#assassins

#assassins

The Assassins were never popular, but they had a plan. Like all good strategies, the Assassins' plan was simple but profound. It had four elements - castles, conversion, carnage and chaos. With a remote network of mountain castles in your possession, you had safety and a place to regroup. From the security of those bases it was possible to launch conversion programmes, building up a greater base of followers who could provide economic support to the group.

The great Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg once told me that the problem with movie sex scenes is that the movie just stops while we watch the actors have sex. I feel that way about action scenes, especially on TV. Although a handful of directors can make them thrilling Kathryn Bigelow, Jackie Chan, George Miller I nearly always find myself waiting for the chase to end or the gunfire to die down so we can get back to the story.