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| Plot Summary A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Agency' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. |
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| Directed By Xavier Gens | Produced By Daniel Alter Vin Diesel Luc Besson Xavier Wakefield Pierre-Ange Le Pogam Adrian Askarieh Chuck Gordon Erhan Ozogul | |
| Runtime 100 min |
Language/Color English / C |
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| Release Year 2007 |
Genre Action,Crime,Thriller |
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as Nika Boronina
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as Yuri Marklov
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as President Mikhail Belicoff
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 as Udre Belicoff
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as Jenkins
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Review from ./efilmcritic.com
quot;Please hit the reset button on your way out. Slip the phrase "videogame adaptation" (as in game to screen adaptation) and the word �best� into a casual conversation with gamers and you'll probably get one or several of the following reactions: a blank stare, a furrowed brow, an extended pause, a shoulder shrug, or an evasive answer. Every year movie studios release videogame adaptations hoping to translate the billions the videogame industry brings in hand over joystick into sizable box office returns (let�s skip critical approval for now). In most cases, the producers of videogame adaptations are disappointed. Raised by the...more
quot;Please hit the reset button on your way out. Slip the phrase "videogame adaptation" (as in game to screen adaptation) and the word �best� into a casual conversation with gamers and you'll probably get one or several of the following reactions: a blank stare, a furrowed brow, an extended pause, a shoulder shrug, or an evasive answer. Every year movie studios release videogame adaptations hoping to translate the billions the videogame industry brings in hand over joystick into sizable box office returns (let�s skip critical approval for now). In most cases, the producers of videogame adaptations are disappointed. Raised by the...more
Review from ./hoopla.nu
It is well documented that video game conversions into film have generally been pretty unsuccessful. Most critics write them off as pandering to a lesser art, and audiences tend to vote with their feet. Dismal box office returns - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider took US$131 million domestically and is the highest grossing film of its kind, streets ahead of others like Resident Evil (US$40mil), Doom (US$28mil) and House of the Dead (US$10mil) - mean that each new adaptation that fails adds to the general consensus. Timothy Olyphant is Agent 47, revealed in an opening montage to have been raised specifically for...more
It is well documented that video game conversions into film have generally been pretty unsuccessful. Most critics write them off as pandering to a lesser art, and audiences tend to vote with their feet. Dismal box office returns - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider took US$131 million domestically and is the highest grossing film of its kind, streets ahead of others like Resident Evil (US$40mil), Doom (US$28mil) and House of the Dead (US$10mil) - mean that each new adaptation that fails adds to the general consensus. Timothy Olyphant is Agent 47, revealed in an opening montage to have been raised specifically for...more
Review from ./newsday.com
In the realm of sensitive-assassin movies like "Hitman," the viewer is expected to come equipped with all kinds of knowledge about genetic engineering, corporate espionage, and the nuanced machinations of post-Soviet governments. However, when the film cuts to the snowy "Dr. Zhivago" landscape, the subtitle tells you we are now in "Moscow - Russia." But "Hitman" is like that. This killer-with-a-heart-of-gold thriller, the newest film based on a video game and the shiniest thing Dougray Scott's seen since "Desperate Housewives," leads one by the hand, and ear, through a world of fantasy violence and cartoon people. Chief among the latter is...more
In the realm of sensitive-assassin movies like "Hitman," the viewer is expected to come equipped with all kinds of knowledge about genetic engineering, corporate espionage, and the nuanced machinations of post-Soviet governments. However, when the film cuts to the snowy "Dr. Zhivago" landscape, the subtitle tells you we are now in "Moscow - Russia." But "Hitman" is like that. This killer-with-a-heart-of-gold thriller, the newest film based on a video game and the shiniest thing Dougray Scott's seen since "Desperate Housewives," leads one by the hand, and ear, through a world of fantasy violence and cartoon people. Chief among the latter is...more
