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Language in Dolby Digital 5.1: English
Subtitles: English, Arabic, English for the hearing impaired
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Stallone plays Robert Rath, a professional contract killer who is realising his age and is just looking for that last (well paid) job that will let him live the quiet life and have a happy retirement. However, on this final job, the mark is taken by up coming assassin, Miguel Bain. Rath soon manages to seek out the guy however he manages to escape and Rath no starts to hunt out his next victim, a hacker with no name, address or trace who is trying to sell valuable information to a group of foreign businessmen. However, he soon realies that Bain is also after the same person, and after setting up little trap for his friend Bain, Rath goes looking for the one who double crossed him.
While some people say that Stallone is not a very good actor, i personally think that he is pretty good, and this film shows his ability as he plays Robert Rath, the assassin who 'wants out'. He brings some compassion into the role, for example in the opening scene when he has to kill the man, instead of simply putting a bullet in his head, he gives the man his gun and lets him do the deed himself. For the whole scene, you can see in Rath's face, that he doesn't really want to do this, but has to for the money.
However, we must not forget Antonio Banderas who is brilliant in his role as Miguel Bain,which was turned down earlier by Christian Slater. He adds some real character to the person he is playing and by the end you almost feel sorry for him even though he does kill people for a living. Julianne Moore also brings real life and character into her role as Electro the hacker who is the mark of both Rath and Bain.
Overall, 'Assassins' is a brilliant movie that will entertain most audiences, and is a must have for any fans of Stallone, Banderas, Julianne Moore, or if you are simply looking for a movie with plenty of action, shooting, and explosions, then this film is for you and is somthing that you will want to watch maybe several times.
The film is about two assassins, one (Stallone) the number 1 assassin and the other (Banderas) number 2. There is also another character, the contractor who, as it would probably be, they never have contact with apart from remotely via laptops. They are offered "contracts" and the files of the "mark" are sent to them. What maybe routine turns into the contractor playing both of them off of each other to find a survelance expert.
They are introduced to each other in an informal manner and the story unfolds. The young number 2 has studied the number 1 and is now a professional assassin who has learn't from a long established professional.
This film has a number of action scences that are not too over the top and are not riddled with special effects. All in all this film describes the way of an assassin, lonely, remote, discrete and will provide you with around two hours of suspense.
I wasn't frankly expecting much more than a rather cornball, cliched shoot-em-up. Read more
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