RATINGS
IMDb- 6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes- 17%
My Reviewal- 4/5
PLOT
In 1492, during the
Spanish Inquisition, Aguilar de Nerha is accepted into the Assassin's
Brotherhood, a secret order of assassins that for centuries have opposed the Templar Order.
His ring finger is cut off to make way for his hidden blade, and he is given a
mission to protect the Prince of Granada.
In 1986, Callum Lynch
returns home to find his mother dead at the hand of his father, Joseph Lynch, a
modern-day member of the Assassin Order. As gunmen led by Alan Rikkin, CEO of
the Abstergo Foundation - a modern day Templar front - approach to capture
Joseph, he orders his son to run.
Thirty years later, in 2016,
Callum is due to be executed for the killing of a pimp who tried to mug him; he
is rescued from his own execution (his death being faked) by the Abstergo
Foundation and transported to their facility in Madrid, Spain. There he learns
that they are searching for the Apple of Eden, created by an ancient
civilization, which contains the genetic code for free will, in order to put an
end to the disease that is violence by subjugating the human race. The
company's head scientist, Dr. Sophia Rikkin, reveals that Callum is a
descendant of Aguilar and conscripts him to the Animus Project, in which Callum
is connected to a machine that allows him to relive Aguilar's genetic memories
so that Abstergo can learn the current whereabouts of the Apple of Eden.
In Andalusia, Spain Aguilar and his partner Maria are
deployed to rescue Prince Ahmed de Granada, who has been kidnapped by the
leader of the Templars, Tomas de Torquemada, to coerce Prince Ahmed's father,
Sultan Muhammad XII, to surrender the Apple of
Eden. Aguilar and Maria intercept the chariot transporting Ahmed but are then
overpowered and captured by Torquemada's enforcer, Ojeda, just as Callum is
pulled out of the Animus by Sophia.
In captivity, Callum
befriends other descendants of assassins, led by Moussa, the descendant of an
18th-century Haitian Assassin named Baptiste, and begins experiencing
hallucinations (dubbed ‘the Bleeding Effect’) of both Aguilar and his father.
Callum and Sophia build a rapport over their sessions, in which Sophia reveals
herself as the daughter of Alan Rikkin, Abstergo's CEO, and confides with
Callum that her mother was likewise murdered by an Assassin.
Back in the Animus, Aguilar
and Maria are scheduled for execution, but Aguilar manages to free himself and
Maria, leading to a rooftop chase in which they perform a Leap of Faith to
escape. Callum’s mind reacts violently to the session, and he is temporarily
paralyzed. He then learns that his father, Joseph, is also present at the
facility. Confronting Joseph for the death of his mother, Callum is informed
that as a result of the Bleeding Effect, his and Aguilar's memories are
merging, allowing Callum to tap into Aguilar's combat abilities; he also learns
that Callum's own mother was an Assassin who chose to die by Joseph's hand,
rather than be subjected to the Animus by the Templars. Despite his father
pleading with Callum not to re-enter the Animus, Callum vows to destroy the
Assassin's Creed by finding the Apple. Meanwhile, Alan is pressured by his
superior, Ellen Kaye, to shut down the Animus Project due to its lack of
results, leading Sophia to realize Alan cares more about the eradication of the
Assassins than using the Apple of Eden to rid the world of violence.
Callum willingly enters the
Animus once again, whereupon Aguilar and Maria ambush a meeting between
Muhammad and Ojeda to exchange Ahmed for the Apple of Eden. They succeed in
killing the Templars and retrieving the Apple of Eden, though Ojeda captures
Maria in order to force Aguilar to surrender it, but Maria chooses death, and
Ojeda fatally stabs her before Aguilar kills him in return. Aguilar then
escapes, performing another Leap of Faith, the force of which causes the Animus
to which Callum is connected to violently malfunction. Aguilar then gives the
Apple of Eden to Christopher Columbus, who promises to take the
Apple to his grave. Meanwhile, Moussa and the other Assassin prisoners start a
riot in order to escape the facility.
Callum stands in the Animus
chamber and is met with the projections of a number of his Assassin ancestors,
including Aguilar, his father Joseph, and his mother. Callum fully embraces his
Assassin heritage and, having fully assimilated his ancestor’s memories and
abilities, joins the Assassins in escaping the facility.
Alan Rikkin and his
followers, having retrieved the Apple, then converge in a Templar sanctuary in
London to perform a ceremony celebrating the artifact's retrieval. Inside the
sanctuary, a disillusioned Sophia meets with Callum, who has come to take the
Apple, and she reluctantly allows him to act. Callum sneaks behind Rikkin and
kills him to retrieve the Apple of Eden, whereupon the Assassins depart, vowing
to once again protect it. Horrified by her father's death and how she played a
role in it, Sophia vows revenge upon Callum.
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