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Assassins is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Richard Donner released in USA on 6 october 1995 with Sylvester Stallone
Assassins (1995)
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Add to a movie listAssassins is a 1995 American action thriller film directed and produced by Richard Donner, written by Andy and Lana Wachowski and also rewritten by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore. The Wachowskis stated that their script was "totally rewritten" by Helgeland, and that they tried to remove their names from the film but failed.
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Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone) is a paid assassin who wants nothing more than to get out of 'the business', haunted by the memory of murdering his own mentor Nicolai years ago. Rath is a quiet, morose professional who is on an assignment to kill someone when someone else gets to the 'mark' (the target) before he does. That person turns out to be Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas), a fellow assassin and a competitive sociopath.Actors
Sylvester Stallone
(Robert Rath)
Antonio Banderas
(Miguel Bain)
Julianne Moore
(Electra)
Muse Watson
(Ketcham)
Reed Diamond
(Bob)
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