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Assassination (1987)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792854630
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792854632
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1004192
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Running Time: 88 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: January 09, 1987
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Editorial Review:
Hard-hitting action, cross-country adventure and a government conspiracy that goes all the way to the top! In this pulse-pounding political thriller, action superstar Charles Bronson is at his ruggedbest as a man on a mission to protect the First Lady from ruthless assassins who'll stop at nothingto kill her! When veteran Secret Service Agent Jay Killian (Bronson) is assigned to protect the president's pampered and difficult wife (Jill Ireland), he knows she will be a handful. But what he doesn't know is that assassins are out to kill her! Not only must Killian use his lethal experience to shield the First Lady from danger he must also do it while tracing her would-be murderer to the highest office in the land!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fun Charles Bronson Film
What's with all the bad reviews everybody? It's a Charles Bronson action picture for goodness sakes. We have explosions, we have action, and we get to see Bronson act with his beautiful wife, Jill Ireland. What we have here is an hour and a half of fun on the silver screen. Bronson will be remembered as one of the best action film heroes. SO, don't go into this film, with your brain turned on, turn it off and you'll enjoy it more.
Rating:  - Dreadful
I'm usually a fan of political thrillers, especially those in the Roger Donaldson mold. Those shot in my home town of Washington DC are almost always high on my list. The only question I can ask, after seeing this film, is how the heck did the producers get permission to shoot at the REAL White House? This film is dreadful. It makes no sense. The acting is flat, and the soundtrack is amateurish. Jan Gan Boyd may well play the least believable Secret Service agent ever on film. Avoid this film like ... Read More
Rating:  - One of Bronson's lesser Cannon movies.
Charles Bronson plays a Secret Service Agent assigned to protect the First Lady, who is played by his then real life wife Jill Ireland. When the First Lady becomes the target of an assassin, she and Bronson go on the run, dodging bullets as he tries to find clues as to who is behind it all. This 1987 offering from Cannon studios was nothing special. Director Peter Hunt had previously helmed the James Bond thriller On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the Charles Bronson/Lee Marvin action/chase thriller ... Read More
Rating: - Skip it...
I've seen most all of Bronsons movies at this point and Assasination is by far and above the worst of them all. This is the only time I've actually been embarassed for old Chuck. Even the presence of Mrs. Ireland doesn't help. The script and dialouge stinks, the supporting cast was way below B grade and 'by the numbers' lame action scenes rehashed from Bronsons other films kill this one. Even more sickening was the CONSTANT sexual innuendo dialogue between the elderly Mr. Bronson and Charly(?!?),his late ... Read More
Rating: - Cannon Lite
This is one of the lesser Cannon/Bronson collaborations(though many would say that they are all "lesser"). It was made in the final hours of Cannon before bankruptcy and it shows. Bronson's the agent assigned to protect the first lady, a real you-know-what. Many attempts are made on her life, forcing her and Bronson on the run. Soon, we see her softer side, they become pals, tra-la, tra-la. Pretty by the numbers plot. This was a tame PG-13 effort from Cannon, so all the gratuitous violence and ... Read More
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