THE ASSIGNMENT (2016)

Directed by: Walter Hill 
Written by: Walter Hill & Dennis Hamill 
Cinematography: James Liston 
Editor: Phil Norden 

Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shaloub, Anthony LaPaglia, Ken Kirzinger, Caitlin Gerard, Zak Santiago, Anthony Griffith 

After waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.

In the past, this film plot might have been considered a high concept, but now while a kind of interesting idea. It ends up becoming more of a who cares situation. That other then it’s The story the rest feels heavily cliched and hard-hitting just to go through the motions. Where after a while you don’t care about anything happening.

It’s a shame Michelle Rodriguez finally Seems to have found the right role. Even with a well-known action director Walter Hill. As she seems to be more interested in action roles in her career and ends up usually being a supporting player. Here she has the lead role. Though it offers her nothing new or that strong as far as material or quality.

As for the sex change, her character goes through. Even before she looked like she was in. Make drag and had a supposed chiseled chest and body hair. Once she has the sex change in the movie it just looks like she shaved and grew a chest. Which makes the scene when she meets up with an old conquest who barely recognizes her all the more u intentionally funny.

It seems interesting in these films the worse punishments the main characters go through are to be forced to love life as a female. The film tries to present that as only cruel considering the character but the movie seems to have that attitude.

The film plays somber and never seems to have enough energy to keep the audience interested. As it tries to have a jazzy mood but comes off as more a typical straight to streaming thriller.

The progressions which are animated to make us believe they are in bigger major Cities and locations seem inspired by the DVD cut of his movie THE WARRIORS. Which have animated inserts during scenes.

The film seems to want to be a frantic character price with a thriller impact but feels tone-deaf. That tries to be different and wants to say something but feels so misguided.

Michelle Rodriguez speaks like she is In A 1940’s gangster film which only shows that the film is aspiring for many things and is making no sense and not in a bar shit crazy way but in an embarrassingly bad way.

Sigourney Weaver seems to be a one, not villain whose beliefs and actions seem there only because there has to be a reason for all of this and writing it off as an experiment seems so trivial.

Largely, the film s boring as when there are action sequences they go by so quickly and without any excitement. Even towards the end, With such an esteemed cast one would expect better.

Grade: F