{"id":15240,"date":"2017-05-29T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=15240"},"modified":"2017-05-29T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T17:56:34","slug":"review-assignment-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/05\/review-assignment-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Assignment BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Assignment<\/em><\/strong> had an interesting premise and starts off well, if not weird, enough before devolving into familiar territory for the remainder of the film. On the plus side, Michelle Rodriguez isn\u2019t bad once she\u2019s rid of the hilariously bad fake beard and you can never have enough Sigourney Weaver in a movie.<\/p>\n

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The Assignment<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Suspense\/Thriller, Crime
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 98 min. \u2013 $24.99 | June 6, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 05\/29\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Walter Hill
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Denis Hamill and Walter Hill (story\/screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Caitlin Gerard, Sigourney Weaver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurette
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>26.4 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Well, the first 15-20 minutes of The Assignment<\/em><\/strong>, the latest from legendary filmmaker Walter Hill, was something else. Not entirely sure if this was meant to be complete comedy or what, but I\u2019ll put it this way, Michelle Rodriguez + beard + hairy chest + strap-on. Add in her character, as a male, making love to a woman who was once a man. Got all that?<\/p>\n

So the plot revolves around a hitman named Frank Kitchen (MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ) who, as hitmen do, has killed many people over his career. However, one job has come back to haunt him when Kitchen killed the brother of a brilliant but debarred doctor, Rachel Kay (SIGOURNEY WEAVER), has Kitchen double-crossed by his employer (ANTHONY LAPAGLIA), kidnapped and undergoes a gender reassignment procedure.<\/p>\n

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Kitchen wakes up now with the face of a clearly Michelle Rodriguez, a full set of breasts and drapes down below if you catch my drift and, from what I could, nary a scratch! In Frank\u2019s crummy motel is a tape with a message from Dr. Kay with the why she did what she did and two bottles of pills with instructions, one containing hormonal medication. Frank has only one person she can turn to: Johnnie (CAITLIN GERARD), a transgendered woman whom Frank had \u201crelations\u201d with prior to her transformation. With safe haven, now Frank is out for revenge, first taking down her former employer and his goons and then for Dr. Kay.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the film goes between the past and present, the past with Frank\u2019s path of vengeance to today with Dr. Kay institutionalized being interviewed by Dr. Galen (TONY SHALHOUB), the two sparring back and forth with Kay showing off her contempt for Galen, and, well for all of humanity in general. It’s one of the better highlights of the film, showcasing the acting abilities of both Shalhoub and Weaver.<\/p>\n

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The Assignment<\/em><\/strong> had plenty of potential and early on, I thought there was something just with the ridiculous premise coupled with the utterly laughable fake beard the filmmakers glued to Rodriguez\u2019s face. But after that, the film goes into familiar revenge territory for basically the remainder of the film. The only saving grace is with Sigourney Weaver and, to a lesser extent, Tony Shalhoub as their characters share some fun scenes. And I\u2019ll give some props to Michelle Rodriguez, though given her stint in the Fast<\/em> franchise, no surprise she can kick ass.<\/p>\n

Directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors<\/em>, 48 Hrs<\/em>), from a screenplay by Hill and Denis Hamill, there\u2019s an interesting plot behind The Assignment<\/em><\/strong>, despite some of the creativity Hill is known for, there\u2019s something mundane and been there, done that vibe to 2\/3rds of the film. On the plus side, the performances were good and it was at least better than Hill\u2019s previous release, Bullet to the Head<\/em>…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a DVD Copy<\/u><\/strong> and redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy. Unfortunately features are rather light with only Filmmaking Portraits (2:12; HD)<\/u><\/strong> featurette which is merely a bunch of behind-the-scenes stills.<\/p>\n

Previews<\/strong> \u2013 The Girl with All the Gifts<\/a><\/em>, Come and Find Me<\/a><\/em>, John Wick Chapter 2<\/em>, I Am Wrath<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0The Mechanic: Resurrection<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Assignment<\/em><\/strong> gets the call on Blu-ray presented with a 2.39 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. The picture looks quite good showing off a wide array of colors while detail is sharp and well defined. I noticed no major instances of artifacting, aliasing or other flaws.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The disc comes with your standard but efficient DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. While dialogue levels were clear enough, I found the few action scenes lacked a certain impact with gunfire outputting only modest depth. Even so, it\u2019s still a fine lossless track especially given the action scenes are few and far between with the rest filled with dialogue, ambient noises (making use of the rear speakers) and the generic suspense\/thriller score.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, The Assignment<\/em><\/strong> had an interesting premise and starts off well, if not weird, enough before devolving into familiar territory for the remainder of the film. On the plus side, Michelle Rodriguez isn\u2019t bad once she\u2019s rid of the hilariously bad fake beard and you can never have enough Sigourney Weaver (or Tony Shalhoub for that matter) in a movie. The Blu-ray released by Lionsgate offers up good video\/audio transfers but the feature was woefully thin.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The Assignment had an interesting premise and starts off well, if not weird, enough before devolving into familiar territory for the remainder of the film. On the plus side, Michelle Rodriguez isn\u2019t bad once she\u2019s rid of the hilariously bad fake beard and you can never have enough Sigourney Weaver in a movie.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[529,5238,5332,634,452,1585],"class_list":["post-15240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","tag-anthony-lapaglia","tag-assignment","tag-caitlin-gerard","tag-michelle-rodriguez","tag-sigourney-weaver","tag-tony-shalhoub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15242,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15240\/revisions\/15242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}