Synopsis
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
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Cast
- Sean PennSamuel Bicke
- Don CheadleBonny Simmons
- Jack ThompsonJack Jones
- Mykelti WilliamsonHarold Mann
- Michael WincottJulius Bicke
- Naomi WattsMarie Bicke
- Nick SearcyTom Ford
- Brad William HenkeMartin Jones
- Tracy MiddendorfBusinesswoman
- Lily KnightReceptionist
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
It's a deeply affecting performance, and it drives this quietly powerful, unrelenting film. - 80
Los Angeles Times
It's a deeply affecting performance, and it drives this quietly powerful, unrelenting film. - 70
The A.V. Club
Comparisons to "Taxi Driver" are unavoidable and mostly unflattering to Mueller's film, but Assassination engages more directly with the political fissures of the time, which deeply divided the nation. - 70
Village Voice
Moody, pretentious, but potent. - 70
The A.V. Club
Comparisons to "Taxi Driver" are unavoidable and mostly unflattering to Mueller's film, but Assassination engages more directly with the political fissures of the time, which deeply divided the nation. - 70
Village Voice
Moody, pretentious, but potent. - 63
ReelViews
This is another movie where politics trump the narrative. - 63
ReelViews
This is another movie where politics trump the narrative.
