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Assassins
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6.5Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Robert Rath
- Antonio Banderas as Miguel Bain
- Julianne Moore as Electra
- Anatoli Davydov as Nicolai Tashlinkov
- Muse Watson as Ketcham
- Steve Kahan as Alan Branch
Themes
- rescue
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- hitman
- cat
- bank
- mexican standoff
- seattle, washington
- mission of murder
- hidden camera
- rivalry
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
91,947 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
18%
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Donner
- Screenplay by
- The Wachowskis Brian Helgeland
- Story by
- The Wachowskis
- Produced by
- Richard Donner Joel Silver Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon Andrew Lazar Jim Van Wyck
- Starring
- Sylvester Stallone Antonio Banderas Julianne Moore
- Cinematography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Edited by
- Richard Marks Lawrence Jordan
- Music by
- Mark Mancina
- Production companies
- Silver Pictures Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- October 6, 1995 ( 1995-10-06 )
- Running time
- 133 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $83.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Assassins is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Richard Donner. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, and Julianne Moore. The screenplay was written by The Wachowskis and Brian Helgeland. The Wachowskis stated that their script was completely rewritten by Helgeland and that they tried to remove their names from the film but failed.
Assassins was released by Warner Bros. on October 6, 1995. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $83.3 million against a $50 million budget.
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