''Assassin's Bullet'' (also known as Sofia) is a 2012
action drama thriller film directed by
Isaac Florentine and starring
Christian Slater,
Donald Sutherland and Elika Portnoy, who is also credited for the story. The film was released directed to video.
Premise
When a vigilante decides to murder one by one the most wanted terrorists in the world, the FBI decides to send an agent to discover the identity of this person.
Cast
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Christian Slater as Robert Diggs
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Donald Sutherland as Ambassador Ashdown
*Elika Portnoy as Victoria Denev
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Timothy Spall as Dr. Khan
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Valentin Ganev as Mikhail Denev
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Bashar Rahal as Abdullah Said
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Marian Valev
Marian may refer to:
People
* Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia
* Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name
* Marian (surname), a list of people so named
Places
*Marian, Iran (disambiguation)
* Marian, Queenslan ...
as Gregor Spasov
Reception
The film received negative reviews and has a 7% rating on
Rotten Tomatoes based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 2.3/10.
Alison Willmore of ''
The A.V. Club'' called the film as an "amusingly awful thriller" and Drew Taylor of
IndieWire called it "a bad movie with incredibly clumsy narrative mechanics."
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck is an American film critic. He is best known for his reviews in the ''New York Post'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. He formerly edited ''STAGES Magazine'' and worked as a theater critic for the ''Christian Science Monitor
Ch ...
of ''
The Hollywood Reporter'' wrote, "The action sequences are strictly pro forma and -- despite the sleek killer’s resemblance to the similarly lethal heroine of ''
La Femme Nikita La Femme Nikita may refer to:
* ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), a 1990 French action film by Luc Besson, originally named "Nikita"
* ''La Femme Nikita'' (TV series), a 1997–2001 TV series based on the film, also called "Nikita"
* ''Nikita'' (TV se ...
'' -- this dull effort lacks the excitement generated by any of its incarnations."
Lisa Schwarzbaum of ''
Entertainment Weekly'' gave the film a C.
References
External links
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2012 films
2012 action thriller films
American direct-to-video films
American thriller drama films
American action thriller films
2010s English-language films
Films directed by Isaac Florentine
2010s American films
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