Assassins

Robert Roth (Sylvester Stallone) is the best hitman around but the code and sense of duty once part of his deadly career are lost in a post-Cold War world of freelance guns. He wants out. Not so Miguel Bain (Antonio Banderas) a driven killer who knows how to claim the top spot of his shadowy profession: eliminate Roth. Julianne Moore turns up the heat as a wily hacker swept into the duo's running battle. Co-written by the Wachowski Brothers and Brian Helgeland and directed by Richard Donner this awesome action tale plunges you into a world where what counts isn't making the first move but surviving the last. (Warner Bros. AU)