The movie version of "Assassin's Creed" has finally been released in China. Like "Warcraft", it should be regarded as a work of sentiment. It is unprecedentedly loyal to the restoration of the game, but the response from the theaters is mixed, and IMDB only gave 6.7 points. In fact, only by playing the first four games in this series can you fully understand the intention of this movie, but it is obviously unrealistic to let everyone play games. Therefore, this article will give temporary tutoring for non-game players before watching the movie.

Assassin's Creed movie promotional poster

First of all, the two opposing factions in the movie, "The Brotherhood of Assassin (also known as the Assassin School)" and "The Templar", are real in history. Among them, the Assassinites belong to the heresy of the Nizari (also translated as Nizari), a branch of the Ismaili tribe of Islam. This sect claims to be a "new propagandist", so historians call it the Neo-Ismaili, and the famous "Seventy-Two Virgins" was proposed by them; and the Ordre du Temple, whose full name is "The Poor Knights of Christ and Solomon's Temple", was a medieval Catholic military organization, whose members were called "The Templars", and the red cross is their symbol in movies and games.

The Abstergo logo in the game

In the game, the "Assassin" Brotherhood advocates a free world, while the "Knights Templar" advocates building an orderly world with absolute iron fist and will, but ironically, freedom is guaranteed only under a reasonable order. Both factions tend to be extreme, and the result is to do all kinds of extreme things. For example, the protagonist's father in the movie killed his mother, Abstergo used the high-tech instrument Animus to force the ancient memories of the assassins to find the Apple of Eden, and the "Assassin" organization is even more good at assassination and explosion, becoming the founder of Middle East terrorism.

The Crusade

The struggle between the two factions is enough to write a book, and the background of the two factions can also be considered as a struggle between different religions in the Middle East, especially in the ancient religious holy city of Jerusalem. The Templar army, the Catholic Crusade, was considered a counterattack to regain the holy city occupied by the Islamic Turks, and some historians also believe that this was a brutality by the Crusaders in the name of religion. Of course, Ubisoft gave justice to the "assassin" side.

The first generation of assassin's sleeve arrow, be careful not to have ring fingers on the palm

As for the sentence "Everything is empty, everything is acceptable" that appears in both games and movies is the creed of the "Assassin" Brotherhood, and the specific meaning will not be explained. The assassins are willing to sacrifice themselves for the creed. The scene of cutting off the ring finger in the movie is to install the assassin's special weapon - the cuff sword, and on the other hand, it is also a swearing ceremony. Later, the improved sneaker sword no longer needs to be cut off.The oath ceremony was replaced by the logo of the Assassin Brotherhood on the body, but it was certainly very painful.

The protagonist of "Assassin's Creed: Betrayal", pay attention to the Templar Cross badge on your chest

But interestingly, the different interpretations of the creed have caused differences in the worldview and values of some assassin organization branches. Therefore, the father of the protagonist of "Assassin's Creed 3" betrayed the Assassin's Brotherhood and killed his own son - also an assassin; and the protagonist of "Assassin's Creed: Betrayal" even caused the destruction of a city because his leader took out the fragments of Eden that could cause earthquakes, resulting in the destruction of a city. The protagonist almost died. In addition, the brainwashing of a British general, a Templar, rebelled with gritted teeth.

Adam and Eve escaped naked from Eden

When talking about the fragments of Eden, we have to talk about the "Apple of Eden" in the movie. Apple is also one of the fragments of Eden. After collecting the video fragments in Assassin's Creed 2, it can be seen that it was stolen from the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. The notes of Altaïr, the protagonist of the first generation of Assassin's Creed, describe it as follows: "Those who surrender to their light are promised everything they desire. The reward it requires is only one: complete and absolute obedience. Who can really refuse? It is the embodiment of temptation." Therefore, of course it is the forbidden fruit.

George Washington uses Apple's power to rule the people

However, the movie does not show the power of "Apple". In the game, you only need to hold this thing and control others' thinking and will to put yourself in an absolutely invincible state. In the DLC of "Assassin's Creed 3", George Washington became a tyrant rather than the president of the United States with the help of Apple's power. In the game, the "assassins" are responsible for protecting this holy weapon, while the "Templar" wants to snatch and control the people through the power of "Apple" to achieve the "world of order". This is the direct conflict between the two factions.

The Eagle runs through the entire ancient part of the movie

In addition, the entire ancient part of the movie is a flying eagle, which is certainly not the director's casual setting. In the game, assassins like to climb to some commanding heights in the city to take a bird's eye view of the area, and there will be an eagle staying or hovering nearby at each commanding height. This is a more faithful restoration to the game. The Eagle is the spiritual totem of the Assassins, and the movie does not reflect the assassin's special function - Hawkeye Vision. After activation, you can see some things that ordinary people cannot see, and can also mark enemies and civilians. This commanding height is also where the assassins make a "leap of faith".

Common Leap of Faith in Games

As for "Leap of Faith", it means that the assassins jumped down from a high place like an eagle without any injuries, and the movie also made a perfect restoration. However, "Leap of Faith" requires attention to whether there are safety measures such as rivers, lakes and haystacks below., otherwise you will die. Of course, if you don’t have faith, you will die. The protagonist in the film almost died on Animus because he refused to accept faith. Therefore, don’t imitate it, even if you have faith.

As for some people say that the ending was filmed too hasty and that a sequel was to be released, etc., what I want to say is that as long as these two organizations do not disappear, they will continue to fight until the future, just like the Bopai and the Crazy School in Transformers.