American Assassin

Assassins aren’t born. They’re made.


American Assassin
A CIA black ops recruit is trained by a Cold War veteran. The pair is enlisted by the CIA Deputy Director to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

111 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I just need to kill someone first...
I just need to kill someone first...

Credits

Cast
Dylan O'Brien, Taylor Kitsch, Michael Keaton, Scott Adkins, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, David Suchet
Director
Michael Cuesta
ScreenplayStephen Schiff, Michael Finch, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, from the novel by Vince Flynn
MusicSteven Price
CinematographyEnrique Chediak
EditingConrad Buff IV
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2017
Produced byCBS Films, Lionsgate, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Nick Wechsler Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction thriller
LanguageStrong impact, fairly frequent
NudityLow impact, infrequent
SexNone
ViolenceStrong impact, frequent
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
0
Positive role models
1
Violence
4
Sex
3
Language
4
Consumerism
0
Drinking, drugs, smoking
1

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Sheri Linden quote iconHits the mark with thrills and spills.
10
Die Burger
Karla Janse van Vuuren quote iconGaan kyk as skop en skiet jou ding is.
10
24.com
Ilan Preskovsky quote iconThe film is nicely put together on a purely technical level – that opening scene really is impressively awful - but its storytelling is too scatter-shot and its tonal shifts way too extreme to recommend it as anything but a somewhat interesting failure.
5
Metacritic.com
22 critics
9
Rottentomatoes critics
58 critics
9
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconAmerican Assassin hits a few easy targets, but without enough style or wit to truly bring its characters to life -- or stand out in a crowded field of more compelling spy thrillers.
9
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconPoorly written, violent thriller about cold-blooded revenge.
5

What the People say

The Movie DB
Community
9

Average .. 41%

8

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