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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Luc Besson (film La Femme Nikita)
Robert Getchell (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 March 1993 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Government gave her a choice. Death. Or life as an assassin. Now, there's no turning back.
Plot:
A gang of armed drug-addicts break into a chemist shop to try and steal drugs to fuel their habit. However... more | add synopsis
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(8 articles)
User Comments:
If you can get past the brutality you might enjoy it. more (98 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bridget Fonda ... Maggie Hayward - Claudia Anne Doran - Nina

Gabriel Byrne ... Bob

Dermot Mulroney ... J.P.

Miguel Ferrer ... Kaufman

Anne Bancroft ... Amanda

Olivia d'Abo ... Angela
Richard Romanus ... Fahd Bahktiar

Harvey Keitel ... Victor the Cleaner
Lorraine Toussaint ... Beth

Geoffrey Lewis ... Drugstore Owner
Mic Rodgers ... Cop

Michael Rapaport ... Big Stan
Ray Oriel ... Burt
Spike McClure ... Johnny D
Lieux Dressler ... Johnny's Mom
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Assassin (Australia) (International: English title) (UK) (USA) (video title)
Girl No. 5 (USA) (working title)
The Assassin - (Point of No Return) (UK) (DVD box title)
The Specialist (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
109 min | Germany:104 min (TV version) | Turkey:101 min (TV version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) (uncut) (1993) | Finland:K-16 (DVD) (cut) (1999) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) (uncut) (1993) | Germany:16 (heavily cut) | Philippines:R-18 | USA:R (certificate #32163) | Argentina:13 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Australia:M | Iceland:16

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Trivia:
Cameo: [Michael W. Watkins]last guard at the gate during the escape. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In the beginning of the movie Maggie was sentenced with the death penalty by a Washington DC judge, that's wrong because the death penalty was abolished in the year 1981 in that state. more
Quotes:
Maggie: How about you kiss my ass right in the crack? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pulp Fiction (1994) more
Soundtrack:
EVERGLADE more

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17 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
If you can get past the brutality you might enjoy it., 28 August 2003
7/10
Author: triple8 from Conn

This IS a really brutal movie-I usually don't like violence in movies but in this case the violence was sort of neccessary for the overall subject at hand. Once I got past that, I really enjoyed this in a way that surprised me because it wouldn't be the type of pic I'd usally watch.

I think Gabriel Byrne is what made this movie. He was great as Bob and the chemistry between him and maggie/Nina was overwhelming. I think this was a movie made good by the cast. I thought Fonda and Byrne were incredible.

I wouldn't call this "dreary" as much as sometimes brutal with alot of violence. Still it's a good movie, I think besides the incredible chemistry between Byrne and Fonda the story was moving and makes you want to know what happens nest.

Harvey Keitel was positively creepy as the Cleaner! There are some really-well- for lack of a better term icky scenes in the movie but the acting is first rate and holds your attention.

There are some negatives to: to much violence that seemed kind of for shock value, after awhile it becomes a bit much:ok we get the idea. The AMMOUNT of shootings, explosions etc detracts from the wonderful acting and powerful story at hand, they could have minimized the brutality A LITTLE.

Also, Gabriel Byrne and Bridget Fonda should have had more scenes together, their chemistry is what made the movie. I understand, looking at imdb comments that this is a remake and I didn't know that before, but although this movie is very engrossing it doesn't get up to 10 status. Stil, it's defintely worth seeing if you have a strong stomach and haven't seen it.

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