Great first half but..

Yea but the assassins who got it back were hardcore ninjas & the security of the Templars were like rent–a–cop's. They didn't get the apple easy either because the Templars had been after it for hundreds of years.

I thought the film was fine until the very end - it's obvious they were setting up for a sequel, hence the cliffhanger ending - it's almost like an introduction to a TV series.

The problem is.... assassin's creed game series is crappy because it drags on the same old tired story - where essentially nothing happens in terms of plot. If they made a decent film with a beginning and an end, I guess I wouldn't be against a sequel, but as things stand, it looks like they plan or were planning to follow the path set by the game series - where very little happens in each game - lots of action, but nearly no progress in terms of story. That's what I call horrible writing.

Basically, assassin's creed games/film suffer from LOST syndrome - in the sense that they forgot to hire decent writers know what a full arc story looks like. They are good at creating a world and characters, but are utterly inept at writing an actual story.