Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Michelle RodriguezFrank Kitchen / Tomboy
- Sigourney WeaverDr. Rachel Kay
- Tony ShalhoubDr. Ralph Galen
- Caitlin GerardJohnnie
- Anthony LaPagliaHonest John Hartunian
- Paul McGillionPaul Wincott
- Ken KirzingerNurse Albert Becker
- Paul LazenbyBodyguard
- Zak SantiagoEdward Gonzales
- Adrian HoughSebastian
Recommandations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The somber tone and low-end production values may not be exactly in tune with young neo-noir enthusiasts, but more seasoned fans of the genre and the filmmaker will recognize and embrace Hill’s use of noir to play with and comment on topical issues in a deliciously subversive way, political correctness be damned. - 75
The Film Stage
(Re)Assignment is ultimately canny in genre-play and unique in its time, factors that don’t necessarily make it great, but, beyond old-man-auteurism apologia, still hold somewhat of a flame in the modern age. - 40
Screen Daily
This is a film which doesn’t take itself very seriously, and it will work best with an audience which takes the same approach. - 40
We Got This Covered
Rodriguez’s transformation is hackneyed and ham-fisted, Hill’s action lacks excitement, unnecessary comic-book panel swipes add “character” – there’s nothing noteworthy about this hunt for retribution. - 33
IndieWire
Cheesy without being self-aware, hobbled by rampant transphobia that the screenplay’s too dumb to address, this inane burst of campy stupidity can’t get beyond the sheer absurdity of its very existence. - 20
The Guardian
Every single decision made by Hill is bad. - 20
ScreenCrush
If (Re)Assignment played more like a spoof of vintage pulp and less like a tacky rehash of it, that choice could have worked. Instead, it just comes off as clueless — about gender as well as filmmaking. - 20
Variety
Nobody — not even viewers willing to settle for good, unclean B-movie fun — is done any favors by something as crude as (re)Assignment, which gracelessly mashes together hardboiled crime-melodrama cliches and an unintentionally funny “Oh no! I’m a chick now!!” gender-change narrative hook.
