Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- witty
- breezy
- irreverent
- lazy sunday
- casual movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an underdeveloped and unfunny action comedy with a weak script.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sam Larson's assassin novel is reclassified as nonfiction, causing him to be mistaken for the deadly Mason Carver.
Aspiring writer Sam must impersonate his assassin protagonist to survive despite lacking the character's expertise.
The plot combines assassins, political targets, criminal factions, and exaggerated comic danger rather than grounded procedural realism.
Writer's block and publishing mishaps directly propel Sam into assassination plots and survival situations.
Films like True Memoirs of an International Assassin, and why
The Man Who Knew Too Little
shares broad action-comedy energy, an ordinary protagonist caught in criminal danger, and a fish out of water premise
The Lost City
shares self-aware comedy, an authorial or fictional identity premise, and heightened international espionage adventure
The Hitman's Bodyguard
shares an inept everyman thrust into an assassin-centered conspiracy with comic violence and globe-trotting action
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeff Wadlow
- Release Date
- 2016-11-11
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (868)
Cast
- Kevin James
- Kim Coates
- Maurice Compte
- Zulay Henao
- Andrew Howard
- Ron Rifkin
- Yul Vazquez
- P.J. Byrne
- Kelen Coleman
- Leonard Earl Howze
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is True Memoirs of an International Assassin about?
- An aspiring novelist is mistaken for his own fictional assassin and must survive the violent international world he invented.
- What is True Memoirs of an International Assassin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of True Memoirs of an International Assassin as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is True Memoirs of an International Assassin violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in True Memoirs of an International Assassin as moderate.
- What did critics think of True Memoirs of an International Assassin?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an underdeveloped and unfunny action comedy with a weak script.
- Which films are like True Memoirs of an International Assassin?
- Films with a similar feel include The Man Who Knew Too Little, The Lost City, and The Hitman's Bodyguard.
- How long is True Memoirs of an International Assassin?
- True Memoirs of an International Assassin runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch True Memoirs of an International Assassin?
- In United States, True Memoirs of an International Assassin streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
