Review of Assassin's Creed (2016) by Htgamer — 30 Apr 2017

This is one seriously underappreciated movie. Sure, it's not the greatest film ever, but still it's a very nice introduction to the Assassin's Creed franchise for those who haven't played the games. It's got a nice balance of past/present footage. The parkour and combat is great, the cast features 3 great lead actors (Jeremy Irons, Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender) and Fassbender easily steals the show.

I do have to say the film has a few weak points, though. The film focuses on Callum/Fassbender so much but barely explains the series' lore which is common knowledge to gamers, the ancient civilization is merely mentioned in one sentence and then forgotten, and the history lesson is kept to an absolute minimum. It would have been great to have a bit more of all those things in the final movie.

I hope there is a sequel that builds upon the first movie while correcting its flaws.