![]() Unfortunately, that’s some of the most pep this film has. Walter Hill revisits his comic book transition style he used in The Warriors director’s cut from years ago with this film. There are restrictions and a sense claustrophobia that comes from being in boring, similar rooms inside the whole film. The film also feels like it could have been the victim of being confined to such a small budget. But, it just didn’t work and it comes off really goofy. It had a lot of great factors Walter Hill, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, an interesting concept paired with the bold decision to have Rodriguez play a man. I really wanted to like The Assignment, I did. ![]() Rachel Kay, a brilliant surgeon with a chilling agenda of her own. Seeking vengeance, Frank heads for a showdown with the person who transformed him, Dr. Hit man Frank Kitchen is given a lethal assignment, but after being double-crossed, he discovers he’s not the man he thought he was - he’s been surgically altered and now has the body of a woman. You can check out the movie when it comes to Blu-ray June 6th. This, following the Sylvestor Stallone / Jason Mamoa misfire Bullet To The Head (Which is actually kind of enjoyable in a trashy way) finds the director taking a unique spin on the noir/hitman film. The Assignment, starring Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver and Tony Shalhoub, is his first film in four years, too. Granted, Hill’s track record of late hasn’t been quite there, its just odd to think of sometimes. William Friedkin (Director of The Exorcist and The French Connection) can’t get funding to make films, Martin Scorsese’s big reunion with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci that also has Al Pacino will be on Netflix and someone like Walter Hill has his movies coming straight to video. Its kind of a crazy world that we live in now with some of our legendary directors.
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