American Assassin

Summary: After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.

Release Date: September 15, 2017

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: Michael Cuesta

Writers: Stephen Schiff

, Michael Finch

, Edward Zwick

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: CBS Films, Lionsgate, TIK Films, Lionsgate Productions

Countries: United States, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 36,249,674

International: $ 30,984,514

Box office:

Budget:$33MDomestic:$36.2MInternational:$31MWorldwide:$67.2M

Box office International:

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Adaptation/remake:

based on novel

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Production:

Lionsgate

CBS Films

Lionsgate Productions

(Lionsgate subsidiary)

26%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 26% higher than the critics.

34%60%

The Metacritic audience rated this 13% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

45/100

Metacritic User:

58/100

11%33%

11% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

33% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White61.11%Latino11.11%Black11.11%Jewish5.56%Arab5.56%Mixed / Other5.56%

1.00

Possibly woke elements:

action heroine,extremism,female agent

BechdeltestPassed!

Commonsensemedia

Role model1/5
Violence4/5
Sex3/5
Language4/5
Drugs1/5

Dove

Sex2/5
Language5/5
Violence5/5
Drugs2/5
Nudity3/5
Other3/5

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2010s action hero action heroine aerial camera shot aircraft carrier airplane airport ak 47 alley alliteration in title ambush american abroad anarchy anger animal attack anti hero anti heroine apartment armored car arms dealer assassin assassination attempt assault rifle assistant attempted murder bag over head bank bar bare breast bare breasts bare chested male bartender based on novel bathtub beach beard beaten to death beating betrayal big breasts bikini bilingualism bitten in the ear black ops blood blood on camera lens blood splatter bloody violence blowtorch boat body count body in a trunk body lands on a car bodyguard bomb boot camp boxing gym boyfriend girlfriend relationship brawl breast breasts british actor playing american character bruise brutality cabin in the woods cafe camera phone cannon capsizing ship car accident car chase car crash carjacking cell phone chaos character repeats someone else's dialogue character's point of view camera shot chase cia agent cia central intelligence agency cia director cigarette cigarette smoking close up of eyes coming of age commander commando commando raid computer cracker conspiracy controversial corpse corrupt politician countdown counter terrorism crushed by a car cynicism danger dark hero dark past death death of fiancee death of girlfriend death of loved one death of uncle death wish deception delta force deputy director disarming someone disobeying orders doctor dog double cross dubai united arab emirates e mail eavesdropping electric shock electrocution elevator embassy engagement ring engineer escape espionage ethnic slur evacuation evil man ex cia agent ex navy ex special forces exploding car exploitation explosion extremism eye gouging f word face slap female agent female frontal nudity female spy female warrior femme fatale fiance fiancee relationship fight fight to the death fighter jet fighting filmed killing final battle final showdown firing pin fistfight flashback flashlight flood foot chase forest former navy sea air and land force former spy gangster gas explosion gas mask gasoline general geopolitics gore government agent gun battle gun held to head gun in mouth gun range gunfight hallucination hand to hand combat handcuffs harbor hatred held at gunpoint helicopter helicopter pilot henchman hidden camera hit by a car hologram hospital hostage hotel hotel room housing project ibiza spain infiltration innocent person killed insubordination intelligence officer interrogation interview invasion of privacy investigation iranian islamic fundamentalism islamic terrorism istanbul turkey italian italy jumping through a window kickboxing kicked in the stomach kidnapping knife knife fight knife in foot knife throwing knocked unconscious knocked unconscious with a gun butt laboratory landlord laptop computer limousine london england long take loose cannon loss of fiancee loss of girlfriend loss of loved one machine gun machismo maelstrom mafia male objectification man murders a woman man punches a woman man wears eyeglasses map marriage proposal martial arts massacre mentor mentor protege relationship mercenary mercilessness military police military policeman mission mistress mixed martial arts mobster mole money money falling through the air money transfer montage mossad motorcycle murder murder of a police officer mushroom cloud naval officer near death experience neo noir neoconservatism news report no opening credits no title at beginning nuclear bomb nuclear explosion nuclear physicist nuclear radiation nuclear terrorism nuclear threat nuclear war nuclear weapons obese man obesity ocean one against many one man army one person army action opening action scene organized crime orphan orphan boy panic parking garage parkour patriotism photograph physicist pickpocket pistol pistol whipped plutonium police officer political conspiracy politician politics providence rhode island psychotronic film punched in the chest punched in the face race against time racial slur recruit recruitment video redemption reference to santa claus reference to the mummy rescue rescue attempt restaurant revenge reverse footage righteous rage roanoke valley virginia rogue agent romania rome italy rooftop rubber bullet run over by a car russian sadism sadist sadomasochism sadomasochist safe house scar scientist sea secret agent secret laboratory secret military operation secret passageway secret tunnel self inflicted gunshot wound sexual tension shooting a police officer shooting range shootout shot in the arm shot in the back shot in the chest shot in the face shot in the foot shot in the forehead shot in the head shot in the leg shot in the shoulder shot to death showdown silencer sinkhole slow motion scene sniper sniper rifle sociopath soldier special forces speedboat spy spy hero spy mission spy turned terrorist stabbed in the arm stabbed in the back stabbed in the chest stabbed in the leg stabbed in the throat stabbed to death stealing a car strangulation street shootout subjective camera subtitled scene suicide sunglasses surprise ending surveillance surveillance footage suspense suspicion swimming pool target practice terrorism terrorist terrorist attack terrorist cell terrorist group terrorist plot threatened with a knife thrown through a windshield thug tied to a chair time bomb timeframe 2010s title at the end top secret torture tough girl tough guy tourist tracking device tragic event tragic hero tragic past training traitor tripoli libya tunnel turkey the country twenty something two word title u.s. navy uncle niece relationship undercover undercover agent underwater explosion underwater scene uzi van vigilante justice vigilantism violence virginia virtual set vodka martini vomiting walkie talkie warrior warsaw poland water water torture wiretapping woman fights a man woman murders a man woods wristwatch

