Assassins (1995)
In the shadows of life. In the business of death. One man found a reason to live.
Director: Richard Donner · Writers: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Brian Helgeland
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.
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Trailer
Director
Richard Donner
Cast
Sylvester Stallone
Robert Rath 
Antonio Banderas
Miguel Bain 
Julianne Moore
Electra 
Anatoli Davydov
Nicolai Tashlinkov 
Muse Watson
Ketcham 
Steve Kahan
Alan Branch 
Kelly Rowan
Jennifer, Electra's Neighbor 
Reed Diamond
Bob 
Kai Wulff
Remy 
Kerry Skalsky
Buyer with Remy
James Douglas Haskins
Buyer with Remy
Stephen Liska
Cop User Reviews (2)
Check Mate? Sly Stallone stars as an ageing assassin who gets embroiled in a cat and mouse game with a younger assassin who wants to be number one of the trade. Teaming up with a computer hacker, Stallone battles not only his pursuer but also an event from his past that troubles him so. With Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore in starry support, Richard Donner in the director's chair and the Wachowski brothers on writing duties, Assassins held the promise of a top line actioner. Sadly that promise is not met. There's clear signs of the makers trying to make something more deep and cerebral, what ultimately transpires is a overly complicated - and way over long - picture. Punctured with great action scenes, none more so than an outrageous taxi ride that John Woo would be proud of, it's in the middle section where pic drags itself into needless slumber. By this mid-point, one has …
A not great movie, but one that it's hard to pinpoint exact ways in which it could easily have been improved. A Stallone/Banderas as cat and mouse assassins sounds promising, but in reality this technoir thriller is... Actually kind of boring. Seems like it needs a ground-up re-working to get a story up to the concept of that team, which sounds exhausting. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
