Sin Nombre vs The Assignment

Sin Nombre has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.5/10 for The Assignment). The Assignment is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 36m. Sin Nombre is the older of the two (2009 against 2016). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sin Nombre posterSin Nombre2009 VS The Assignment posterThe Assignment2016
Sin NombreThe Assignment
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 5.5/10
Year20092016
Length1h 36m1h 35m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorCary Joji FukunagaWalter Hill
Main castGerardo Taracena, Paulina Gaitán, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Noé Hernández, Harold TorresTony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Ken Kirzinger, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver

Synopsis

Sin Nombre

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

The Assignment

Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.

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