Went to see "Assassin's Creed" this afternoon with a friend. Neither of us had ever played the game the film is based on and my friend's daughter warned us that would make the movie hard to follow. So, like an opera buff reading the libretto before a performance, I researched the game's backstory. Basically a modern-day guy gets put in a machine that allows him to access an ancestor's memories.
Those memories involved lots of swordplay and leaping about trying to protect an artifact (the Apple of Eden) that somehow protects everyone's free will. From the film's perspective, the Assassins are the good guys and gals; the Knights Templar, the bad.
I got bored pretty quickly, which I seldom do in movies. After it was finally over, I asked the teen-age boys sitting in front of us whether the film was faithful to the game's storyline. They said it was. From my pre-viewing research, I don't think the film's story line went too far past the first of numerous game installments/editions. I kept looking for Lucy, mentioned in extended game synopsis I read, but did not see her in the film.
So, if you play the game and/or like movies that have a first person shooter/stabber feel with lots of leaping about a la Super Mario Bros., this is the film for you. Otherwise, talk your movie buddy into something else at the multiplex.
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