Assassin(s)

1997
K-18
2h 8m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

2.2K

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Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.

Director
- Mathieu Kassovitz
Writers
- Nicolas Boukhrief
- Mathieu Kassovitz
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
Mathieu Kassovitz developed this movie from his third short film, Assassins... (1992), which also told the story of a youth who gets a lesson in murder by a professional assassin. However, the title of the two-hour version was changed to "Assassin(s)" because of the Richard Donner film Ammattitappajat (1995) that came out between the two.

Crazy credits
After the end credits there's a brief coda showing Mr. Wagner and Mehdi arguing while sitting on a park bench.

Connections
Features Un chien andalou (1929)

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5/10

didn't work for me.

Didn't think much of the cinematography and editing. The acting and dialogues didn't carry deep philosophically .

i thought the older teen character too old and boring for the role, .The old man was good.

the dance club scene was the best

i red onother reviewer that said movie was booed at Cane festival. When i disagree to such behavior, this movie definitely is not a contender as it absurd feel and lack of impressive acting /story/scenes / film didn't add up positively in my overall impression. but you may like it.

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