It sounds like a crazy trip through time that begins in the present. The condemned to death Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) is executed – but only seemingly. In fact, he is rescued from the Abstergo group to the scientist Sofia Rikkin (Marion Cotillard) and her father (Jeremy Irons).
For you to he. with the help of a machine called the Animus memories But not his own, but that of his ancestor Aguilar de A (also Michael Fassbender). Lived in 1492 to the time of the Spanish Inquisition.
the basic idea of The fictional science in the Assassin’s Creed world: our genome, the DNA, are not only stored genetic information, but also the memories of our ancestors. The goal: to find the infamous Apple of Eden, the assassin Aguilar 1492 in front of the secret knights Templar had hidden. And want to use the Apple to control humanity. This, in turn, want to prevent the assassins.
The best part of the film takes place in the year 1492
at first it sounds a little strange. If one accepts it, but then Assassin’s Creed is the best film adaptation of a computer game. And that has a reason: the outstanding representation of Michael Fassbender’s.
Whether as a suffering, traumatized, disillusioned Callum Lynch, or as uncompromising, resolute, but also melancholic Aguilar: Fassbender both playing roles with such intensity that it overwhelms the viewer – in the year 1492: With a lot of effort for Director Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) this past world on the canvas to rise.
And yet it is only a backdrop: fast-paced, incredibly acrobatic fighting and dynamic, rock climbing, jump the assassins through Andalusia. With a quiet camera, and without the frantic cuts the remains but always understandable. Kurzel has made it so, in fact, to bring many elements of the games convincingly and without compromise to the big screen.
How uncompromising the Director of the Film is gone, shows in a Detail: Everything in 1492 plays into Spain, is also in Spanish, with subtitles, for all that the language is not powerful. And more than a third of the film takes place in the past. Not every cinema-goers will find the good, but it creates a dense, harmonious atmosphere.
In the past, Spanish h2> < spoken – with subtitles
So the Film is terrific? The 1492-sequences are the best of the film. Unfortunately, he also plays in the present. And since Assassin’s Creed “revealed” some weaknesses in The Story, which leads to the memories from the year 1492, is a bit tough, and static. Especially as there are with the Abstergo building over a long distance only a Location in the present.
in Addition, in the Play “Eden’s apples” of high-tech instruments of the long gone “the First civilization” to manipulate other beings. In the Film we followed a slightly different direction, which is not in comparison to the Games quite as convincing.
Also on the question of the origin of the law, acting “Apple” winds of the Film and suggests the First civilization. For Michael Fassbender, who co-produced the Film, should it be but the beginning of a trilogy for the story arc, there seems to be already concrete ideas. That would explain why it has placed only a few traces and some leaves.
The Film lives in the present, sequences of the impressive effects. Even more, he relies on Michael Fassbender and his intimate, harmonious Interaction with the convincing Marion Cotillard. In addition to their complex characters, almost all of the other characters seem one-dimensional.
Only Charlotte Rampling with her short appearance as a Templar Grand master and Ariane Labed as Aguilars battle companion, to leave a lasting impression. At least the centuries-long conflict of the secret brother is definitely clear: The Templar pursuit for control as possible over the whole of humanity, the assassins stand for freedom.
The Story in the present, seems to be a bit tough
The French games developer Ubisoft (annual turnover of around 1.4 billion euros) has taken the film adaptation of his with close to 100 million Games sold, most successful series. And in fact, it has captured the “Assassin’s Creed”-spirit very well.
With Kurzel, Fassbender and Cotillard has also led a Trio that Shakespeare has brought a piece of Macbeth, impressive on the canvas. Also in the case of “Assassin’s Creed” the Three very well. A visually and trick technically very impressive Film.
The Story is not convincing, however, still not completely. And yet: It is not the best film adaptation of a video game, which shows that the leap from the game console to the screen may well succeed – if they are afraid of the expenses.
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