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Assassination Games

Name: Assassination Games
Director: Ernie Barbarash
Released: 2011
Duration: 101 min

Representation Score

3.8/10

Limited

2011

Director

Ernie Barbarash

Runtime

101 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Assassination Games is a traditional genre piece that emphasizes masculine action and conventional thriller elements over diverse storytelling. The narrative structure relies on revenge and professional contract themes without addressing social issues. The film's portrayal is limited by its focus on individual motivations. Characters often act as catalysts for the male protagonists' stories rather than as fully developed, diverse individuals with their own choices. Overall, the film operates within a narrow framework of crime drama, showing little effort to challenge social hierarchies or offer meaningful representation for underrepresented groups.

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Category Breakdown

Does Assassination Games have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not include any queer narratives or non-cisgender identities. It centers on a heterosexual relationship between the protagonist and his wife.

How does Assassination Games portray gender?

Limited

The story focuses on the bond between two male assassins, while women are portrayed mainly as vulnerable figures, such as a comatose wife, rather than independent characters.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Assassination Games?

Fair

While the name 'Brazil' hints at potential diversity, there is no clear evidence of a multi-ethnic cast. The film leans toward standard thriller archetypes without disrupting racial homogeneity.

How does Assassination Games represent religion and culture?

Limited

The storyline follows typical crime thriller conventions involving corrupt law enforcement and criminal underworlds. It does not provide a critical look at diverse cultural or secular perspectives.

Does Assassination Games include disability representation?

Minimal

A character's coma serves as a plot device to heighten emotional tension. The use of a medical condition as a plot device lacks depth and ability to act for the character.

Present on Screen

The character name 'Brazil' hints at a potential for diverse casting within a global crime setting.

Limited or Absent

Women are used primarily as emotional motivators rather than as independent characters.
Disability is employed as a mere plot device for character motivation.
The film lacks queer narratives or non-cisgender identities.
The narrative does not provide a meaningful critique of systemic or cultural institutions.

Official Synopsis

Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.

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