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2012 · action · adventure · thriller

Assassin's Bullet

Directed by Isaac Florentine1h 31m2012

In Assassin's Bullet, Slater plays Robert Diggs, a black ops agent who comes to work for Ambassador Ashdown (Hunger Games star Donald Sutherland), tracking down a vigilante assassin in Eastern Europe. The maverick hit(wo)man has been taking out high-profile targets on the U.S. hit list, and Diggs must uncover the killer's identity before there's an international incident. The usual game of cat and mouse ensues.

Our read: Assassin's Bullet (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · adventure · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Sombre, breathless, measured action / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb3.64kRT7%Metacritic20
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • cold
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How Assassin's Bullet feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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