Assassin's Creed is a film adaptation of the extremely popular Ubisoft video game of the same name, which was inspired by the Slovenian novel Alamut! In the film world, there is an unwritten rule about computer game adaptations. Don't record them! It's that simple. It didn't work for Super Mario Bros., not for Dead or Alive, not for Far Cry, not for Street Fighter, not for Hitman: Agent 47, and last but not least, not for Tomb Rider. Assassin's Creed, like Warcraft, attempts to swim against this tide and reverse the negative trend of films based on critically and commercially successful video games, but which themselves are usually anything but.
The movie Assassin's Creed based on Ubisoft's extremely successful game of the same name third-person action video games, which was released for the first time in 2007. The fact that they are already preparing a sequel, even though the first part has not even reached cinemas, shows how confident the filmmakers are about the success of the film. But they don't only draw optimism from star cast, speaks volumes for them 91 million copies sold games.
In the film, they joined forces again Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, Shame, X-Men) and director Justin Kurzel (The Turning), who already recorded this year's Macbeth together. Fassbender portrays in the film Callum Lynch, who uses the Animus device to unlock the memories of his 15th-century ancestor Aguilar, whom he learns was a member of the mysterious organization Assassins. In addition to the memories of the ancestor, he also acquires his skills and abilities, with which he can destroy the Templar order, which is the sworn enemy of the mysterious organization. In addition to Fassbender, who donned the famous costume, they appear in the film Marion Cotillard (Macbeth, Rise of the Dark Knight, Origin), Michael Kenneth Williams (RoboCop, Quartermaster) and Jeremy Irons (Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Man in the Iron Mask).
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At the same time, it is worth noting that the Ubisoft studio is forging adaptations for the following video games as well: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Rabbids, Watch Dogs and Far Cry, which has already experienced a film adaptation in the past, but in the style of the rest of the film adaptations of video games, it was downright disappointing.
Action, adventure, fantasy
Assassin's Creed
(USA, UK, France, 2016)
Direction: Justin Kurzel. They play: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Rikkin, Michael K. Williams, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Matias Varela, Ariane Labed.
In the cinema from December 21, 2016.
