Assassin's Bullet (also known as Sofia[1]) is a 2012 American action drama thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine and starring Christian Slater, Donald Sutherland and Elika Portnoy, who is also credited for the story. The film was released direct to video.[2][3][4]
| Assassin's Bullet | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Isaac Florentine |
| Written by | Nancy L. Babine Hans Feuersinger |
| Story by | Elika Portnoy |
| Produced by | David E. Ornston |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Ross W. Clarkson |
| Edited by | Irit Raz |
| Music by | Simon Stevens |
Production companies | Mutressa Movies Sofia Productions |
| Distributed by | ARC Entertainment XLrator Media |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
editWhen a vigilante decides to murder one by one the most wanted terrorists in the world, the FBI decides to send an agent to discover the identity of this person.
Cast
edit- Christian Slater as Robert Diggs
- Donald Sutherland as Ambassador Ashdown
- Elika Portnoy as Victoria Denev
- Timothy Spall as Dr. Khan
- Valentin Ganev as Mikhail Denev
- Bashar Rahal as Abdullah Said
- Marian Valev as Gregor Spasov
Reception
editThe film received negative reviews and has a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 2.3/10.[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 20 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[6]
Alison Willmore of The A.V. Club called the film an "amusingly awful thriller"[7] and Drew Taylor of IndieWire called it "a bad movie with incredibly clumsy narrative mechanics."[8]
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The action sequences are strictly pro forma and -- despite the sleek killer’s resemblance to the similarly lethal heroine of La Femme Nikita -- this dull effort lacks the excitement generated by any of its incarnations."[9]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Sofia". blu-ray.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeanette (2 August 2012). "She's a Vigilante, and a Belly Dancer". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Abele, Robert (3 August 2012). "Review: 'Assassin's Bullet' is way off target". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Bowles, Scott (3 August 2012). "'Assassin's Bullet': Easy to dodge". USA Today. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Assassin's Bullet". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Assassin's Bullet". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Willmore, Alison (2 August 2012). "Assassin's Bullet". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Taylor, Drew (2 August 2012). "Review: 'Assassin's Bullet' Is A Spectacularly Inept Action Movie". IndieWire. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Scheck, Frank (2 August 2012). "Assassin's Bullet: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (6 August 2012). "Assassin's Bullet". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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