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The Assignment

The Assignment (AKA Tomboy, a Revenger's Tale)

2016

Walter Hill

Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia ...

4.1

1,220

Action. Thriller Following an ace assassin who is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman now a hitwoman sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A deliciously transgressive and smart classic B movie."	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Gender-switching hitman thriller is staggering misfire (...) a strong contender for 2016’s worst movie (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"[It] gracelessly mashes together hardboiled crime-melodrama cliches and an unintentionally funny 'Oh no! I'm a chick now!!' gender-change narrative hook."	NEG
United States	Kevin Jagernauth The Playlist	"The filmmaker’s touch is completely lost here, and the only danger the film winds up posing is to the time spent by those who choose to watch it."	NEG
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"The film's dialogue is entertainingly hard-boiled, and the performances knowing without ever being arch."	POS
United States	Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"Walter Hill (...) has enough skill and personality going for it to make it worth checking out, even if it doesn’t quite live up (...) to its borderline sleazy premise (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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