Movie review: `American Assassin´ blends high-minded questions, gruesome violence
(WorldNews Entertainment)

What role does emotion play in violence? This question lies at the core of the schlocky spy yarn “American Assassin,� though the film doesn’t offer any clear answer. Based on the book by Vince Flynn and directed by Michael Cuesta, “American Assassin� opens with a mass shooting, continues with plenty of explicit torture and ends with Navy destroyers in peril and nuclear bombs in play. Escapist this movie is not. Dylan...