Assassin, The
Synopsis: Acclaimed director Hou Hsiao-Hsien returns with a breathtaking martial-arts epic in which an assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader she was previously engaged to.
“Another of the Taiwanese master’s inimitably oblique, realist and ravishing wide-shot triumphs.”~Roger Clarke, Sight & Sound
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4 stars (Very Good) Emphatically not an action movie but a slow, meditative mood piece, and as visually rich an evocation of another world as you'll ever see. If you prefer images over incidents, or The Moment over momentum, it's a gem. ~fairbrother
3 stars (Good Enough) It is worth watching for its exceptionally high production values. ~Tubbs
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