The Assignment (I) (2016)
7/10
Deserves a better rank
11 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I'd never heard of this, happened upon it on HBO. Someone else here said this is a weird movie and worth watching, and that review made me give it a chance. Glad I did. Weird movie indeed. Michelle Rodriguez does an amazing job in this role. I didn't think they'd pull it off so well. Spoilers after this point. Definitely quit reading if you haven't seen it and plan to. Let it be a surprise.

In the scenes when Frank wakes up as a woman, the acting is great. How she leaves her robe open like someone new to being a woman would. How she moves like a man throughout the movie, and gotta love the huge penis shot while frank is still a man. What a fun role for Rodriguez, walking around with that thing. Also, seeing her acting like a man after she's a woman is fun. So out of place to see a woman wrecking up the place in anger, or even just being so direct and rude for a woman, but normal for a man.

Overall the movie is a 6, but I give it an extra point for its uniqueness and because people are rating it too harshly. It's entertaining throughout. It falls between categories, it's not a great action movie, but it's a good concept movie. You'll think about it multiple times in the weeks after seeing it. I suspect some men are made uncomfortable by the movie and it lost points for lacking sexy sex scenes. Cmon guys, it has nudity, just go with it. It's a fun movie.

Like someone on here already said, it's weird and worth watching if you like weird movies.
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