Review of Assassin's Creed (2016) by Brady L — 29 Apr 2018

There will always be 2 types of people when it comes to movies based on video games. Those that play the games and those that do not. I fall in the latter category, however I have watched my wife play the games from a distance.

For me, there were quite a few instances where I asked myself questions that may have been answered had I been an avid player of the games. This movie moved at a considerable pace, rarely slowing down for the audience to breathe in what it has witnessed.

The brief, yet exciting sequences depicted within the realm of the Animus did nothing to save this from being a mediocre adaptation. The story did not follow a true linear course but did at least take time to throw in Easter eggs for the gamers.

Watching a man learn martial arts and parkour through osmosis was interesting and lent itself to the narrative this film attempted to have. The inclusion of the Knights Templar as the villain did very little to hide the true villain, the Church.

It was obvious by the sheer narrative that it was not the Templars, a large group of henchmen doing the bidding of the Holy Land, that were interested in the Apple of Eden, the macguffin created for this movie based on one of the video games.

This movie has some interesting special effects that do not look like they were given the same love and attention other movies in this genre have enjoyed. This movie is more for the fans of the games then anyone else, but even those persons may feel let down by this film.