{"id":9651,"date":"2015-06-03T23:46:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T06:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2015-06-03T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T06:53:00","slug":"review-assassinsgame-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/06\/review-assassinsgame-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Assassin’s Game DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Assassin\u2019s Game<\/em><\/strong> is the rare \u201cgem\u201d of a film with a once respectable actor headlining relegated to a caricature and starring another who should remain way behind the camera. This is an all around poorly made movie and one can\u2019t just blame the budget because I have seen many low budget movies that weren\u2019t half bad. This one, however, isn\u2019t even deserving of being in Wal-Mart\u2019s bargain bin.<\/p>\n

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Assassin’s Game<\/span>
\n(2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Action
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 83 min. \u2013 $19.98 | May 26, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n <\/b>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Anoop Rangi
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>None Credited
\nCast: <\/strong>Tom Sizemore, Vivica A. Fox, Bai Ling, Mark Mikita<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Deleted Scenes, Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English, Spanish
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n** Click Here to Purchase Assassin’s Game<\/em> on DVD from Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong> **<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 ZERO\/5
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Assassin\u2019s Game<\/em><\/strong>, originally titled Terms & Conditions<\/em>, is an all around awful movie. I can honestly say there isn\u2019t a single good thing about this train wreck. The editing, acting, writing, fights, sound and direction are all awful and while it is an indie flick, that\u2019s no excuse and it\u2019s easy to see why this didn\u2019t even have a credited writer, who probably went into Witness Protection. I know I would.<\/p>\n

The story is simple enough: three would-be assassins \u2013 Junior (VINCENT MENTRY), Ruby (MELISSA MARS) and Mack (OMARI WASHINGTON) \u2013 screw up the assassination of a woman merely credited as \u201cThe Target\u201d (VIVICA A. FOX), protected by a crew including \u201cThe Bodyguard\u201d (BAI LING). The Target and Bodyguard manage to get away. Their employer, El Viego (TOM SIZEMORE) is none too pleased and refuses their offer to make it right, so he calls in bad ass retired assassin Vet Jones (MARK MIKITA) who, after Junior\u2019s, his son, life is threaten accepts the job.<\/p>\n

But good old Vet, who is trying to amend for his bloody past by working as a janitor, is not going to go along with the plan and, after dispensing of the two chaperones El Viego sent to keep an eye on Vet and the other three, decides he\u2019s not going to kill this woman and instead will do everything to protect her. See the irony? The original three are now going to save her from the onslaught of gun-toting thugs sent to kill the Target as well as Vet and crew. In between the incessant gunfights, with VFX muzzle flash, you get so much annoying bickering between Junior and his girl Ruby, Junior and his absentee father, El Viego aiming his silver plated gun at nothing, and other dumb ass character \u201ctraits\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yeah, this movie stunk. Even when you take into consideration its limited (maybe even non-existent) budget. The acting was terrible from Mark Mikita making his \u201cacting\u201d debut following a short career in stunt work on a variety of projects including In the Name of the King 2<\/em>. There\u2019s a reason he should stay behind the camera. However, it\u2019s not as if the others were any better, even so-called professionals like a Vivica A. Fox, Bai Ling and the aforementioned Tom Sizemore who clearly needed to pay his taxes or something.<\/p>\n

Assassin\u2019s Game<\/em><\/strong> was directed by Anoop Rangi who also produced and I suspect also wrote it…<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This comes with a set of Deleted Scenes (10:23)<\/u><\/strong>, the Trailer (1:31)<\/u><\/strong> and a redemption code for the Digital Copy<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 2.5\/5 | AUDIO 2.5\/5
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Assassin\u2019s Game<\/em><\/strong> arrives on DVD through Lionsgate (thanks a lot!) presented with a 1.85 anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio and not overly surprising, but most of the movie appears washed out and has a fair amount of aliasing.<\/p>\n

The Dolby Digital 5.1 track sounds off thanks in large part to the poor on-location recordings where dialogue can be muffled and in the final scene, you can distinctly hear the ADR work done in a cheap studio with some static accompanying Sizemore\u2019s lines, not that it matters what was being said.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 ZERO\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Assassin\u2019s Game<\/em><\/strong> is the rare \u201cgem\u201d of a film with a once respectable actor headlining relegated to a caricature and starring another who should remain way behind the camera. This is an all around poorly made movie and one can\u2019t just blame the budget because I have seen many low budget movies that weren\u2019t half bad. This one, however, isn\u2019t even deserving of being in Wal-Mart\u2019s bargain bin.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>06\/03\/2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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