Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Historical
Director: James Cameron
Writer: Meirad Tako
Based on the video game series
Cast: Yoshi Sudarso, Iko Uwais, Sean Harris, Lea Seydoux, Yayan Ruhian, Karl Glusman, Liu Yifei, Christian Berkel, Joe Taslim, Michael Caine
Plot : Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 2019. Dodi 'Brian' Mulyo (Yoshi Sudarso), a racer who is racing in Circuito de Jerez. He's alone with the distance between him and the racer on position number 2 is 300 meters. Everything is fine, but suddenly he fell from his bike. The spectators scream hysterically because the sudden event that occur too fast, two yellow flags raised and the racers slowed down and let the medical car to take Dodi away.
Dodi can see nothing but blur, he only can hear the sound of people and the medic car's siren. A few second later he completely went black and can't hear anything from the outside world.
After days and days just looking at the dark 'screen' he finally open his eyes, the first thing that he see is the dark metal ceiling. He look around, there many depressed-look people with white uniform same with the uniform that he uses. He starts to think about what had happened to him, the last thing that he remember is he was on his bike, he lead the race just 300 more meters to win the race until something 'Stung' his neck then he went black.
While thinking, a big metal door in front of his bed opened and a woman walks in. She start a conversation with Dodi, she says that her name is Prof. Ascelina Belmont (Lèa Seydoux). She ask Dodi to walk with her. They walk across a hall that is full of people with a white uniform just like him. She explain him that anyone with white uniform including Dodi, is a person that are predicted has a bond from the past that probably had a contact with the 'people' from the first civilization. Dodi doesn't really get it and just nodding his head and 'hm'ing all the way.
They arrived on another room, it is a not too big room with 2 'unique' beds and on one of the bed lies a topless guy with some weird wire attached to his body, he is sweating really bad. Suddenly, a stranger with white coat appear before Dodi. He introduce himself as Prof. Vsevolod (Sean Harris) and as the mentor of all Professors in the Abstergo industries. He also explain about the weird bed. It is the Animus Version 1.9.9.7, it is a device that can take the important DNA called Gegonota that 'Swim' inside the human body and with a special machine that also crafted with Animus can projecting the memories of the DNA. And in this case. Both of Dodi and Joshua (Karl Glusman) (the guy that's lying on the bed) is an important people. And to prove that Dodi has to provide them with his DNA to be projected by the Animus.
Dodi agree, he put off his shirt and starts to lie on the bed. Prof. Vsevolod and Prof. Ascelina attaching some wire to Dodi's body. After that Dodi has to be relax and let the blood flow without any rush so the Gegonota DNA is easily taken by the needle that is on his body because of the wire that was attached to his body. Dodi inhale and exhale the oxygen slowly and gently until he can see some white sparks although he is closing his eyes and a few second later the sparks become just a white 'screen'.
After Dodi get the reaction of 'Disappearing' Prof. Vsevolod attach one more wire from Joshua's head to Dodi's head and hopping that his plan works as smooth as an ice cream. Then he look at the blank tv that starts blaring.
Jakarta, Indonesia, 1965. The smoke of a burning buildings are raised to the sky, the people is running angrily. Thousands of dead body lies on the road with the blood covering their body, the people with mass amount rush to the main office of the Indonesian Communist Party (Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI)) at Kramat street, Central Jakarta. The communist was accused to kill 7 flag officers that starts in the 30 September 1965 to the morning of 1 October 1965 and going to start a coup. So the general military, Soeharto. Starts to spread the news and flick the anger of people and hunt down the Communist Party.
Between the random angry people, there's one guy wearing a white robes with hood that cover his head and shadowing his face so people will hardly recognize him. He walk slowly in to the office, many armed member of the party surprised by his calm walk in. With revolver Smith & Wesson Model 67 in both of his hands.
He starts to shoot the member with both of his revolvers brutally. The blood and brain that was spread out of blown head are everywhere. After shooting and out of bullet, he take out a black dagger from his waist. The Communist Member shooting him with Colt m16. The rain of bullet throw him until he smashed the wall cause of the force that he got from the bullets, but he stand up again. No one believe what they've just saw. With the silence moment like this. He move fast and cuts the throats of the member.
