The Assignment
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Actor: Aidan Quinn, Ben Kingsley, Céline Bonnier, Claudia Ferri, Donald SutherlandBrand: QUINN,AIDAN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-03-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Assignment
Movie Review: Intelligent And Thrilling!
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Assignment" is what "The Jackal" and "The Peacemaker" tried to be. This is a movie that has international intrigue, and fantastic action sequences. I also loved the way it was filmed. The director obviously has a great love of images, of film and how settings can come out in film. The plot is also really interesting and keeps you gripped in wonderful suspense. The writers cleverly combine the true story of international terrorist Carlos The Jackal and a fictional story to make a great piece of cinema. "The Assignment" is one of the best thrillers that has been made recently because it has intelligence. This is a great, action-packed and entertaining movie.
Summary of The Assignment
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-MAR-2005
Media Type: DVD
This intense thriller is a work of fiction with a factual basis. Aidan Quinn stars as Annibal Ramirez, an American naval officer with a striking resemblance to real-life international terrorist Carlos "the Jackal" Sanchez, the scourge of innocent people all over the world in the 1970s and '80s. Mistaken for Sanchez by the Israeli Mossad, Ramirez is arrested but subsequently recruited by the Mossad and the CIA to pose as Sanchez and set him up as a traitor to his underwriters. Ramirez leaves his family, receives training in all aspects of Sanchez's life, and is pulled into the netherworld of terrorism and espionage. Director Christian Duguay (Screamers) wisely emphasizes character growth over obligatory action, drawing compelling portraits of an American intelligence official (Donald Sutherland) preoccupied with Sanchez, his Israeli counterpart (Ben Kingsley), and Ramirez himself, a man whose identity has merged with a monster's. --Tom Keogh
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