 Mar 2007Sylvestler Stallone plays a hitman who is contemplating retirement, but a hot-shot young killer (Antonio Banderas)has other ideas and tries to get in first when Stallone targets a flaky surveillance (Juilanne Moore). So, Stallone kidnaps Moore... A brutally efficent action thriller.3 out of 4
An enjoyable flick, Bandaras performance is interesting. Thanks to the Matrix making brothers.
posted on 24 Feb 2007When this movie came out, it was like the Specialist without any steamy sex scene at all. So too was that the Lethal Weapon filming crew is obvious behind the production, the director, the producer, and that mobster who got shot at the funeral plays the Chief in the Lethal Weapon films. It seems like a simple action flick comparable to a Segal or Van Damme class action flick, and with a few million bucks from Wanner Brothers, they will produce any kind of propaganda to sell their product.While watching the making of the Matrix on DVD, producer Joel Silver actually mention about the Wachowski Brothers earlier work, which was this movie, and he mention the it was dark and edgy. It was this that led me to buy this movie on DVD, on a discounted price, Woo Hoo!!!Although it still feels like a Segal or Van Damme class action flick, I have look deeper into the film and realize that Banderas actually performed very well than boring Stallone and Moore. The music delivers a good impact to the film and the cinematographer along with the film's editor employs their trick of the trade to deliver some smart presentation into some of the action sequences. My favorite was Banderas using a table to shield himself from an explosion.While this may not be Wachowski Brothers best work, it is not bad considering their early attempt into Hollywood, kind of like John Woo's Hard Target starring Van Damme.
Stallone and Banderas bash head on
posted on 07 Aug 2009the two leads are great, especially Banderas with his chitchattering character Miguel who is hilariously deadly. best highlight would be when Banderas gets blown out a window when the gaslight in Julianne Moore's apartment ignites, it sends him flying out baby. though the downfall is length, especially in the end where it seems endless and yawning.