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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a fresh smart action paced thriller, Stallone,again perfect for this sort of role, despite another unjustly Razzie nomination. Kind of familiarizing us here in familiar as to his job, in 94's The Specialist, a year earlier, exact in it's Adelaide release date, this is the sort of actor we wanna see in this pic, of a wearied assassin, who we see at the start, walk his latest hit into the swamps, where he lets his objective do the honors of blowing himself away. Cut to later, where another assassin, an insanely crazed Banderas, steals Sly thunder, taking out his hits, where this is not making him a happy. Sly happens to fall for his next hit, Electra, throwing more complication into the job, with that nut job Banderas after him. This film puts an inventive new twist on the assassin tale, pitting assassin against assassin, which I really. To this day, Bandera's performance here as a creepy, and completely dangerous and unpredictable psychopath/stays with me. Moore again is great,as the female love interest. But, when is she isn't great. This is one of those smarter action movies, with it's quota, from a director who knows how to make hits, the film you'll see a few of. It's the intelligence of this film I really like. Highly recommended.

Professional hit-man Robert Rath wants to fulfill a few more contracts before retiring but unscrupulous ambitious newcomer hit-man Miguel Bain keeps killing Rath's targets. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore and it's directed by Richard Donner (Superman, Superman II and Lethal Weapon 1,2,3 and 4) even tho the film has some great chases, dialogue and performances by a talented cast the movie takes a lot of time to begin with or continue until the big finale and i'm not saying it's a bad movie it just uses more explanation instead of man to man combat although the film has a lot of great scenes mostly from Banderas who pretty much steals the show years later Sly and Antonio would work again together in EX3.

Assassin Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone) arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness rival hired gun Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas) complete the job for him. Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life but that final contract sees him falling for his target(Julianne Moore) and then becoming a marked man himself.Not one of my favourite Stallone films, its a bit lame actually and that's taking into account its age too. There were just too many dumb things to let go -the gun hidden in the cast at the funeral (like that's not obvious) Stallone's magic sandwich that he keeps taking bites out of but never chews or swallows, hiding behind a gravestone in plain sight of the mobs of Day of the Dead people that somehow don't see them. Maybe I just took this too seriously? I enjoyed it more as it moved along, I guess because the action picks up. Stallone does a decent enough job and I suppose he's meant to be some kind of anti-hero but that aspect never really comes through. A young Julianne Moore plays Electra, who is a high tech hacker/crazy cat lady/voyeur. Weird.As for Antonio Banderas he's c-c-crazy but in a good way. Totally over the top and insane, fun to watch cat and mouse-ing his way after Stallone. The ending climax is decent especially the bank scene with Antonio waiting (all day) to take Rath out and then the show down in the crumbling building. 2/17/16

What I mean by my title is that Arnold Schwarzenegger's True Lies was a feat of mastery for the action genre. It wasn't just an action film, it was an epic, masterfully created piece of work. It had a very talented director, a sweeping storyline, powerful supporting roles...everything about it worked. Assassins could have been that and in some ways it comes close. You have a legendary action director in place, the action god himself, a worthy villain, and epic storyline, exotic locales. It was a roller coaster ride for me and not just because of the action but how I felt about the film. One moment I was riveted and really enjoying it and then something would happen that would drop it down a few points for me. There was one entire character who I think was entirely mis-cast but I will get to that. The film absolutely gets better as it goes until the epic climatic finale that is truly outstanding. The story is well written and action scenes that are very nearly legendary. The shoot out in the cemetery, the car chase scene with the police and the taxi cab and the finale in the run down church are without a doubt sheer genius. So why isn't Assassins better known? I am completely biased when it comes to Sylvester Stallone. I idolize this man. When I first discovered how much I loved movies I discovered Stallone and he and I spent an inordinate amount of time together when I was a teenager. And yet I had never seen Assassins...don't even know how that happened. So I was on the edge of my seat to see this. Stallone is very good as the emotionally charged and scarred Hit-man who does what he is told in order to get his "mark." He is the best of the best and an event in his past has left him deeply marked. This was a solid role for him and he does well. Many reviewers on IMDb dislike the film but most rave about the performance by Antonio Banderas. Banderas is okay in the role but I would never rave about it. I think he overplays and overdoes the role. The quirky little behaviour and obsessive tics his character has gets old quick and is more distracting than anything and makes it hard to believe his assassin is number two in the world. Stallone and Banderas have good chemistry opposite each other but its not amazing chemistry. Banderas does get significantly better (excellent actually) in the last half hour of the film when he starts to take things more seriously. And not the problem with the film. Now I have the opposite bias for Julianne Moore that I have with Stallone. I don't like her. Never have. She has chosen some good movies and she won't stop me from seeing a movie but I don't enjoy her for whatever reason. I think she is awful in this movie. The character is completely given the wrong persona and she is not believable, distracting, annoying, whiny and the romantic tension with Stallone is SOOO not necessary. Removing her from this film and making the hacker a guy would have made this film at LEAST a nine for me. The three of them simply don't mesh well together and it drags the film down. Stallone and Banderas are okay but you add Moore and the cast is sub-par at best.Richard Donner is a legend just based in my books on one film and a film series alone. That is Superman and the Lethal Weapon films. Those make him action director extraordinaire. His style and exceptional emotional range as a director does truly make this a very good watch and far from just a run and gun, shoot em up flick. It's so close to being great that it hurts. I feel like Banderas and Moore were bad casting or at least Banderas character was over-acted in the beginning. The concept is awesome. Two hit men, one young hot headed newcomer is desperate to eliminate the top hit-man in the world. It's a solid script written by those crazy Wachowski siblings of The Matrix fame proving they have more in them than just Matrix. A better supporting cast, and just a slight tightening of a few details in the script and this could have been really something. However, as it is, its still a great Stallone action flick and worth checking out for a turn off your brain, sit back and enjoy sort of flick. 7.5/10