The Assassin

The wicked shall die.
The Assassin
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Format:  DVD
item number:  6HKH8
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DVD Features:

  • Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Released: January 26, 2016
  • Originally Released: 2016
  • Label: Well Go USA
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Note: Behind the scenes
    • Trailer
  • Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
  • Audio:
    • Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Mandarin
    • Dolby Digital 5.1 - Mandarin
    • Subtitles - English, French

Performers, Cast and Crew:

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Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 5,428
Rating: 2/5 -- The Assassin is undeniably one of the most beautiful-looking films to come out all year - however fans of interesting characters, cinematic thrills and coherent narratives should look elsewhere. Full Review
One Room With A View
Apr 9, 2019
Much like Wong with The Grandmaster, Hou has made a martial arts film that is more of a personal statement than a genre piece, but his style suits the genre surprisingly well and certainly makes its mark in martial arts cinema. Full Review
VCinema
Oct 30, 2018
Combining Hou's patient, observant style with a historical martial arts tale, the film is a fascinating hybrid of craft, genre and story.
Los Angeles Times
Oct 15, 2015
You're not likely to see a better film this year. Full Review
Nashville Scene
Feb 12, 2018
The Assassin" is a gorgeous film, artfully structured, that bares however, little semblance to the wuxia genre, apart from the era it takes place. Full Review
Asian Movie Pulse
Nov 3, 2018
Rating: 3/5 -- At the end of the day, The Assassin represents a work of art rather than a martial arts film, which predominately relies on its beauty to dazzle its audience. Full Review
Flick Feast
Nov 18, 2019
THE ASSASSIN is a stately action movie, graceful and slow-moving, with bursts of smoothly choreographed violence.
New York Times
Oct 16, 2015

Product Description:

Set in 9th-century China during the Tang Dynasty, a general's daughter (Qi Shu) who had been abducted as a child and trained by a nun in the martial arts, returns to her birthplace after thirteen years to kill the governor (Chen Chang) to whom she was once slated to marry. But first, she must confront her parents and her long-simmering repressed feelings in her struggle to decide whether to kill her former love or betray her orders as a righteous assassin.

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