The Assassination Bureau

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1969 • 112 min • Action · Adventure · Crime · Comedy · Thriller

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Synopsis

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.

Our family guide

Best from age 10

Movie Knight Score

94 reviews

67 Audience · 94 · 100%

In 1908, a spirited journalist uncovers a secret society of assassins who claim to operate for justice. When she commissions the head of the bureau to be killed, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins across Europe, challenging the bureau's own morality.

Violence & peril: 4/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 2/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 3/10

Heads up

Stylized violence with some explosions and fights
Characters consume alcohol and tobacco
Themes of assassination and double-crossing

What it models well

Standing up for justice
Questioning authority
Courage in the face of danger

Talk about it after

What makes a cause just or unjust?
The morality of violence, even for a good reason
How different cultures view justice

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