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By Ed Travis (116) for Cinapse (114) on 05 Nov 2018

The Assignment feels like a case where the audacity of the premise and the talent attached to the project kind of supercede the ultimate quality…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Philadelphia Gay News (21) on 17 Nov 2017

So much of The Assignment is offensive…

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By Armond White (604) for National Review (314) on 30 Apr 2017

Instead of giving Millennials the heroic gender transition that they demand, Hill insists that we think deeper - perhaps about the media's…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 08 Apr 2017

On the one hand, this thriller starts out with a ludicrous, wrong-headed idea, but on the other hand, as directed by Walter Hill, it's so skillful…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 07 Apr 2017

Transphobia is the least of this mindless exercise's multitude of problems, beginning with the fact that the premise is so laughably implausible…

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By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for SF Weekly (560) on 06 Apr 2017

Under Hill's direction, Weaver doesn't seem to enjoy a moment of her sociopathy. But she's not the only one…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 06 Apr 2017

Rodriguez and Weaver are riveting. This lurid B-movie has cult following written all over it…

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By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 06 Apr 2017

Hill has been mulling The Assignment's story since the 1970's, and that in itself may prove a cautionary tale: If it's taken you almost 50…

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By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 06 Apr 2017

In the hands of a better writer, perhaps the idea could have at least found something clever to say about the gender roles of action cinema…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 06 Apr 2017

The Assignment is an embarrassment all around, a murky, regrettable piece of gutter cinema. Next year's Razzie Awards race starts here…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 05 Apr 2017

[I]ts biggest sin isn't cultural, political, or anything of that nature. No, the biggest problem is that it's dull…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Spliced Personality (175) on 05 Apr 2017

It will never be confused with one of this filmmaker's finest, but if you can get on the movie's bonkers, pulpy wavelength it's kind of a hoot…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 05 Apr 2017

[Not] a good movie in the conventional sense of the word, but it's a great piece of unbridled pulp fiction and a fabulous showcase for Weaver…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for WBAI Radio (118) on 05 Apr 2017

Unconventional, flamboyant, daring, provocative, and with Hill's playful when not pathologically crafted preference for outsiders…

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By Soren Anderson (264) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 04 Apr 2017

This is perhaps the angriest movie Hill - longtime specialist in tough-guy fare such as The Driver, Last Man Standing, Red Heat and Bullet…

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By Phil Brown (24) for Collider (1,032) on 04 Apr 2017

Hill simply went off the rails with this one and delivered something so wildly lurid and insane that it's a jaw-dropper of ill-conceived bad taste…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 04 Apr 2017

This is perhaps the angriest movie Hill - longtime specialist in tough-guy fare such as The Driver, Last Man Standing, Red Heat and Bullet…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 03 Apr 2017

The sad truth is it's too dull to be offensive…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 03 Apr 2017

What an incredible missed opportunity Walter Hill's The Assignment turns out to be…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Apr 2017

Calling it disappointing would be an understatement…

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