Assassin's Bullet

{{Infobox film

| name = Assassin's Bullet

| image = Assassin's Bullet poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Isaac Florentine

| producer = David E. Ornston

| writer = Nancy L. Babine
Hans Feuersinger

| story = Elika Portnoy

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| music = Simon Stevens

| cinematography = Ross W. Clarkson

| editing = Irit Raz

| studio = Mutressa Movies
Sofia Productions

| distributor = ARC Entertainment
XLrator Media

| released = {{Film date|2012|04|18|Boston Film Festival|2012|08|03|DVD}}

| runtime = 89 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Assassin's Bullet (also known as Sofia{{cite web|title=Sofia|accessdate=11 March 2022|work=blu-ray.com|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sofia-Blu-ray/45744/}}) 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.{{cite news|last=Catsoulis|first=Jeanette|title=She's a Vigilante, and a Belly Dancer|date=2 August 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/movies/assassins-bullet-with-christian-slater.html?_r=0|accessdate=15 September 2016}}{{cite news|last=Abele|first=Robert|title=Review: 'Assassin's Bullet' is way off target|date=3 August 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-aug-03-la-et-mn-assassins-bullet-capsule-20120803-story.html|access-date=15 September 2016}}{{cite news|last=Bowles|first=Scott|title='Assassin's Bullet': Easy to dodge|date=3 August 2012|newspaper=USA Today|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/story/2012-08-03/assassins-bullet-christian-slater/56754288/1|accessdate=15 September 2016}}

Premise

When 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

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

The film received negative reviews and has a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 2.3/10.{{cite web|title=Assassin's Bullet|accessdate=27 December 2018|work=Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/assassins_bullet_2012/}} {{MC film|20|11|ref=yes|access-date=17 October 2024}}

Alison Willmore of The A.V. Club called the film an "amusingly awful thriller"{{cite news|last=Willmore|first=Alison|title=Assassin's Bullet|date=2 August 2012|newspaper=The A.V. Club|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/assassins-bullet-83273|accessdate=15 September 2016}} and Drew Taylor of IndieWire called it "a bad movie with incredibly clumsy narrative mechanics."{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Drew|title=Review: 'Assassin's Bullet' Is A Spectacularly Inept Action Movie|date=2 August 2012|work=IndieWire|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2012/08/review-assassins-bullet-is-a-spectacularly-inept-action-movie-107651/|accessdate=15 September 2016}}

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."{{cite web|last=Scheck|first=Frank|title=Assassin's Bullet: Film Review|date=2 August 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/assassins-bullet-film-review-357785|accessdate=15 September 2016}}

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C.{{cite magazine|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|title=Assassin's Bullet|date=6 August 2012|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2012/08/06/assassins-bullet-review|accessdate=15 September 2016}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|1780983}}
{{rotten-tomatoes|assassins_bullet_2012}}

Category:2012 films

Category:2012 action thriller films

Category:American direct-to-video films

Category:American action thriller films

Category:2010s English-language films

Category:Films directed by Isaac Florentine

Category:2010s American films

Category:English-language action drama films

Category:English-language action thriller films