History YMMV / AssassinsCreed2016

* CompleteMonster: [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition Tomás de Torquemada]] manages to add more to his already vast resume of atrocities found in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII: Discovery''. He has already caused the [[ThePurge annihilation of the Spanish Assassins]], including its mentor, where he put them all up on stake to be [[ManOnFire burned alive]] for the [[PublicExecution public to watch]]. He also has a boy from one of the the villages he had just [[RapePillageAndBurn destroyed]] watch the execution, and [[PragmaticVillainy he only spares him because he is the son of King Muhammad XII and served as a bargaining chip]] to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Apple of Eden]]; even then after he reunites the son with his father it was implied, as a way to test its powers, that he was going to use the Apple to have them kill each other.

** For Spaniards or people interested in the Spanish culture, the queen Isabella I of Castile sporting facepaint and an auto-da-fé being staged with dancers in pagan-style goat masks can stretch the limits of the historic artistic license the film runs on.

* HeReallyCanAct: Javier Gutiérrez was heavily PlayingAgainstType when he was cast as Torquemada, as although he had just won a Goya Award in a gritty drama film, he was and still is mostly known in Spain for his comedic roles. Thus, there were naturally many people who doubted he could give a convincing impression of such an important villain, and some even feared he could drag down the entire film with his failure. However, after the film came out, even those who still disliked the cast choice conceded he had given a brilliant performance as the wicked Torquemada, or at least that he had managed to capture the baddie's essence much better than expected.

** Back when the uber-popular Spanish TV series ''Series/AguilaRoja'' premiered in 2009, its producers were accused of copying the Assassin look for the title character and the plot of the games for the first season's arc, with some critics being harsh enough to call the series a poor "''Assassin's Creed'' in Spain". Comes 2016, and not only the official ''Assassin's Creed'' movie is set in Spain, but a member of ''Águila Roja'''s main cast, Javier Gutiérrez, even appears in it.

** For Spaniards or people interested in the Spanish culture, the sight of a queen Isabella I of Castile sporting facepaint and an Inquisitorial public execution being staged with dancers in pagan-style goat masks can be as shocking as hilarious.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The real life Alonso de Ojeda became a conqueror of the Americas after the battle of Granada and was a personal enemy of Christopher Columbus. In the film, they are respectively a Templar and a member of the Assassins, which presented a wonderful chance to connect with real history and explain that Ojeda actually sailed to the Americas on the chase of Columbus and the Fruit of Knowledge. However, here Ojeda is instead killed in Granada in a bad case of ArtisticLicenseHistory and this possibility is never used.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Assassin sections and the plotlines about Granada and the Apple of Eden have much less screen time than the modern portion and are less explored, but they were unanimously considered the best part of the film, and both fans and detractors of the final product acknowledged they all would have wanted to see more of it. This incidentally [[HistoryRepeats is an echo of the complaints]] the very first ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' received.

** The crowd being the video game movie adaptation fanbase. The teaser also convinced many that this film is going above and beyond in honouring its source material, more so than past attempts like ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' and ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', to name a few.

* FunnyMoments:
** The scene of Young Callum crashing his bike feels like something more from a ''VideoGame/{{Trials}}'' movie.
** When Abstergo security calls everyone to lunch, they tell Cal that they recommend the chicken. Cal instead orders steak, which causes the entire facility to gossip. Apparently, in the war between Assassins and Templars, a man's choice of protein is SeriousBusiness.

** When the Abstergo security calls everyone to lunch, they tell Cal that they recommend the chicken. Cal instead orders steak, which causes the entire facility to suddenly gossip. Apparently, in the war between Assassins and Templars, a man's choice of protein is SeriousBusiness.

* FunnyMoments: The scene of Young Callum crashing his bike feels like something more from a ''VideoGame/{{Trials}}'' movie.

* MemeticMutation: The choice of setting led to Creator/MontyPython jokes almost immediately. Why? Because '''''NOBODY''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf_Y4MbUCLY expects the Spanish Inquisition!]]''

* MemeticMutation: The choice of setting led to Creator/MontyPython jokes almost immediately. Why? Because '''''NOBODY''' expects the Spanish Inquisition!''

