Assassins
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 19, 2021
- Originally Released: 2020
- Label: Greenwich
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Ryan White | |
Composition by | Blake Neely |
Entertainment Reviews:
100%
TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 7
A fascinating and exhaustive journalistic investigation that allows you to understand both the humane and political consequences of a chilling event. [Full review in Spanish]
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La Estatuilla
Here, White plays it straight, and deftly untangles the different webs of meaning and implication, political, social and otherwise, to draw us into Siti and Doan's worlds, to understand how the girls were tricked and used as pawns in a deadly North Korean family feud.
RogerEbert.com
It's a Kafka-esque and sometimes darkly comic tale of deception and exploitation that makes for a smartly assembled and eminently topical film that arrives at a crucial juncture in world affairs...
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Hollywood Reporter
As you watch the movie, I promise that there are moments when your jaw will drop.
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Variety
Rating: B --
"Assassins" finds its pulse in the fact that it was filmed in media res, before the dust had settled on this strange ordeal, and the perspective of Siti's counsel proves invaluable during the trial.
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indieWire
Rating: A- --
Ryan White's fascinating documentary chronicles plays like a political thriller with tragic consequences for the two women at its center.
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Collider
[A] lively but sinister page-turner of a documentary....ASSASSINS takes a relatively recent news scandal and reassembles it into an illuminating big picture.
Variety
Product Description:
Raw footage and emotional testimonies tell the story of the Vietnamese and Indonesian women charged with the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea. As the women's trials unfold in court, documentary filmmaker Ryan White analyzes the evidence levied against them, questioning the extent of their involvement amidst the tumultuous political climate of North Korea.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 63,499
- UPC: 738329252359
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