If you loved Crown Vic, try The Assassin

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Crown Vic, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Assassin is

You train as an assassin, tasked to kill corrupt governors in ninth-century China, but you hesitate. Your master then orders you home to eliminate the man you were promised to: your cousin. Hou Hsiao-hsien uses precise, painterly compositions. It lingers in the memory.

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