Assassin's Creed (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Assassin's Creed |
| Original title | Assassin's Creed |
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| Country of production | France , United States |
| original language | English , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Justin Kurzel |
| script |
Bill Collage , Adam Cooper , Michael Lesslie |
| production |
Michael Fassbender , Jean-Julien Baronnet , Patrick Crowley , Gérard Guillemot , Frank Marshall , Conor McCaughan , Arnon Milchan |
| music | Jed Kurzel |
| camera | Adam Arkapaw |
| cut | Christopher Tellefsen |
| occupation | |
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Assassin's Creed is a French - American film adaptation by director Justin Kurzel from 2016 . The film is based on the video game series Assassin's Creed by the French publisher Ubisoft .
The film was released in theaters in France and the United States on December 21, 2016. The theatrical release in Germany took place on December 27, 2016.
action
The introductory film sequence describes the Order of the Knights Templar's centuries-long search for the legendary apple of Eden, which contains the seeds of the first human disobedience and free will. In 1492 the Brotherhood of Assassins stood in the way of their search in Andalusia , who wanted to protect the Sultanate of Granada from being taken over by the Templars. One of these assassins is Aguilar de Nerha.
In 1986, as a young boy, Callum Lynch was fated to be killed by his father. Thirty years later, in 2016, to Callum is for a murder on death row in the state prison of Huntsville in Texas and waits for the execution of his death sentence by lethal injection . This is officially carried out, but in reality he is rescued by a company called Abstergo Industries , a modern incarnation of the Templar Order, and taken to a research facility in Madrid .
There he is forced to participate in the so-called Animus project, which lets him immerse himself in the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha using a computer system. De Nerha was a hit man (assassin) who lived in the 15th century during the Spanish Inquisition . Through her time in the animus, Callum has hallucinations about Aguilar as well as other ancestors, which Abstergo's lead researcher, Dr. Sofia Rikkin, known as the "seepage effect". Through this effect, Callum acquires the knowledge and skills of his ancestors.
With the help of these skills Callum and other assassins living in the research station (also freed from their lethargy) finally take on the members of the Templar Order, who have always been the enemies of the assassins, in the present. There is fierce fighting between the assassins and the security forces of the research facility.
Sofia and her father flee the facility by helicopter in the direction of Seville , only to find the apple in the tomb of Christopher Columbus in the Animus in the Cathedral of Seville, following a clue from Callum's memories .
At a meeting of the members of the Templar Order in the Templar Hall in London to celebrate the recovery of the apple, the knowledge that the Templars would soon misuse the genetic information made the scientist doubt her project and that of her father. Callum and other assassins mingle with those present in the Templar Hall and manage to get the apple of the first sin into their hands. After Callum kills Sofia's father, Sofia vows to retrieve the artifact for the Templar Association and to find Callum.
The final scene of the film shows three assassins above the roofs of London.
Historical references
In the Christian historiography of the Middle Ages, members of the Shiite-Islamic denomination of the Nizarites or this community in its entirety were referred to under the external name Assassins . The most famous attacks by the assassins occurred between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Mostly Muslim princes were killed, but some Christian princes from crusader states are also among their victims. With the fall of the last castle of the assassins, al-Kahf, on July 10, 1273, the assassin state came to an end.
background
development
Negotiations between Ubisoft (the development studio for the Assassin's Creed video game series ) and Sony Pictures regarding a film adaptation of the game were in their final stages in October 2011. After Ubisoft then planned for a while to release the film independently with their own production company Ubisoft Motion Pictures , the companies New Regency Productions and 20th Century Fox were finally brought on board in October 2012 .
It was particularly important to the producer and director Justin Kurzel to make the film particularly appealing to die-hard fans of the game series, which is why the film boasted an estimated budget of 125 million US dollars.
“When video games are made into films, the necessary money and time are often not spent because the makers say to themselves: 'They are players. Just put the game on the canvas and they'll like it '. But since this was often not very successful, we had the feeling that we had to go a step further. We knew that we had to pay a lot for it so that the audience wouldn't feel like it was just a copy of the game. "
In addition, however, an audience should also be addressed that has not yet come into contact with the franchise, which is why the filming has little in common with the game series in terms of plot. The main character Callum Lynch, for example, does not appear in any of the published games.
Alain Corre , Ubisoft's European boss, said in mid-2016 that the film was not intended to bring as much money into the box office as possible, but rather to make the series of games more attractive again and thus to boost sales of the games.
Filming
Filming began on August 31, 2015 and took place in Malta , London , Spain and in the 007 stage of Pinewood Studios near London, known from the James Bond film series . For director Justin Kurzel it was particularly important that the essential parkour scenes in particular appeared as authentic as possible. For this reason, he didn't rely too much on CGI for these scenes , but shot as much as possible with real stunts that were shot on various rooftops in Malta. The British stuntman Damien Walters jumped onto an air cushion from a height of 38 meters for a special scene.
The last stone fell on January 15, 2016.
novel
The official novel adaptation of the film was written by Christie Golden and was published by Ubisoft Publishing on December 21, 2016 ( ISBN 978-1-945210-05-1 ). The German translation by Andreas Kasprzak was published by Panini Verlag in January 2017 as a paperback ( ISBN 978-3-8332-3352-4 ) and as an audio book read by Matthias Lühn ( ISBN 978-3-95471-543-5 ).
reception
Age rating
In Germany the film is FSK 16 . The statement of reasons for approval states: “The film works with a clear, good-evil scheme that is easy for young people to understand. It contains a large number of fight scenes, which often seem almost ballet-like and therefore very far from reality. Kills are not played out or shown in detail. In addition, the unreal venue ensures that young people aged 16 and over keep a distance from the events. "
Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes received just 18 percent positive reviews (out of 219 reviews total).
Gross profit
After its start in Turkey, the film landed at number 1 on the cinema charts there. The worldwide revenue of the film is so far with a budget of 125 million US dollars to around 241 million US dollars.
Web links
- Assassin's Creed in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Film Website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ release document for Assassin's Creed . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 164838 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for Assassin's Creed . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Assassin's Creed. Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Marc Graser, Jeff Sneider: Sony targets 'Assassin's Creed' for bigscreen. October 20, 2011. From Variety.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ↑ Marc Graser: New Regency, Fox partner on Ubisoft's 'Assassin's Creed'. October 22, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2019 from Variety.com.
- ↑ Ryan Lambie, Louisa Mellor: Assassin's Creed movie: “Modeled on Batman Begins or Blade Runner”. October 9, 2015. From DenofGeek.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Markus Trutt: "Assassin's Creed": This is how the makers of the video game adaptation want to satisfy fans of the original. May 18, 2016. From Filmstarts.de, accessed December 10, 2019.
- ↑ a b Veronika Maucher: Assassin's Creed (Film 2016): News, Story, Cast, Trailer. January 9, 2017. From Buffed.de, accessed December 10, 2019.
- ↑ David Bergmann: Assassin's Creed - Film: Stuntman dares the death leap from 38 meters - Behind the Scenes video. August 18, 2016. From Buffed.de, accessed December 10, 2019.
- ^ Reason for approval for Assassin's Creed In: Voluntary Self-Control of the Film Industry. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter : Budget
- ↑ Assassin's Creed In: boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.