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This film gets a 1/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1961175/parentalguide last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/american-assassin last updated: 2024-10-25Update data
Message 0/5	Most of the movie is about revenge, both on the part of the good guys and the bad guys. Much is sacrificed to save a single person.
Role model 1/5	The main character is a cold, revenge-minded loner who doesn't really get along with others. Most other characters are likewise unsympathetic. Stan is at least fun, though he's also prone to fairly negative traits. That said, supporting characters include tough female spies who can hold their own.
Violence 4/5	Lots of guns and shooting. Blood spurts, dead bodies. Martial arts and hand-to-hand fighting. Stabbing/slicing with knives. A scene of torture: a man's arm is in a vise, his fingernails pulled off. Nuclear explosion.
Sex 3/5	Topless woman. A marriage proposal includes a kiss.
Language 4/5	Frequent use of "f--k," "motherf----r," "s--t," "d--khead," "a--hole," "ass," "goddamn," "son of a bitch," "hell," "balls," "hard-on," and "Jesus Christ" and "for god's sake" (as exclamations).
Drugs 1/5	Background smoking. Drinking from flask.
Dove Rating https://dove.org/review/12545-american-assassin/
Faith 0/5	None
Sex 2/5	Reference to mistress
Language 5/5	F* throughout; sh several times; slang for male genitalia; d*; S.O.B.; hell; Ahole; God, God****, and Jesus Christ used several times in vain.
Violence 5/5	Lots of gun violence and action; loved ones killed onscreen; bloody injuries; stabbings; references to torture; suicide; martial arts-style violence; explosions; very intense and heavy throughout the film
Drugs 2/5	Man gets drinks for others; character briefly seen drinking wine; two characters share a flask.
Nudity 3/5	A man is shirtless in a few scenes; woman wears a bikini; brief bare-breasted women
Other 3/5	Themes of terrorism and vengeance

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