** Back when the Spanish TV series ''Series/AguilaRoja'' premiered in 2009, its producers were accused of copying the Assassin look for the title character and the plot of the games for the first season's arc, with some critics being harsh enough to call the series a poor "''Assassin's Creed'' in Spain". Comes 2016, and not only the official ''Assassin's Creed'' movie is set in Spain, but a member of ''Águila Roja'''s main cast even appears in it.

* CompleteMonster: [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition Tomás de Torquemada]] manages to add more to his already vast resume of atrocities found in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII: Discovery''. He has already caused the [[ThePurge annihilation of the Spanish Assassins]], including its mentor, where he put them all up on stake to be [[ManOnFire burned alive]] for the [[PublicExecution public to watch]]. He also has a boy from one of the the villages he had just [[RapePillageAndBurn destroyed]] watch the execution, and [[PragmaticVillainy he only spares him because he is the son of King Muhammad XII and served as a bargaining chip]] to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Apple of Eden]]; even then after he reunites the son with his father it was implied, by judging the look of his face, that he was going to use the Apple to have them kill each other.

** Moussa and Nathan are very loyal to the Assassins while their ancestors, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Baptiste]] and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag Duncan Walpole]], betrayed the Brotherhood and joined the Templars. It adds an extra helping when you remember this isn't the first time loyalties changed throughout bloodlines: Edward eventually joined the Assassin's, Haytham joined the Templar's, and Connor rebuilt the Coloniel Assassins.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In the US, it's a bomb, having only made $54 million out of its $125 million budget. However, its foreign receipts ''by themselves'' are ''$185'' million, making it the fourth most popular video game movie ever made.[[note]]when counting foreign receipts - most rating sites only count domestic profits when scoring films[[/note]] It earned fifth of that money in China and Russia alone (23.3 and 16.3 millions, respectively). However, it should be noted lion share of revenue in almost all foreign markets was generated in the opening week, suggesting a really awful word-of-mouth.

** Moussa and Nathan are very loyal to the Assassins while their ancestors, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation Baptiste]] and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag Duncan Walpole]], betrayed the Brotherhood and joined the Templars. Adds an extra helping when you remember this issn't the first time loyalties changed throughout bloodlines: Edward eventually joined the Assassin's, Haytham joined the Templar's, and Connor rebuilt the Coloniel Assassins.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: All it takes to take down Rikkin is for Callum to sneak up behind him and slit his throat at the end. Though this may be justified considering Rikkin is a NonActionBigBa, it still comes across as disappointing for people [[TheUnfought hoping to at least come across him in person in the games]]. Then again the games are known for their anti-climactic boss fights as well, so in that respects it's true to the text]].

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: All it takes to take down Rikkin is for Callum to sneak up behind him and slit his throat at the end. Though this may be justified considering Rikkin is a NonActionBigBad. It still comes across as disappointing for people [[TheUnfought hoping to at least come across him in person in the games]]. Then again the games are known for their anti-climactic boss fights as well, so in that respects it's true to the text]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The real life Alonso de Ojeda became a conqueror of the Americas after the battle of Granada and was a personal enemy of Christopher Columbus. In the film, they are respectively a Templar and a member of the Assassins, which would give a wonderful chance to connect with real history and explain that Ojeda actually sailed to the Americas on the chase of Columbus and the Fruit of Knowledge. However, here Ojeda is instead killed in Granada in a bad case of ArtisticLicenseHistory and this possibility is never used.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: ZigZagged, but still notable. As a videogame movie, the film was automatically expected to fail both in box office and in reviews, and some of its elements, like Torquemada's casting choice in Spain, were seen with particular skepticism. However, while critics lived it up to the predictions and panned it, while it bombed in home box-office, the movie ''still'' made back almost twice of its production budget from foreign markets, got away with the cast criticisms and the studio green-lighted a film trilogy, considering it still profitable enough to bother.[[note]]To explain in detail: A big-budget movie that bombs in home market and needs foreign revenue to recoup even its own production cost is by default considered a financial failure for the studio (revenue from foreign markets is always hampered by extra sets of taxes and splitting profits with a wide range of distributors, so the final figure made abroad is far away from what the studio actually earns). However, the movie made back money in the end, while production costs of any sequels are going to be cheaper due to contracting. Not only was a license from Ubisoft was bought and paid already (less money to spend), but also actors are by default contracted for possible sequels, cutting down on the issue of casting. Since it proved quite successful in Germany and the UK, it further encourages the use of tax cuts for filmmakers, making production even cheaper. It's not the film making a lot of money that's attractive to the studio, but the fact it can potentially earn similar sums at much lower investments in case of a sequel. It also helps that it's now possible to collect data in which foreign markets it performed the best, thus further targeting them in production and marketing process, both increasing potential revenue and making advertising more efficient.[[/note]]

