SummaryHitman Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez) is given a lethal assignment, but after being double-crossed, he discovers he’s not the man he thought he was—he’s been surgically altered and now has the body of a woman. Seeking vengeance, Frank heads for a showdown with the person (Sigourney Weaver) who transformed him, a brilliant surgeon with a chill... Read More
Directed By:Walter Hill
Written By:Walter Hill, Denis Hamill
The Assignment
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Generally Unfavorable
34
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Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
25% Positive
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Apr 6, 2017
80
The film is wallpapered with beatings, shootings and bloodshed, so its genuine sensitivity to trans issues is welcome and surprising.
Sep 12, 2016
75
(Re)Assignment is ultimately canny in genre-play and unique in its time, factors that don’t necessarily make it great, but, beyond old-man-auteurism apologia, still hold somewhat of a flame in the modern age.
User score
Generally Favorable
27% Positive
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7 Ratings
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Oct 2, 2021
7
Michelle Rodriguez is a women in real life and in the movie she play a guy who become a women with the voice of a man (because they keep the man voice), and i found her voice is kinda overpush, so everytime i hear her voice it's pretty hard to really pretend she is a man, but besides that, The Assignment is still delivers some action, alright performance, and interesting story, overall, i still enjoy The Assignment, it's an alright film at is best.
Jul 30, 2017
6
The story of how a hitman became hitgirl! Actually, it was a much better film than what I've heard of it. What could you expect from a B movie? This was a much better film for its small budget with a decent cast. The storyline seems okay, but Michelle Rodriguez is the one who made it possible. Yeah, it was like created for her to play the main role and she excelled. The filmmaking was quite compromised when the initial part of her character was played by herself. Because of particularly her height, but decently convinces us with all the rest of the makeovers. The film was about an assassin, who after encountering some wrong men, discovers later that he'd went through gender reassignment surgery. Now raged with anger, he begins his hunt whoever behind it, especially finding the reason for. With a small romance and action sequences, the film comes to an end. Before giving it a try, you must understand that it is not the film you should expect to be a masterpiece. It tried its best to narrate a decent story, as well as you get your entertainment along. So it is not a must see, but still worth a watch. 6/10
Sep 12, 2016
40
This is a film which doesn’t take itself very seriously, and it will work best with an audience which takes the same approach.
Sep 12, 2016
20
Nobody — not even viewers willing to settle for good, unclean B-movie fun — is done any favors by something as crude as (re)Assignment, which gracelessly mashes together hardboiled crime-melodrama cliches and an unintentionally funny “Oh no! I’m a chick now!!” gender-change narrative hook.
Sep 13, 2016
16
Once the giddy critical pile-on and hate-watching settles down, the (justified) moral outrage that (re)Assignment tries to thwart will end up being the regrettable and forgettable film’s only lasting legacy.
Apr 3, 2017
0
The Assignment is reprehensible, yes, but it’s also dull and inept. Fans of Walter Hill should treat his latest effort like the kind of car crash from which it’s best to avert one’s eyes.
Jan 14, 2018
5
Wasn't bad, it was entertaining and had a ton of action sequences and stunts. Its obviously a budget film and alot of times you can certainly tell but Michelle Rodriguez really does a fabulous job here and looks mostly convincing as when she is playing a man. The plot is your basic run of the mill revenge theme, the villian is uninspiring, partly because Sigourney Weaver is sleep walking through the role and the rest of the people are just meat on a stick to be killed off later. Still if you have Amazon Prime, its definitely worth a watch if you're looking your looking to be entertained. 5/10 or a C
Jul 29, 2024
3
On a une fort belle distribution ici et ce n’est vraiment pas pour déplaire. Je dois dire que j’aime beaucoup Sigourney et Michelle. Et Tony aussi (il a toujours l’air à moitié fou, alors le voir en docteur dans un asile, c’est d’une ironie mordante). En tout cas, un rôle inédit pour Michelle qui donne de sa personne (et elle est toujours bien jolie, elle, l’habituée des rôles de filles pas très gentilles -du Statham au féminin depuis déjà pas mal de temps !). Et du coup, elle n’est ici pas très gentille non plus… en fait ! Il reste que cette histoire un brin choquante est le résultat d’un wokisme assez flagrant et envahissant… cela m’a fait penser à un certain manga où un patron yakuza décidait de punir l’un de ses fidèles larbins… mais c’était surtout très ironique (bien qu’un peu woke aussi et donneur de leçons). Mais ce polar pédale de toute façon un peu trop dans la choucroute avariée de scénaristes provocateurs et fatigués… ça tourne en rond sans conviction et ça se traîne avec quelques rebondissements en carton malgré Sigourney toujours admirable bien sûr ! Par ailleurs, d’une certaine manière, le film m’a fait penser à un autre, bien plus réussi dans le genre et pas woke du tout : A Bittersweet Life. Mais bon… voilà ce qu’il arrive quand l’on cherche surtout à provoquer pour satisfaire un agenda wokiste de base.
Production Company:
- SBS Films
Release Date:Apr 7, 2017
Duration:1 h 35 m
Rating:R
Tagline:One job changed it all.
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Awards
VDKUF Award - Verein Deutscher Kritiker Und Filmemacher
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
