An ex-operative is called out of retirement in order to eliminate a loose cannon. The ex-operative is not delighted upon discovering that he is, in fact, chasing a mechanic of the more mechanical kind...
"Assassin" combines at least two genres, to wit the science fiction and the thriller/espionage genre. It's not wholly without interest but it feels flat and average. For good and for evil, the success of this kind of movie tends to depend on the quality of its killer robot. Here, the said killer robot failed to look sufficiently non-human ; it was very difficult to imagine him as a machine mimicking a man, even when he successfully pursued cars or jumped over prodigious distances. If you want to see how this thing should be done, I can refer you to the first "Terminator" movie - of course - or to the first "Westworld" movie. I defy anyone to watch Yul Brynner's black-hatted android in "Westworld" (1973) without feeling a shiver of primeval fear.
Moreover, "Assassin" is not helped along by a subplot about a human operative having been tricked into causing far more damage than agreed upon.
"Assassin" combines at least two genres, to wit the science fiction and the thriller/espionage genre. It's not wholly without interest but it feels flat and average. For good and for evil, the success of this kind of movie tends to depend on the quality of its killer robot. Here, the said killer robot failed to look sufficiently non-human ; it was very difficult to imagine him as a machine mimicking a man, even when he successfully pursued cars or jumped over prodigious distances. If you want to see how this thing should be done, I can refer you to the first "Terminator" movie - of course - or to the first "Westworld" movie. I defy anyone to watch Yul Brynner's black-hatted android in "Westworld" (1973) without feeling a shiver of primeval fear.
Moreover, "Assassin" is not helped along by a subplot about a human operative having been tricked into causing far more damage than agreed upon.