Unlike Warcraft, another big-budget video game movie released this year, Assassin’s Creed chooses to hold back some of the lore, and that contributes to its strength. Williams as Moussa has a chat with Cal (Fassbender). Irons doesn’t get many lines and many of them are clunkers, but I wouldn’t want to see this part played by a lesser actor. This is evidently an ideological conflict between father and daughter, but not enough is done to clarify that before the final showdown. Alan Rikkin, Sophia’s father, has a more traditional Templar goal of wiping out the Assassins and, oh, free will too. Jeremy Irons could create a villain out of nothing, and he does. In this film she’s less of a villain, and more of a misguided idealist. She hopes to do that through her scientific work with the Animus, and a people that she believes are prone to violence: the Assassins. Her Sophia Rikkin believes that violence is a hereditary disease that can be eradicated. Cotillard in particular gets some fantastic character beats that are promising. Cotillard and Irons, however, must bear the brunt of the expository work here. Jeremy Irons could create a villain out of nothing, and he does.įassbender doesn’t suffer too much from this, because his character is completely ignorant about the Assassins and Templars. Under the watchful eye of Templar scientist Sophia Rikkin (Cotillard) and her father, Alan Rikkin (Jeremy Irons), Cal is forced to enter the Animus and relive Aguilar’s memories in order to lead the Templars to the Apple of Eden, an ancient magical artifact of which Aguilar is the last known owner. The film follows two Assassins, both played by Michael Fassbender: Aguilar de Nerha, in 15th-century Spain, and his descendant Callum Lynch, who knows nothing of his Assassin ancestry and yet - because of it - ends up a Templar captive at Abstergo in the present day.

And against all odds, with a quirky franchise and a team of star talent, Assassin’s Creed succeeds at being an enjoyable action film - and I walked out of my theater genuinely, truly excited about where the story could go.

Its dialogue leaves a lot to be desired, and its more villainous characters could really benefit from soliloquies explaining to the audience what they want, and why.īut like I said, Assassin’s Creed has a less esoteric goal. No, I’m not comparing Assassin’s Creed to Shakespeare.

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