UPDATE: Paramount Pictures has released the official North American trailer for the assassin thriller Assassin Club starring Henry Golding. The trailer is pretty much like the international one released a few months back but you can now view it below courtesy of the Action-Flix YouTube channel along with some new stills and the official cover art!

Well it would appear that Paramount Pictures has officially dumped the Henry Golding assassin thriller Assassin Club as the movie is forgoing a theatrical release and will instead hit Blu-Ray and DVD this June after it premieres on Digital on May 26th. It’s not surprising as there’s been little in the way of advertising for the movie. It’s a shame really as this one looks promising and has a solid supporting cast to compliment the action.

Official Synopsis:

Assassin Club takes place in the world of international spies and elite assassins. In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines (Golding) is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other. Rapace plays Falk, the only assassin with skills to match his own. Under the guidance of his mentor Jonathan Caldwell (Neill), Morgan must defeat Falk and the other assassins to keep himself and his girlfriend Sophie (Melchior) alive.

French filmmaker Camille Delamarre helmed the project and unfortunately hasn’t had the best track record with action films having directed box office bombs Brick Mansions (a remake to District B13 with Paul Walker) and Transporter Refueled. The latter was a dismal attempt to reboot the Transporter franchise when Jason Statham walked away from it.

Starring alongside Golding are Noomi Rapace (Prometheus), Sam Neill (Jurassic World: Dominion), Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad), Claudio Del Falco (Karate Men), Jimmy Jean-Louis (The Gray Man) and Bruno Bilotta (Double Team). Not a bad supporting cast if you ask me so it’s unusual that Paramount wouldn’t give this one a shot.

Golding is swinging and missing in the action department with his potential franchise starter Snake Eyes: GI Joe Origins failing at the box office so that may have had something to do with it. The trailer looks promising though so whether it’s the big screen or my big screen at home, I’ll check out Golding in action come May when this one hits.

Assassin Club takes aim on Digital & VOD May 16th ahead of its release on Blu-Ray June 6th from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Available to Buy on Digital May 16, 2023

Available on DVD & Blu-ray™ June 6, 2023

Starring:

Henry Golding, Daniela Melchior, Jimmy-Jean Louis with Noomi Rapace and Sam Neill

Directed by: Camille Delamarre

Written by: Thomas C. Dunn

Synopsis:

Henry Golding (G.I. JOE: SNAKE EYES) stars in this highly entertaining, globe-trotting action thriller. The hunter becomes the hunted when an elite assassin (Golding) is given his final contract: to kill seven people around the world – only to discover the targets are equally skilled assassins hired to kill him. His only shot to survive is to uncover the mysterious mastermind behind the deadly plot before it’s too late. Also starring Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) with Noomi Rapace (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park).