Assassin's Creed

Despite a high-class cast, this fantasy-battle movie -- based on a video game series -- is disorienting, makes very little sense, and, worst of all, is a terrible, humorless bore.

Despite a high-class cast, this fantasy-battle movie -- based on a video game series -- is disorienting, makes very little sense, and, worst of all, is a terrible, humorless bore. Director Justin Kurzel and stars Fassbender and Cotillard previously worked together on a faithful version of Macbeth. It's a puzzle as to how they went from highbrow (reciting...

Review excerpt from Common Sense Media.