Fresh
Intelligent and gripping.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Assignment
1997 · 1h 59m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Christian Duguay
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The Assignment
Overview
Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez.
Director and cast
- Christian Duguay Director
- Aidan Quinn as Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
- Donald Sutherland as Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
- Ben Kingsley as Amos
- Claudia Ferri as Maura Ramirez
- Céline Bonnier as Carla
- Vlasta Vrana as KGB Head Officer
- Liliana Komorowska as Agnieska
- Von Flores as Koj
- Gregory Hlady as KGB Aide
- Gabriel Marian Oseciuc as KGB Agent
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If there's a small saving grace to this crude thriller, it is the work of Montreal-born director Christian Duguay, who shows flashes of real flare.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
If you believe that Elvis still lives or that a millennial invasion of flying saucers is imminent, you might buy the bogus premise.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
A film of real finesse, style and intelligence, an espionage thriller of the old school, with some modern technical embellishments.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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