Review of Assassin's Creed (2016) by Allthingsnerdy — 22 Dec 2016

So, just got done watching "Assassin's Creed" and I went into this film hoping for the best as this was a video game to silver screen film. First I'll start off by saying, when you have a winning formula, why change it? Sure we have played the games, we know the stories, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't have loved to see a live action adaptation of the first game.

Michael Fassbender, did a great job playing his character, sure it's a little strange to see him speaking Spanish but hey whatever, the guy has depth. The film is set during the Spanish Inquisition and Fassbender plays Aguilar de Nerha a man who has lost his entire family and has pledged his life to the brotherhood of Assassin's to protect free will against the Templars.

The graphics were superb and the locations were beautifully designed with high amounts of detail. Choreography was horrific in most scenes and the acting skills of the no name, could care less about them, extra would be assassins was also laughable.

They try to be intense and just come off as trying to hard. Jeremy Irons plays the opposite part of our hero as Abstergo C.E.O., Dr. Rikken who is hell bent on pushing the limits of our hero to find "the Apple of Eden" a relic from the Garden of Eden that contains the seed of the first act of disobedience against God in the Animus a machine designed by Dr.

Rikken's daughter Sofia, played by the beautiful Marion Cotillard, who in this film seemed rather stiff in her role, a role and character that we don't get much information on, other than the fact that she has designed the animus and that she is trying to help rid the world of violence.

If you are looking for any semblance of the Assassin's creed games that you enjoy, you will only find it in the, the armblades, the disappear into the crowd moves, the leap of faiths, the running on rooftops and the eagles that point out view points.

Be prepared to be leaving this movie thinking, "Wow, Mortal Kombat was better than this movie". They couldn't even get the Animus right.