But early reviews are in, and despite the films star power, critics are so far unimpressed.
Video game adaptations remain plodding affairs.
And yet it is at all times mysteriously, transcendentally boring.
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Assassins Creedopens in theaters on Wednesday.
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Just by showing up, he confers respectability on two hours of semi-coherent overly art-directed video-game sludge.
Stephanie Zacharek (TIME)The plot ofAssassins Creedis very confusing.
No, scratch that: Its a mess.
Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian)There is no animus in this film, however.
Its rare to see a film quite so lacking in animus.
It exists only to gouge money out of gamers.
They might well want to stick to the game.
