The Assignment | | Cast : | Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley | | Director : | Christian Duguay | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 26, 1997 | | DVD Released Date : | March 01, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 06, 2005 | | Summary | Real Carlos has Brown Eyes, Imposter has Blue Eyes | Content
 | The movie opens with the real Carlos showing dark brown eyes. The Imposter (USN-LCDR) has blue eyes. It may seem like a small point to many. But to me it ruined the entire movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 19, 2005 | | Summary | A SMART THRILLER ! ! ! ! ! | Content
| This movie is one of the best thrillers I've seen.
If you like very smart and intense thrillers, then you should check this one out, but if you only like thrillers that are much more understandable, then you should check PHONE BOOTH. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 16, 2004 | | Summary | Canadian Thriller | Content
| A some what decent cold war spy thriller from Canada, loosely based on real life characters. A U.S. Naval officer turned CIA spy to catch the infamous "Carlos the Jackal". Ben Kingly and Donald Sutherland are the veteran actors in this film. Aidan Quinn, although not Cuban, dose make it come off fairly well. (I'm ½ Cuban, I should know.)
Decent action and well shot and edited. I would have liked to see maybe a little more spy gadgetry but then that's Bonds territory.
Over all this was a good movie with all around solid performances by the cast.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 14, 2004 | | Summary | Intelligent thriller | Content
| A US Naval officer (Aidan Quinn) with a striking resemblance to an international terrorist (Quinn again) is recruited to impersonate him in a complex plot to discredit him before his KGB superiors. This is a very interesting film that has more to offer than just action. Some of the most fascinating sequences come early in the film as CIA agent Jack Fields (Donald Sutherland) and Mossad agent Amos (Ben Kingsley) supervise the training that is supposed to enable him to behave convincingly in his new role--training that really seems more like brain-washing. This is clearly not a big-budget film, but it makes the best of what it has. It is not predictable by any means--the final shot will leave you guessing./ |
| Rating | | | Date | June 11, 2004 | | Summary | The greatest spy thriller ever made | Content
| This movie bombed at the box office but is destined to become a cult classic. It's possibly Aidan Quinn's best performance to date. If you only expect to see him in good-guy roles, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Quinn plays the evil Carlos better than he plays Annibal. The ending is fascinating and open to about five different interpretations. Definitely make this your next movie "assignment". |
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