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I went to this movie expecting to walk out within the first 30 minutes but surprisingly, I stayed and actually kinda enjoyed it. 

The premise - a guild of assassins formed 1000 years ago continue their tradition of killing under the guise of 'weavers'  yes, weavers. 

Something tells me that this movie was either a rip off from some old Chinese flick or that it just would have come off better as a mystic Chinese flick in the vein of Crouching Tiger or Shaolin soccer.  Add a few Asians in a movie and suddenly the idea of 'bending bullets' seems more realistic.  But add Angelina Jolie and James Mcavoy, the movie borders absurd. 

It's certainly a good summer for Morgan Freeman who plays leader of the guild (or Fraternity).  He hands down the assignments of whose to be killed and hilarity ensues.  We're given the gratuitous naked bum of Angelina which is always worth the price of admission.  And for the ladies (if your boyfriend happens to drag you to see it) you'll be extremely impressed with James' new athletic build.  It seems that being an assassin is a lot more physically enduring that being a Scottish doctor...(Last King Of Scotland).

If your life has no real meaning (like mine) then you'll take a small amount of pleasure in watching James' character (Wesley Gibson) making his transformation from an apathetic nobody who works as an accounts manager into a trained killing machine. 

It's a decent movie.  A hell of a lot better than my attempted review. 

Yes, yes, we all want Dr. Tom back...

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