Synopsis
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
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Cast
- Jun Ji-hyunAhn Ok-yun
- Ha Jung-wooHawaii Pistol
- Lee Jung-jaeYeom Seok-jin
- Oh Dal-suPomade
- Cho Jin-woongBig Gun / Chu Sang-ok
- Lee Kyung-youngKang In-gook
- Choi Deok-moonHwang Deok-sam
- Kim Eui-sungButler
- Park Byung-eunKawaguchi
- Jin KyungAhn Seong-sim
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
A sensationally entertaining mash-up of historical drama, “Dirty Dozen” style shoot-‘em-up, spaghetti Western-flavored flamboyance, and extended action setpieces that suggest a dream-team collaboration of Sergio Leone, John Woo and Steven Spielberg. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The director nimbly orchestrates to entertaining effect this mass game of cat-and-mouse populated by paid and unpaid assassins, double agents and even the proverbial twins separated at birth. - 70
The New York Times
Assassination has sprinkles of wit and a nicely restrained anchor in Lee Jung-jae. - 60
Village Voice
Assassination is a blast whenever the director doesn't take his melodramatic plot too seriously. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
While the director unleashes his taut action sequences like clockwork, he's less deft in handling the characterizations and the decade-leaping plot, which seems designed to provide the film with some historical weight. - 50
Screen Daily
With so much focus on spectacle, the film fails to explore this part of Korean history in any meaningful way. Assassination plays more to Choi’s strengths - witty dialogue and entertaining storytelling accompanied by strong visuals and cast.
