Failure to Franchise

Episode Twenty-Six - Assassin's Creed (2016)


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If ever the "video game movies always suck" axiom was going to be disproved, 2016 ASSASSIN'S CREED seemed like a great candidate to do so. Based on a very successful video game franchise, the movie version came along with a popular leading man determined to do right by the property, an impressive supporting cast, a critically acclaimed director, and the creative involvement of the actual video game company behind the game. Everyone involved seemed intent on making something quite unique and special in the "video game movie" genre. But at what point does that sort of experimentation take a turn for the worse?

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