The Assassin

2015 • 105 minutes

About this movie

9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.

Ratings and reviews

Th u s is with out a doubt the most boring movie I've ever seen and was only made to show some pretty sceneries.

Beautiful to look at, costuming and design top-notch but the plotline is beyond incomprehensible and dullness takes over.

Stunning but so slow I grew a beard and my toe nails rivaled wolverines.