The Assignment
About The Assignment
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
The Assignment is a 2016 crime thriller film directed by Walter Hill. Its themes are sex change, revenge, gangster, and assassin.
Michelle Rodriguez appears as Frank Kitchen, Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Rachel Kay, Tony Shalhoub as Dr. Ralph Galen, and Caitlin Gerard as Johnnie. It runs 95 minutes and was released in June 2016.
The screenplay is by Denis Hamill and Walter Hill. In the United States it streams on Philo.
Léon: The Professional, The Equalizer, and Wild Target make useful companions to The Assignment. TMDB voters put it at 5.5 out of 10 across 574 votes and it carries a R rating.