* HeReallyCanAct: Javier Gutiérrez was heavily PlayingAgainstType when he was cast as Torquemada, as although he had just won a Goya Award in a gritty drama film, he was and still is mostly known in Spain for his comedic roles. Thus, there were naturally many people who doubted he could give a convincing impression of such an important villain, and some even feared he could drag down the entire film with his failure. However, after the film came out, even those who still disliked the cast choice conceded he had given a brilliant performance, or at least that he had managed to capture Torquemada's essence ''much'' better than expected.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: ZigZagged, but still notable. As a videogame movie, the film was automatically expected to fail both in box office and in reviews, and some of its elements, like Torquemada's casting choice in Spain, were seen with particular skepticism. However, while critics lived it up to the predictions and panned it, while it bombed in home box-office, the movie ''still'' made back almost twice of its production budget from foreign markets, got away with the cast criticisms and the studio green-lighted a film trilogy, considering it still profitable enough to bother.[[note]]To explain in detail: A big-budget movie that bombs in home market and needs foreign one to recoup even own production cost is by default considered a financial failure for the studio (revenue from foreign market is always hampered by extra set of taxes and splitting profits with wide range of distributors, so the final figure made abroad is far away from what studio actually earns). However, the movie made back money in the end, while production costs of any sequels are going to be cheaper due to contracting. Not only a license from Ubisoft was bought and paid already (less money to spend), but also actors are by default contracted for possible sequels, cutting out the issue of casting. Since it proved quite successful in Germany and UK, it further encourages to use the famous tax cuts for filmmakers, making production even cheaper. It's not the film making a lot of money that's attractive to the studio, but the fact it can potentially earn similar sum at much lower investment in case of sequel. It also helps it's now possible to collect data in which foreign markets it performed the best, thus further targetting them in production and marketing process, both increasing potential revenue and making advertising more efficient.[[/note]]

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Somewhat downplayed, but still notable. As a videogame movie, the film was automatically expected to fail both in box office and in reviews, and some of its elements, like Torquemada's casting choice in Spain, were seen with particular skepticism. However, while critics lived it up to the predictions and panned it, the move still made back almost twice of its budget, got away with the cast criticisms and opened the door to a film trilogy.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In the US, it's a bomb, having only made $54 million out of its $125 million budget. However, its foreign receipts ''by themselves'' are ''$185'' million, making it the fourth most popular video game movie ever made.[[note]]when counting foreign receipts - most rating sites only count domestic profits when scoring films[[/note]]

* CriticProof: The film generally received bad reviews. One of the most positive called it [[DamnedByFaintPraise "the best video game movie ever" and acknowledged that this was a backhanded compliment.]] Yet despite opening within a week of ''Film/RogueOne'', it made '''$240 million''', ''$185'' million of that internationally.

** Back when the Spanish TV series ''Series/AguilaRoja'' premiered in 2009, its producers were accused of copying the Assassin look for the title character and the plot of the games for the first season's arc, with some critics being harsh enough to call the series a poor "''Assassin's Creed'' on Spain". Comes 2016, and not only the official ''Assassin's Creed'' movie is set on Spain, but a member of ''Águila Roja'''s main cast even appears on it.

** From the first trailer, Kanye West's "I am a God" is strange and out of place. From the second trailer, Marion Cotillard's line, "Welcome to the Spanish Inquisition!" was seen as way too silly to be said with a straight face.

** For Spaniards or somebody interested in the Spanish culture, the sights of a queen Isabella I of Castile wearing facepaint and an Inquisitorial public execution being staged with dancers in pagan-style goat masks can be as shocking as hilarious.
* NarmCharm: Aguilar and María performing simultaneous Leap of Faith poses before inserting themselves in the chamber where the Apple of Eden is guarded. Ridiculous? Yes. ''Awesome?'' Too.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The general opinion between viewers who are neither fans of the games nor professional critics. They usually critize the erratic pace, boring ending and what is perceived as videogame style over film substance, not to mention the fact the entire cast TookTheBadFilmSeriously, while in the same time tend to praise the breakneck action scenes and significantly good cinematography.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general opinion between viewers who are neither fans of the games nor professional critics. They usually critize the erratic pace, boring ending and what is perceived as videogame style over film substance, while also tend to praise the breakneck action scenes, significantly good cinematography and the fact that the entire cast TookTheBadFilmSeriously.

