Movie Monday: The Assignment
This movie is a bit weird, sure it's the revenge story you're probably familiar with but what happens in the movie is something I haven't seen before. I must admit that I didn't have high expectations but I'm willing to give games and movies a try, even if the reviews aren't that great. The Assignment is actually an interesting movie, maybe not amazing but definitely not a bad movie. Unusual but definitely not bad!
What's the story about?
The story is about a hitman called Frank Kitchen, he takes on an assignment but gets screwed over and gets captured by some people who have plans for him. When he wakes up he quickly find out that something is different, when he looks into the mirror he sees that he's a woman now or at least he has a female body. You can realize that this is a big shock and he wants answers, so he starts finding out who the mysterious voice on the recorder is that was left in the room where he woke up. Now Frank has to decide to live as a woman, as the voice on the recorder suggests, or go after the people who did this to him and get revenge. Well it's probably not a surprise what he does but that doesn't make the movie bad, it's actually a fun movie to watch even if it's just once.
Frank is a woman?
The interesting part is that Frank Kitchen is played by Michelle Rodriguez, both as a man and as a woman. Eventhough you can see that it's the actress you have to admit that it's more convincing if two completely different actors would play the same character, except one would play the male version and the other would play the female version. So is Frank a woman? Well that's a difficult question and I prefer not to dive into the world of what makes someone a man or a woman. But looking at how the actress plays Frank I think that Frank is still Frank, I mean sure he has a woman's body now but he's not happy with it and he wants to change it back. When he hears that this isn't possible he tries to accept his fate but I don't think he ever truly embraces being a woman, more like a man trapped in a female body. Does that make sense? I hope it does...
Is it worth checking out this movie?
Sure, but it's nothing that you would call super amazing or a must see movie. It definitely has some interesting moments but I can't say I was super impressed with the story. The revenge moments are fun, because it's nice to see someone get some justice one way or another. But the movie has a lot of talking in it, maybe a bit too much at times and the conversations with the doctor that did the operation on Frank are slowing down the movie in my opinion. A bit less of that and a bit more action would've been great. Still the movie is definitely watchable, just maybe not as good as you might have hoped.
What's the story about?
The story is about a hitman called Frank Kitchen, he takes on an assignment but gets screwed over and gets captured by some people who have plans for him. When he wakes up he quickly find out that something is different, when he looks into the mirror he sees that he's a woman now or at least he has a female body. You can realize that this is a big shock and he wants answers, so he starts finding out who the mysterious voice on the recorder is that was left in the room where he woke up. Now Frank has to decide to live as a woman, as the voice on the recorder suggests, or go after the people who did this to him and get revenge. Well it's probably not a surprise what he does but that doesn't make the movie bad, it's actually a fun movie to watch even if it's just once.
Frank is a woman?
The interesting part is that Frank Kitchen is played by Michelle Rodriguez, both as a man and as a woman. Eventhough you can see that it's the actress you have to admit that it's more convincing if two completely different actors would play the same character, except one would play the male version and the other would play the female version. So is Frank a woman? Well that's a difficult question and I prefer not to dive into the world of what makes someone a man or a woman. But looking at how the actress plays Frank I think that Frank is still Frank, I mean sure he has a woman's body now but he's not happy with it and he wants to change it back. When he hears that this isn't possible he tries to accept his fate but I don't think he ever truly embraces being a woman, more like a man trapped in a female body. Does that make sense? I hope it does...
Is it worth checking out this movie?
Sure, but it's nothing that you would call super amazing or a must see movie. It definitely has some interesting moments but I can't say I was super impressed with the story. The revenge moments are fun, because it's nice to see someone get some justice one way or another. But the movie has a lot of talking in it, maybe a bit too much at times and the conversations with the doctor that did the operation on Frank are slowing down the movie in my opinion. A bit less of that and a bit more action would've been great. Still the movie is definitely watchable, just maybe not as good as you might have hoped.
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