2016 · action · crime · thriller
The Assignment
Directed by Walter Hill1h 35m2016
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
Our read: The Assignment (2016) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive action · crime · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured action / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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