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‘The Assassin(s)’ Review: A Riveting South Korean Popcorn Thriller About a Real Assassination

Variety · September 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM

‘The Assassin(s)’ Review: A Riveting South Korean Popcorn Thriller About a Real Assassination

Hur Jin-ho’s star-studded “The Assassin(s)” turns the holes in a public investigation into an imaginative mystery along the lines of Oliver Stone’s “JFK.” Like Stone’s provocative thriller, Hur crafts a clockwork political saga sure to spark curiosities about the attempted assassination of strongman

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‘The Assassin(s)’ Review: A Riveting South Korean Popcorn Thriller About a Real Assassination

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