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Assassination

  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
4.1K
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Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland in Assassination (1987)
A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.
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A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objectionable first lady as repeated attempts are made on her life.A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objectionable first lady as repeated attempts are made on her life.A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objectionable first lady as repeated attempts are made on her life.

  • Director
    • Peter R. Hunt
  • Writer
    • Richard Sale
  • Stars
    • Charles Bronson
    • Jill Ireland
    • Stephen Elliott
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    4.1K
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    • Director
      • Peter R. Hunt
    • Writer
      • Richard Sale
    • Stars
      • Charles Bronson
      • Jill Ireland
      • Stephen Elliott
    • 53User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Jay Killian
    Jill Ireland
    Jill Ireland
    • Lara Royce Craig
    Stephen Elliott
    Stephen Elliott
    • Fitzroy
    Jan Gan Boyd
    Jan Gan Boyd
    • Charlotte Chang
    Randy Brooks
    Randy Brooks
    • Tyler Loudermilk
    James Lemp
    James Lemp
    • Eddie Bracken
    • (as Erik Stern)
    Michael Ansara
    Michael Ansara
    • Sen. Bunsen
    James Staley
    James Staley
    • Briggs
    Kathryn Leigh Scott
    Kathryn Leigh Scott
    • Polly Sims
    James Acheson
    James Acheson
    • Osborne Weems
    Jim McMullan
    Jim McMullan
    • The Zipper
    Billy Hayes
    • Pritchard Young
    • (as William Hayes)
    William Prince
    William Prince
    • H.H. Royce
    Charles Howerton
    Charles Howerton
    • President Calvin Craig
    Chris Alcaide
    Chris Alcaide
    • Chief Justice
    Jack Gill
    Jack Gill
    • Kerry Fane
    Mischa Hausserman
    • Danzig
    Robert Axelrod
    Robert Axelrod
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    • Director
      • Peter R. Hunt
    • Writer
      • Richard Sale
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    User reviews53

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    boss32

    interesting plot

    if you are a charles bronson fan,as i am, you will enjoy this film. This is a simple film with a nice plot and story line. What's not to like.You also get jill ireland with the movie and other great scenery to boot..
    6RoboRabbit89

    A fun action film.

    Let me start by saying that Charles Bronson is one of my favorite actors and I think my mom found this one on VHS at a flea market back in 2015.

    This movie is honestly pretty good, it's entertaining if not a little corny in places but I love it anyway.

    Charles is a bad ass action hero in these action movies I'm a fan of his Death Wish films I haven't seen him in a lot but I'm planing on trying to find more with him.

    I like in this story that he plays a secret service agent hired to protect the First lady who he doesn't really like, that I feel is a nice change of pace, then your typical standard story, it made for some nice levels of comedy.

    Overall, I give it a 6/10. It's just a fun action film that you can sit back enjoy, and see

    Charles Bronson kick some terrorist ass.

    Highly recommended.
    blackxmas

    ASSASSINATION pretty bad but pretty funny.

    This really is terrible yet I found myself laughing hysterically. Bad acting from the supporting characters, plot holes galore and a haphazard directing style that has to be seen to be believed. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it but for all the wrong reasons. It's worth a rental if you're in the mood for this sort of thing.
    4norbert-plan-618-715813

    A small slice of romantic comedy and anemic action sequences

    Charles Bronson gives us here almost a light interpretation. He is the chief bodyguard of the wife of the president of the USA. Of course she hates him. And of course some people try to assassinate him several times. Without revealing the evolution of the story, we can say that we are in the conventional and nothing surprises. Even the identity of the chief villain, which the typecasting designates from its first appearance.

    The action sequences, which come at regular intervals, are on the level of a TV movie from the 70s, anemic, unspectacular, lazy and poor. There is a clear lack of means and these action sequences look like DIY (at the time CGI porn was not widespread) without much success. But fortunately, the film is not there, but in the acting of Charles Bronson, who apart from his usual cop character has here a romantic dimension with two courtesans. The first, his colleague, Jan Gan Boyd, is ostentatious, even if this relationship is not very credible, but remains plausible, which finally provides some density to the whole. The second, with the president, played by Jill Ireland (whose dimension as Charles Bronson's wife in the city is impossible to ignore), which will evolve in the course of the story. Charles Bronson manages to have multiple facial expressions.
    7moviefreak2010

    An all right film from Charles

    I just saw this movie and the beginning started out pretty good and kind of funny between Ireland and Bronson. Just let you all know that I believe that Jill will go lethal with the shoe she had on if you mess with her so DON'T. But then at the middle of the movie, it had ups and downs. The first thing about it is that most of the action scenes go a little too fast and some of the non-action scenes go little fast too but other wise, the film is pretty good. Just to let you know that this is the last film that Charles and Jill are together and still do good being together in this film and I hope you you all enjoy the film.

    I give this a 7/10

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    • Trivia
      The original love scene between Bronson and Jan Gan Boyd called for Boyd to be partially nude, but Boyd wasn't confident she could perform the scene and was nervous. Although contracted to be nude, Boyd asked the producers if she could do the scene clothed. They agreed because she had the support of star Bronson, who was adamant she be clothed if she was not comfortable.
    • Goofs
      Presidential inaugurations are in January but footage of the motorcade shows trees in full summer bloom and people in summer clothing.
    • Quotes

      Lara Royce Craig: Do you speak English?

      Indian Joe: Do I look like some goddamned foreigner?

      Lara Royce Craig: I'm sorry.

      Indian Joe: Of course I speak English, also Creole, French, Spanish. I'm a native born American Indian, not some half breed immigrant like you all.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      March
      (uncredited)

      from Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

      Composed by Jay Chattaway

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    • Release date
      • January 9, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Assassin
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Cannon Group
      • Golan-Globus Productions
      • Major Studio Partners
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,075,793
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,787,449
      • Jan 11, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,075,793
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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