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Loosely based on the seventh-century tale of “Nie Yinniang” by Pei Xing, “The Assassin” is a 2015 Taiwan/Hong Kong/China co-produced wuxia film directed by Hou Hsiao Hsien. Given an impossible task, skilled assassin Shu Qi must decide whether to follow through with her ruthless orders or follow her heart instead.
3. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. 2019 2h 10m R. 7.4 (430K) Rate. 73 Metascore. John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
Mar 31, 2023 · Assassin: Directed by Jesse Atlas. With Andy Allo, Nomzamo Mbatha, Bruce Willis, Dominic Purcell. A man dies as part of an experimental military program. A former black-ops soldier takes his place to find who killed him.
The Assassin: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris. Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.
Oct 15, 2015 · The Assassin. Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou. Action, Drama, History. Not Rated. 1h 45m. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 15, 2015. “The Assassin” is a stately action movie, graceful and slow-moving, with ...
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Back with his first film in 8 years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed this year's Cannes Film Festival (where he won Best Director) with his awe-inspiring THE ASSASSIN - a wondrous take on the traditional wuxia film. The story is simple, if elusive - in 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her ...
The Assassin: Directed by Elio Petri. With Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni, Salvo Randone. Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police at his apartment without justification.
