-- Leonard Maltin
-- Pat Collins, WWOR-TV
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| ASSASSINS (1995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Robert Rath is the best hitman around, but the code and sense of duty that once were part of his deadly career are lost in a post-Cold War world of free-lance guns. He wants out. Not so Miguel Bain, a driven killer who knows how to claim the top spot of his shadowy profession: eliminate Rath. The action hits hard and fast when Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas square off. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvester Stallone (Robert Rath), Antonio Banderas (Miguel Bain), Julianne Moore (Electra), Anatoli Davy-dov (Nicolai), Muse Watson (Ketcham), Steve Kahan (Alan Branch), Kelly Rowan (Jennifer), Reed Diamond (Bob), Kai Wulff (Remy), Kerry Skalsky (Buyer), James Douglas Haskins (Buyer), Stephen Liska (Cop), Edward J. Rosen (Cemetery Caretaker), Christina Orchid (Dowager), Bruce R. Orchid (Cabbie), James Oliver (Customs Officer). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IN THE SHADOWS OF LIFE. IN THE BUSINESS OF DEATH. ONE MAN HAS FOUND A REASON TO LIVE. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski and Brian Helgeland. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCERS: Joel Silver, Richard Donner, Bruce Evans, Raynold Gideon, Andrew Lazar and Jim Van Wyck. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Julie Duruk, Karyn Fields, J. Mills Goodloe, Tony Munafo, Cynthia L. Neber and Ilyse A. Reutlinger.. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CO-PRODUCERS: Alexander B. Collett, Richard Solomon and Dan Cracchiolo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: October 6th, 1995 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dino De Laurentiis and Lauren Shuler Donner. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $9.3 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $30.3 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Mancina, with additional music by Don Harper, Jeff Rona, John Van Rongeren and Chris Ward. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $77.3 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $50 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Nominated for one 1996 Razzie Award for Worst Actor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Miguel Bain: Killing a woman, it's not the same as killing a man. You have to pull the trigger a different way. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Stallone is in good form, but this big-scale action yarn/star vehicle suffers from rampant stupidity." -- Leonard Maltin |
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| "The movie Stallone fans have been waiting for." -- Pat Collins, WWOR-TV |
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| "This action-packed thriller hits the mark. Stallone and Banderas are a dynamite team." -- Susan Granger, American Movie Classics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Sensation, electifying!" -- Michael Medved, New York Post | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "I do not believe Assassins, because this movie is filled with such preposterous impossibilities that Forrest Gump could have improved it with a quick rewrite." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "In the movie itself, the old star may win the day, but it's the new kid who steals the show." -- Hal Hinson, Washington Post | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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