American Assassin

"Assassins aren't born. They're made."

2017 1h 52m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 3,332

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Synopsis

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Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

“Assassins aren't born. They're made.”

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Cast

Dylan O'Brien
Mitch Rapp
Michael Keaton
Stan Hurley
Taylor Kitsch
'Ghost'
Shiva Negar
Annika
Sanaa Lathan
Irene Kennedy
Scott Adkins
Victor
David Suchet
Director Stansfield
Navid Negahban
Minister Behurz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Cuesta
Writers: Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick
Languages: English, Arabic, Italian, Persian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish
Countries: Hong Kong, United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 7 languages: English, Arabic, Italian, Persian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CAST

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226+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Cuesta, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Steven Price. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Conrad Buff IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Dylan O'Brien and Michael Keaton and Taylor Kitsch carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Cuesta directs. Enrique Chediak behind the camera. Steven Price scores. Conrad Buff IV cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Hong Kong, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Arabic, Italian, Persian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 7 languages: English, Arabic, Italian, Persian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish.
3International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, United States of America.
4226+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Michael Cuesta, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Steven Price. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Conrad Buff IV shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Dylan O'Brien and Michael Keaton and Taylor Kitsch carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Assassins aren't born. They're made.".
10IMDB entry: tt1961175 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 15 themes, including "based on novel or book", "rome, italy", "iran", "black ops".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Enrique Chediak
Original score: Steven Price
Editing: Conrad Buff IV
Production design: Andrew Laws
Costume design: Anna B. Sheppard
Makeup / hair: Francesco Alberico
VFX supervisor: Richard R. Reed
Sound: Lawrence Zipf
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $33,000,000
Box office: $67,200,000
Return: 204% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: American Assassin (2017)

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Gimly2017-11-28
★ 3/10
American Assassin might be the most nothing movie of the year. I was sold on the trailer, I though Michael Keating looked great (and to be fair, he kinda was), but watching the movie itself, I felt completely blank. I can't even recommend American Assassin as background noise. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
KE2017-12-11
★ 2/10
Don't bother watching, plot line has been so many times before. Turn off your TV and do something more productive instead !
Dark Jedi2019-08-26
This movie has been sitting on my unwatched shelf for quite a while and yesterday I finally got around to watch it. I actually found this movie to be not too bad actually. It is far from a cinematic masterpiece but it is a pretty solid action/revenge movie. Dylan O’Brien is, unfortunately, pretty meh as the main character. Michael Keaton on the other hand is quite good in his character. It is a reasonably action filled movie and I really like that they didn’t try to turn it into some PG-13 crap. It is sometimes fairly brutal. The story is okay. It works. It is not overly complex and some people are probably moaning about it not being original enough. Well, I say, so what? It is a good concept so why screw with it? I do like revenge movies and although this one is far from the best, it is not at all shabby. I wonder why some people seems to be claiming that this movie is just crap, one star out of ten and so on and so forth? Is it maybe because it dares bring up the subject of Islamist fanatics killing innocents? Or maybe because it doesn’t try to sugarcoat things and explain these “poor misunderstood” psychopaths but lays the blame straight on said lowlife as well as on Iran? Or maybe because it doesn’t try to blame certain of today’s political retards’ preferred boogieman Russia? I have not read the book so I guess, if it doesn’t do the book justice, I can somewhat understand not liking it. However, to me, this was a decent, not spectacular but decent, two hours of entertainment. Decent action, decent speed and (with the exception of O’Brien) decent acting.