American Assassin Movie Download

8 / 10

A joy to watch
AMERICAN ASSASSIN is a BOURNE-style spy thriller made with a notably harder edge than most modern action thillers and their PG-13 certificates. It’s a film based on a novel series centred around the character of Mitch App, a secret operative who travels around the world taking down terrorists and assorted bad guys. This plays out as almost a prequel, introducing us to an ordinary guy involved in an extraordinary event (the breathtaking opening sequence) who ends up undergoing gruelling training before going on the usual mission to retrieve stolen nukes. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. It’s fast, hard-knuckle and action packed, and the fight scenes are really splendid. There’s a lengthy training sequence lifted by the presence of the extraordinary Scott Adkins, while Dylan O’Brien is unrecognisable from his MAZE RUNNER young adult series. The film’s real strength lies in the presence of Michael Keaton as the grizzled operative who bags all of the best lines. Keaton is really continuing his career resurgence here. Sure, there are problems, from the cliched plot devices to the bland villain and the digital look, but AMERICAN ASSASSIN remembers to focus on the twists, the turns, the suspense and the violence, and as such it’s a real joy to watch.Read More