After everyone on the room died, he continued to the leaders room. He was welcomed with a shotgun to the head. The shot of shotgun threw his metal mask and tear his hood apart. The leader of Indonesian Communist Party, DN Aidit (Joe Taslim) can't believe that the guy that gonna end his life is his best friend, Ton 'Anton' Ilham (Yayan Ruhiyan). Aidit un-aims his shotgun, he convinces Anton to spear his life so that he can make Indonesia a better country.
Anton, can't believe the word that Aidit throws at him. Anton tell him every bad thing the communist had done to the country. Communist doesn't fit to Indonesia, Indonesia is a large multi-ethnicity country. To 'flat' these ethnicity and say everyone can have someone's thing equally, even their wives is not gonna work and never going to work not just in Indonesia but also in the world.
Aidit is angry because his belief was disagreed by someone that doesn't understand it and starts to aim his shotgun to Anton's head. Anton walk slowly toward him with hidden-blade that already shows it's 'eye'. Aidit shot his gun to Anton's head. Some blueish spark occur and Anton successfully dogde Aidit's bullets and stab him on the throat and heart. Blood started to flow out of his mouth. Anton kicked him to the wall, Aidit's dying body try to say something slowly and unclearly.
"Indonesia tidak akan merasakan perdamai, bahkan jika Soeharto memimpin Indonesia (Indonesia will never feel peace, even if Soeharto lead Indonesia)"
Anton also say something but nothing out from his mouth, instead the sound of blaring tv.
Abstergo Industries, 2019. Dodi slowly opens his eyes, he blink a couple of time to adjust the lamp light to his eyes. He asked Prof. Ascelina what happened and what is the movie-like vision that he saw. Prof. Ascelina just keep her mouth shut and convince Dodi that Prof. Vsevolod will explain what he saw. He look at Joshua's body for a while. Joshua just lie on the bed with no sign of waking like him.
Dodi sent back to his room but this time, he is alone. He was going to sleep when a someone stood before him. He is a bit transparent and wondering in the room. Dodi was going to ask who he is before he disappeared.
Tanjung Priok, Indonesia, 1966. Anton has just finished assassinate a 'big-boss' that rule the city with iron arm. He stabbed him in the eyeballs and shot his heart. Anton was going to leave but he saw a kid that he knew the son of the big boss but the kid is only made by some weird computer program. He's looking at Anton deeply and stated that he already know that Anton is coming when his vision turned blue, he say that with blaring voice. Anton say nothing and leave him but before he leave. He gives him a necklace with Assassin"s Symbol.
Abstergo Industries, Somewhere, 2019. Dodi wakes up and get up slowly. He shakes his head a bit because of the headache that he got. After that he's thinking about some weird feeling that he got by the kid. He somewhat feel a bond with it, although the kid is only a computer program looking kid.
The big door once again opened and Prof. Ascelina ask him to walk with her again to the hall. There many people just don't move, they're looking at the floor with a 'dark' eyes and no sign of life in them. Ascelina left him for a while, while she's going somewhere because she received a call from Prof. Vsevolod. The situation just 'normal' when Prof. Ascelina is in the room but after she left the room. The people there looking at Dodi and approaching him. Dodi confuse cause they all talk different thing at once, but he managed to catch some of them. They say that he is the boy that can save the world and he is the greatest connection to the truth and something about his father. He doesn't even who his father was cause he was adopted since he still a baby and doesn't know anything about who his father or mother.
When the footsteps of Prof. Ascelina sound near from them, they get back to the 'depressed-looked' mode.
Prof. Ascelina bring him to another different room that filled by some old paper on the wall and a hologram projection who wear a white robe with red scarf that had a symbol with triangle shape with hidden blade on the right hand and dagger on his other hand. Prof. Vsevolod stand beside it and explain Dodi who is it. He is the current Master Assassin, he who was gifted the eternal youth and strength by the creator of human. He who keep the key of the world in his head. He is the important person that only Dodi can show to them. Dodi is just silence but he start to think, if the DNA was brought by the parents could that guy is his dad.
Prof. Ascelina bring him back to the animus room. Before he lies on the animus, he ask Prof. AscelIna where Joshua is and Prof. Ascelina tell that his part is done so he was brought back to his place and she say the word 'graveyard' as low as she can and Dodi couldn't hear that and lie on the Animus.
Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1984. The loud noise of gun shot from country apparature to people that doing demonstration and criticize the president but the president doesn't like it and order his man to shut them but instead of calming the demonstrator the president order his man to shoot them. Between the demonstrator that fall one by one there's one young man still shouting their thought and critique although other demonstrator starts to run and left him alone. With a sign on his hand he shout about what they want although all apparature are surrounding him with a rifle to his head, he was beaten by the apparatures until he is dying and thrown to the nearest river. His body floats while the force of water bring his body with them.
Few Hours later, Central Jakarta. Anton is walking on the river side until he saw a body floating on the water he immediately save him from the river and take the body to the river side. The young man woke up and cannot remember what had happened. Anton decided to bring him to his house because he recognize the necklace that the kid is wearing, it is the necklace that he gave 18 years ago to the kid after he killed his father.
He brings him to his house, there they welcomed by a Chinese girl. Anton told him that her name is Shun Ling (Liu Yifei) his adopted daughter. They get in to the the dining room because Shun had prepared the dinner. They sit on the chair and enjoy the simple dinner, after that Shun ask Anton to talk privately and they go out.
Shun ask her mentor why did he brought him here. She's afraid that he is a spy or something like that. But Anton ensure her that it won't happen. She can do nothing but agree although she still worry.
They get in again and the young man still sit. Anton tell him that he cannot call him if he doesn't know his own name, so he offer him a name and he accept it. Now his name is Satria (Iko Uwais).
He live as normal as anyone else but he's wondering why Anton and Shun always go out at night with weird robe and guns, he always think that they are some kind of police or soldier but neither police nor soldier wear something like that. Until one night, both of them come back and Shun got injured badly. Anton was panicked he doesn't know what to do. Luckily, Satria quite understand what to do.
Because there were nothing to suture it, he only use bandages to close the wound on her chest and hope her body to take care of it. Satria asked what had happend. And Anton explained that the treasure of the world named 'The Fruit Of Immortality' is been stolen. It is the fruit that was given by the creator of human himself. He left the fruit for the deserved human and for millenniums people hunt it with bad desire and that's the purpose of the Assassin was built. To keep the society and the Fruit save whatever it takes.
Satria just shut, he doesn't understand what is he talking about and turn his back and look at Shun that's already lost her consciousness. Anton touch his shoulder and say that he has to replace her cause. Satria just nod his head, Shun is like a younger sister for him. And want a payback for it.
Bengkulu, Province Bengkulu, Indonesia. 18-March-1988. The sun is raising, Anton and Satria stand side by side, Satria wear the robe that wore by Shun before she decided to stop using it because of her wound that not 100% healed. They run after Boyden de Bakker (Christian Berkel) the person the injured Shun and the one who took the Fruit of immortality. He is the seed of New Communism in Indonesia and a Templar from Holland.
On the dock, they can see Boyden and his man get in the taxi and drive to a place village named Pal-30. They are waiting for the solar eclipse because when the solar eclipse occur the human creator will come before the apple and give the permission to eat it and gain the immortality.
But suddenly 2 of his men was shot down and everybody put on their armor and start the shoot out while Boyden run for himself and Satria run after him. Boyden was good at running but he lost of breath and stop. Satria walk slowly toward him with the Hidden blade on his right hand.
Satria told Boyden to give the Fruit back while the Solar eclipse starts, Boyden take out his pistol and shooting Satria but it doesn't effect anything and Satria kill him by stab his heart many times and take out the Fruti from his suit and when the full solar eclipse occur. A weird light come out from the fruit.
Other things seemed to stop even the bullet doesn't move a bit. Suddenly a hologram looked human appear. He claimed that he is The Creator (Michael Caine). He is the one who make human kind and he told Satria to eat the fruit. At first Satria hesitates to eat it but The Creator force him to eat it. When he eat it, lights come out from his body for a second and then disappear. The Creator told him to keep it somewhere and tell the location but the sound of the location is distorted.
Abstergo Industries, Somewhere, 2019. Dodi woke up, the building is on fire, few people with white robe jump all over the place. The professors is killed brutally.
Dodi runs out of the room and he face to face with Satria and pointed with Hidden blade.
"Hai, son. Im so sorry to do this. But I will do everything to keep the fruit from every bad desire."
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