* CompleteMonster: [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition Tomás de Torquemada]], manages to add more to his already vast resume of atrocities found in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII: Discovery''. He has already caused the [[ThePurge annihilation of the Spanish Assassins]], including its mentor, where he put them all up on stake to be [[ManOnFire burned alive]] for the [[PublicExecution public to watch]]. He also has a boy from one of the the villages he had just [[RapePillageAndBurn destroyed]] watch the execution, and [[PragmaticVillainy he only spares him because he is the son of King Muhammad XII and served as a bargaining chip]] to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Apple of Eden]]; even then after he reunites the son with his father it was implied that he was going to use the Apple to have them kill each other simply by judging the look of his face.

* CompleteMonster: [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition Tomás de Torquemada]], who also appears in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII: Discovery'', has already caused the [[ThePurge annihilation of the Spanish Assassins]], including its mentor, where he put them all up on stake to be [[ManOnFire burned alive]] for the [[PublicExecution public to watch]]. When he has a boy from one of the the villages he had just [[RapePillageAndBurn destroyed]] watch the execution, [[PragmaticVillainy he only spares him because he is the son of King Muhammad XII and served as a bargaining chip]] to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Apple of Eden]]. Fanatical, radical, and ultimately tyrannical, Tomás de Torquemada served as one of the order's most vile members, representing all of their [[ControlFreak worst qualities]] yet none of their [[WellIntentionedExtremist better ones]].

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Somewhat downplayed, but still notable. As all videogame movies, the film was automatically expected to fail both in box office and in reviews, and some of its elements, like Torquemada's casting choice in Spain, were seen with particular skepticism. However, while critics lived it up to the predictions and panned it, the move still made back almost twice of its budget, got away with the cast criticisms and opened the door to a film trilogy.

* CriticProof: The film generally received bad reviews. One of the most positive called it "the best video game movie ever" and acknowledged that this was a backhanded compliment. Yet despite opening within a week of ''Film/RogueOne'', it made '''$240 million''', ''$185'' million of that internationally.

** Whenever Callum entered the machine, the film keeps cutting back into the present day segment with Callum's mimicking his ancestor's movements. It harms the epicness of the action scenes sort of like seeing the wires in {{wuxia}} style movies.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Zi-zagged. Early reviews on Website/RottenTomatoes and Metacritic have the movie sitting at scores of 18% likes (with an average score of 4.1/10) and 37/100 respectively, suggesting that it hasn't succeeded in its attempt to WinBackTheCrowd. The general problem most critics had was that the movie's action scenes could not save the lacking story or characters. On the other hand, its IMDB score is far better at 6.9/10 - it's [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more popular in foreign markets]]. Also, audiences polled by [=CinemaScore=] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

* CriticProof: The film has generally received bad reviews. One of the most positive called it "the best video game movie ever" and acknowledged that this was a backhanded compliment. Yet despite opening within a week of ''Film/RogueOne'', it made '''$240 million''', ''$185'' million of that internationally.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Early reviews on Website/RottenTomatoes and Metacritic have the movie sitting at scores of 18% likes (with an average score of 4.1/10) and 37/100 respectively, suggesting that it hasn't succeeded in its attempt to WinBackTheCrowd. The general problem most critics had was that the movie's action scenes could not save the lacking story or characters. On the other hand, its IMDB score is far better at 6.9/10 - it's [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff more popular in foreign markets]]. Also, audiences polled by [=CinemaScore=] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

* CriticProof: The film has generally received bad reviews. One of the most positive called it "the best video game movie ever" and acknowledged that this was a backhanded compliment. Yet as of February 1st 2017, it has made ''$210'' million despite opening within a week of ''Film/RogueOne'', ''$155'' million of that made internationally. By March 7th 2017, the number increased to ''$238'' million. The total gross continued to increase throughout the month of March.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In the US, it's a bomb, having only made $54 million out of its $125 million budget by February. However, its foreign receipts ''by themselves'' are ''$155'' million after just two months, making it one of the top ten video game movies ever made.