Assassins

Assassins

True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?

  • Released: 2021-08-12
  • Runtime: 104 minutes
  • Genre: Documentaries
  • Stars: Siti Aisyah, Doan Thi Huong, Hadi Azmi, Anna Fifield, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump, Ri Sol-ju, Moon Jae-in, Kim Yo-jong
  • Director: Ryan White
 Comments
  • mark-52147 - 28 April 2021
    A master class in what a documentary should be
    Just watched this program, excellent production with no sensationalism or repetition (a common fault is programs will go to the commercials break then on return will repeat the story from before the break) telling the story in it's entirety without prejudice to any side (you even understand the Malaysian authorities position and actions) and presents the possible motives for why this event took place.
  • random-70778 - 6 March 2021
    Lots of errors of fact in this doc
    Firstly the two women have been released. One outright, one after serving a few more months. Fact is that Malaysia judicial system is somewhat of an outlier in severity of sentences, it is not really an outlier on judicial process.

    You have to take into account that a reasonable person, even if not knowing they are participating in a cloak and dagger international assignation, knows that this could be an assault, or even an aggravated assault they are participating in. They may not have outright known that they were applying a fatal doe of VX nerve agent. but given the prevalence of acid attacks etc, the women can not have excluded they were participating in something harmful but smearing something in some strangers eyes at the direction of another stranger -- and for pay.

    Somehow the KNEW not to get the agent they were sticking in the guy's eyes on their own hands. This means they knew at the very least it was a strong irritant they were shoveling into a strangest eyes.