Review of The Assassin (2015) by Justin Chang for Variety — 23 May 2015
A mesmerizing slow burn of a martial-arts movie that boldly merges stasis and kinesis, turns momentum into abstraction, and achieves breathtaking new heights of compositional elegance: Shot for shot, it’s perhaps the most ravishingly beautiful film Hou has ever made, and certainly one of his most deeply transporting.
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This review of The Assassin (2015) was written by Justin Chang and published by Variety on 23 May 2015.
The Assassin has generally received positive reviews.
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