Assassin’s Creed

By: John Delia, Jr.

There’s a creed that protects the world from evil. This creed is defended by assassins who will stop at nothing to guard us from things we do not understand. Throughout the generations, theses assassins roam this earth in search of their identities so that one day they’ll find their self-worth. They are the Assassin’s Creed.

In the 15^th Century we find Aguilar (Michael Fassbender), an assassin warrior, safeguarding the whereabouts of the “Apple of Eden” from the Templar brethren. Flash forward to modern times where convict Cal Lynch (also played by Michael Fassbendrer), ancestor of Aguilar, has become a subject of the Abstergo Foundation’s Animus Project that’s working on perfecting mankind.

Guided with help from Abstergo’s lead scientist Sofia (Marion Cotillard) and her father Alan Rikkin (Jeremy Irons), Cal is able to understand his true destiny. Through this he faces the enemy along with co-prisoner and fellow ancestor Moussa (Michael Kenneth Williams).

Director Justin Kurzel works with a very interesting script using fantastic special effects and blends it all together extremely well. The action scenes are spectacular, encompassing a variety of mixed martial arts and advances them throughout the film. There’s no question that Kurzel has almost seamlessly brought the very popular video game to the silver screen.

This present to past historical style filmmaking works here for video gamers and action film fans who like up in your face adventure. I’m sure those who have played the game must be bobbing back and forth as Aguilar fights his way from one battle to the next.

Assassin’s Creed has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of violence and action, thematic elements and brief strong language. If you have gamers that are playing the video game, be assured they will have been exposed to most everything for which the film has been rated.

Final Star Grade: I give Assassin’s Creed a C+ for its exciting storyline and excellent special effects.