History Film / TheAssignment2016

* {{Transgender}}: Frank is a trans man, but in an odd twist this is due to involuntary sex reassignment surgeries he was subjected to by a {{mad doctor}} whose brother he killed (he'd been a cis man prior). He suffers from body and gender dysphoria as a result, and tries to find out if it's reversible. A doctor says no, and he has to accept that.

'''The Assignment''' is a 2016 action drama film starring Creator/MichelleRodriguez and Creator/SigourneyWeaver as a trans man and a psychotic doctor respectively. The film starts with Dr. Rachel Jane (Weaver) being held in a psychiatric institution involuntarily, having been judged incompetent to stand trial on a number of charges related to operating an illegal clinic where several people were killed. She recounts what led to her coming there for Dr. Ralph Galen (Creator/TonyShalhoub) the psychiatrist assigned to assess her. Jane relates how her brother Sebastian was killed by the hitman Frank Kitchen (Rodriguez) for unpaid debts to criminals. Through an underworld contact, Jane has Frank kidnapped. After this, she performed an involuntary sex reassignment rendering him physically female for revenge. He wakes up in a hotel room and discovers this to his horror, before setting out for revenge on her in turn.

* {{Understatement}}: Frank's girlfriend notes that he looks different after his involuntary sex reassignment, but makes no further comment. This is putting it ''very'' mildly.

* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Johnnie takes it to extreme heights, as she's completely unperturbed by Frank's new appearance, and has no questions or comments beyond noting it when she first sees him post sex reassignment. She stays with him afterward, completely accepting, without hesitation.

* TomboyishName: Johnnie, Frank's girlfriend. It's unclear if this is short for anything (Joanna?). Aside from this however she isn't a {{tomboy}} at all in her appearance or actions.

* {{Revenge}}: Dr. Rachel Jane wants revenge on Frank, the hitman who murdered her brother. So she orders him kidnapped, then performs a sex reassignment (partly to "help" him in her view). He's horrified, then seeks revenge on her in turn, along with the employees of the gangster who helped kidnap him for Jane.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Rachel Jane was a surgeon whose unethical and illegal experiments meant she lost her license. This didn't stop her though-she just went underground with them. However, this is contrasted with normal psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Gales who's assessing her and considers what she did completely abhorrent.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Early on Frank shows this stepping out of the shower, perhaps to emphasize his appearance before he's subjected to unwilling sex reassignment.

* MaleFrontalNudity: Early on Frank shows this stepping out of the shower.

* MagicPlasticSurgery: Frank (Creator/MichelleRodriguez heavily made up to look male) becomes a female version of himself physically (Rodriguez as herself) after undergoing involuntary sex reassignment surgeries.

* StupidVillain: Dr. Rachel Jane, instead of killing Frank (possibly after extended surgical torture) subjects him to an involuntary sex reassignment and leaves him alive that way, with ample ability to track her down. Later, when her {{mooks}} catch him, they also didn't search him at all it seems since they miss his hidden gun which he uses to shoot them after waking up.

* GunsAkimbo: Frank wields guns in both hands multiple times in the film.

* ForScience: Dr. Rachel Jane justifies performing illegal surgical experiments on homeless people for advancing medical knowledge.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dr. Rachel Jane is coldly indifferent to most people, and views most as simply test subjects, However, she still feels something for her brother, and sought out the hitman who killed him to get revenge. That hitman in question, Frank, is also an example. He has a girlfriend he's obviously fond of, and likes dogs, adopting a pit bull who'd been forced to fight along with having some Latino friends.

* BigBad: Dr. Rachel Jane, the main villain of the film who's a {{mad doctor}}.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Transgender people generally disliked the idea of a man undergoing involuntary sex reassignment, and some even advocated boycotting the film, although the director insists it really wasn't meant to be transphobic at all.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Transgender people generally disliked the idea of a man undergoing involuntary sex reassignment, and some even advocated boycotting the film, although the director insists it wasn't meant to be transphobic at all.

* UnderstandingGirlfriend: Johnnie takes it to extreme heights, as she's completely unperturbed by Frank's new appearance, and has no questions or comments beyond noting it when she first sees him post sex reassignment. She stays with him afterward, completely accepting, without hesitation.
* VillainProtagonist

* AttemptedRape: Post sex reassignment, Frank is nearly raped by the sleazy owner of the hotel where he's staying. Frank overpowers and beats up the guy, then flees the premises.

* GenderBender:

* {{Transgender}}: Frank is a trans man, but in an odd twist this is due to involuntary sex reassignment surgeries he was subjected to by a {{mad doctor}} whose brother he killed (he'd been a cis man prior). He suffers from body and gender dysphoria as a result, and tries to find out if it's reversible. A doctor says no, and he has to accept that.

* BigNo: Frank yells this, after seeing he's been made physically female.

* GratuitousSpanish: Frank can speak Spanish quite well. Given that he's played by Creator/MichelleRodriguez and "Frank" appears to be his alias, he may be Latino.

* BigBad: Dr. Rachel Jane.
* BigNo: Frank yells this.
* GetOut: Frank yells this to one of her allies.

* {{Transgender}}: Frank is a trans man, but in an odd twist this is due to the involuntary gender reassignment surgery he was subjected to by a {{mad doctor}} whose brother he killed (he'd been a cis man prior). He suffers from body and gender dysphoria as a result.

'''The Assignment''' is a 2016 action drama film starring Creator/MichelleRodriguez and Creator/SigourneyWeaver as a trans man and a psychotic doctor respectively.

* GratuitousSpanish: Frank can speak Spanish quite well.
* {{Transgender}}: Frank is a trans man, but in an odd twist this is due to the involuntary gender reassignment surgery he was subjected to (he'd been a cis man prior).

'''The Assignment''' is a 2016 action drama film starring Creator/MichelleRodriguez and Creator/SigourneyWeaver as a trans woman and a psychotic doctor respectively.

* {{Transgender}}: Frank is a trans woman.