Assassin's Bullet (2012)

A short time ago, I was given a box of DVD's, some of which I have never even heard of. I have made a point not to be influenced by reviews, so made it a specific task of mine not to go on to IMDb until I have finished watching the movie. Sofia (or Assassins Bullet) was certainly a movie that I'd never heard of and, being a sucker for most movies filmed in continental Europe, thought I'd give it a view. When finishing the film, I have to admit to being surprised at the average rating on IMDb and the poor reviews. At the end of the day, it wasn't as bad as all that. I found it very intriguing and have to admit, without giving too much away, didn't suss about the belly dancer straight away. Elika Portnoy certainly turns in a very good performance as the female lead. It was good see Christian Slater as it seemed ages since I'd seen him and Donald Sutherland was what Donald Sutherland has become of late in his movies.......sly, artful, deceiptful. Is he one of the good guys...or is he bad. I think we all know which is favourite!! My main fault with the movie though is that there were certain areas where I actually worked out certain situations after I'd finished watching it.....important things that were never fully explained but needed to be. This is quite difficult to describe without giving plot spoilers, so I will stop there. Sofia was filmed in Bulgaria by a mostly Bulgarian crew. It certainly opened my eyes as to what a fascinating multi cultural country it is. I never realised...but given it's proximity to Turkey, i suppose I should have known better. Anyway, Sofia is certainly not the best film ever made and contrary to other reviews, it's definitely not the worst. This intriguing little thriller is definitely not a one star movie.

Slater and Sutherland in the same movie ... that couldn't be bad. It was worse than bad. What a terrible B-movie this was. For those who want to learn belly dancing, buy that movie. There's plenty of tutorials in.There are also some really ridiculous blunders: a VHS tape that catches fire after being thrown into boiling water. A teacher who exposes half her buttocks showing a tattoo there. Afterwards she appears to be the belly dancer, but where did that tattoo go?I had a flashback into the '80s when you could rent such crap movies by the hundreds at your local VHS rental store. Better forget about this real quicklyMore reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/

This was painful to watch, I sat through 42 minutes of this film and then gave up. The acting was horrible, the camera work was bad, and several things didn't even make sense. This is one of those films where you know the actors took their roles just to pay the bills, which is sad because I normally enjoy Christian Slater and Donald Sutherland. Also I really hate having to read subtitles, if you can speak English just do it, it's easier on the viewer! **SPOILER** Just one example of how stupid this film was, in the first 20 minutes of this film, a VHS tape is thrown into a post of boiling water and the tape catches on fire... that's how this movie works. Don't waste your time on this stinker.

Worst movie EVER! The storyline lacks creativity and basic understanding of other cultures. The movie attempts to link the mini-stories of seemingly unrelated people to make a coherent plot. However, it fails to do so in an extravagant fashion.Much of the movie is filled with useless and unrelated garbage that has no relevance to the main plot. The main character is basically irrelevant to the entire story. So is all the bellydancing, split personalities, psychiatrists and "good guys" who give such a prolonged and awkward evil look when first introduced, that you already know they're bad.Ugh...I can't believe I wasted my bandwidth downloading this.