SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Lars Lendale Wow, this movie is bad. One of the worst movies with Driven. A plot that focuses exclusively on vilains, and a race to be the #1 hitman on the market. A weird twisted opening that sets the tone horribly, we are then featured to Stallone making the same face the entire movie and acting like this :( Gee 1 hour and half of watching Stallone make the same face and muttering his awful english, what a delight. Then the narration is appalling, the cinematography pretty mediocre, action scenes are poorly shot -- and the stuff you see quite laughable. So basically you have one shooter that nobody seems to know where to find, can' lock up, handcuffs won't do, but he's able to smash car windows, survive car crashes by the weeks, a fall of four floors, can jump out a building off a balcony and not break a sweat...but he still manages to die ! It's idiotic to the extreme. Why is there a character who appears right at the end to die in twenty seconds ? What's the point ? Why is the movie about hitmen but Stallone can't even kill a mouse ? Why are we seeing an entire movie about two men trying to kill each other in the most pointless ways over an hour and a half ? How can you be caught by the cops and then not be tracked down despite killing a boatload of undercover agents ?The movie is very shallow, in several ways. The plot-line, Stallone meets Electra and "Oh hello ! How are you ?" basically. The classic gentleman criminal, who has his ways and manners, while Bain comes off as more vicious and brutal. And they both hang along. The only time Stallone smiles is when he's in front of that chess game and relives it, but overall his acting is weak and atrocious. He's also very dirty in this movie, who ever dressed these actors is terrible - what are with these sweaters ? And the hair cuts ? Why is Banderas always licking his fingers ? But the worse part has to be the shooting. What is this Lucky Luke ? Bain outshoots a room of shooters without missing a target with two silent guns in both hands !! Then Stallone from his the backhand shoots backwards through Electra's sun glasses and rips the gut of Bain ! How about that !There's no soundtrack, the photography is dull, and the direction lame. Overall, Mr Action Man movie like any other.

cinema_admirer What can one write about "Assassins"? It's so bad, that almost every scene should be torn apart for its stupidity, yet the whole movie doesn't deserve 50 words of a review.The story is much more simple, than it pretends to be. Two assassins are given the very same task by some mysterious employer. One of the killers suffers from "an old veteran willing to retire" cliché. The other hit-man however is "a young, flamboyant rookie" (doesn't this characterization recall a much better movie directed by Donner - "Lethal Weapon"?) Needless to say, those cardboard characters are gonna clash more than once and I'm sure you're dying to find out the final result.The horrible script (filled with more then standard amount of clichés, plot holes, logical flaws and contempt for laws of physics) has pretty much given up any attempt at credibility in the first half an hour. The "evil" hit-man (Banderas) escapes arresting by police. He can be hiding anywhere. Yet our "hero" assassin (Stallone) only needs to steal a cab and wait for a passenger willing to reach an airport - miraculously he turns out to be Banderas. Coincidence of such proportions wouldn't a five-year-old, but it's good enough for those allegedly adult writers of "Assassins"Who, one may ask, is given the questionable "credit" for writing this nonsense? Two names shouldn't come as a surprise - Andy and Larry Wachowski, two of the biggest hacks of modern cinema. After getting way too much praise for "Matrix", they thought every junk they produce, will spawn a similar religious following. It seems they were terrible writers before 1999, just not as self-indulgent.A bit more surprising is the third name in the bunch - Brian Helgeland, the Academy Award winner for "L.A. Confidential". It's up to debate, how great the script for Curtis Hanson's noir film really was. Surely, a work of genius compared to "Assassins", though a rest of his career wouldn't prove such quality.Obviously, a script this bad is still a pile of paper, which should never be brought to life. Who takes responsibility here? Surprisingly again, a few acclaimed names and (with exception of miscast Julianne Moore) experienced in making action films. Should we praise Stallone, Banderas or Donner for their mild "competence"? Or maybe we should mock them for embarrassing themselves. I didn't find their effort as a "saving grace" of this film, as much as a "fall from grace" for them.To conclude, this way too long review - "Assassins" is an awful movie, which asks to be annihilated. Luckily, to accomplish this mission, you don't need to hire one or two killers. All you have to do is change the channel.

jwsanfrancisco I was very impressed w/ this Stallone action thriller, but when I saw the incredibly good looking woman (tv description, the computer data something, or other),I was blown away how beautiful she, was, but could not place her face!..OMG, it was the same woman who won the Oscar for playing some sort of senile dementia(STILL ALICE?)....this is the same woman? how could it? she is so breathtakingly beautiful in this sleeper hit!.As always, I would have to describe Stallone's performance as,definition: 'Laconic': the term used to describe someone as having a 'Spartan reputation for being terse in saying something....'(!!!???). 5-star rating movie.....

jeju004 Antonio Banderas is outstanding in this movie and no one has put this in his resume. He was great!! He stole the show from Stallone. Great actor love his craziness!! Antonio kicked butt!! One of the best action movies and never mentioned as a top rated movie. Beats a lot of movies these days. Today is nothing like yesterday!! I would love to see Stallone and Banderas in another movie together there was great chemistry. I hope there are other viewers who agree with me on this. I'm hoping to stop writing now but the guidelines saying i need more text! i hope they will now take this or i will scream!Okay i'm screaming now i have nothing else to write-hello. OMG finally!!!