American Assassin fingerprintRelentless energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, everyday modern life, and politics
Solid, not remarkable
Standout editing
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
American Assassin is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and brutally violent.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime, everyday modern life, and politics
Its world is built around crime, everyday modern life, and politics.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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American Assassin is included with a subscription to fuboTV and Paramount+ in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 50/100 (IMDb 6.2, Rotten Tomatoes 34%, and Metacritic 45). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and strong language.
1 h 52 min
American Assassin runs 1 h 52 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate American Assassin higher (60) than critics (40). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes. It cost about $33 million to make and earned $67 million worldwide, 2.0 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Arabic, Italian, Persian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish. Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, United States.
+59GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for American Assassin in 73 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 57 storytelling tropes for American Assassin, including Better to Die than Be Killed, As You Know, You Killed My Father.
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