Review from rogerebert.suntimes.com
20th Century-Fox presents a film directed by Xavier Gens. Written by Skip Woods. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (for strong, bloody violence, language and some sexuality and nudity). This may only be my quirky way of thinking, but if you wanted to move through the world as an invisible hit man responsible for more than 100 killings on six continents, would you shave your head to reveal the bar code tattooed on the back of your skull? Yeah, not me, either. Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has no name because he was raised as an orphan from birth by a shadowy...more
20th Century-Fox presents a film directed by Xavier Gens. Written by Skip Woods. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (for strong, bloody violence, language and some sexuality and nudity). This may only be my quirky way of thinking, but if you wanted to move through the world as an invisible hit man responsible for more than 100 killings on six continents, would you shave your head to reveal the bar code tattooed on the back of your skull? Yeah, not me, either. Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has no name because he was raised as an orphan from birth by a shadowy...more
Review from imdb
Not perfect but good enough
Not perfect but good enough
I've played Hit-man and have really been excited to see the movie. At first I was wondering how will they ever pull off the Hit-man movie but after watching it, its one of the few games to movie adaptations that I really liked. Not a perfect adaptation, but the best so far compared to others out there. Though Jason Statham was my initial bet, Timothy Olyphant did a good job with portraying Agent 47.
Aspects of the game was incorporated in the movie and they didn't overkill with stupid ideas. Action was pretty good...more
Review from azcentral.com
Timothy Olyphant plays the assassin with no name in "Hitman." Director: Xavier Gens. Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko. He was, the opening credits show us, raised by monks to murder, a literal man without a name. Our killer does in some nasty Nigerians in the opening moments. But it's when he takes a shot at the ruthless Russian president that Interpol, in the person of an agent played by Dougray Scott, closes in. The Russians, shockingly, want jurisdiction over this guy who just tried to assassinate their leader. There's an under-explained, under-developed conspiracy by something called "The Organization" that...more
Timothy Olyphant plays the assassin with no name in "Hitman." Director: Xavier Gens. Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko. He was, the opening credits show us, raised by monks to murder, a literal man without a name. Our killer does in some nasty Nigerians in the opening moments. But it's when he takes a shot at the ruthless Russian president that Interpol, in the person of an agent played by Dougray Scott, closes in. The Russians, shockingly, want jurisdiction over this guy who just tried to assassinate their leader. There's an under-explained, under-developed conspiracy by something called "The Organization" that...more
Review from christiananswers.net
ChristianSpotlight.com — See home page for links to our index pages. Searching for answers? 1 hr. NUDITY - Why are humans supposed to wear clothes? VIOLENCE - How does viewing violence in movies affect the family? itman†opens with a strangely spiritual sequences of scenes. A young boy is being initiated into a mysterious school for assassins—run by men dressed like monks. The actual scene of ‘graduation’ if you will plays out like a twisted religious ceremony with the music from ‘Ave Maria’ serving as the soundtrack. Agent 47 may be religious, but he certainly doesn’t show it in his...more
ChristianSpotlight.com — See home page for links to our index pages. Searching for answers? 1 hr. NUDITY - Why are humans supposed to wear clothes? VIOLENCE - How does viewing violence in movies affect the family? itman†opens with a strangely spiritual sequences of scenes. A young boy is being initiated into a mysterious school for assassins—run by men dressed like monks. The actual scene of ‘graduation’ if you will plays out like a twisted religious ceremony with the music from ‘Ave Maria’ serving as the soundtrack. Agent 47 may be religious, but he certainly doesn’t show it in his...more
Review from ./citypaper.com
Obviously taking some visual shots directly from the video game it's based on-Hitman: Codename 47-Hitman looks OK, and the St. Petersburg and Moscow settings make for great outer wear. But while fine men's suits draw the eye, bad computer voices seemingly coming from every direction and heavy wooden accents make you stop listening. Except to Agent 47 (hot-even bald-Timothy Olyphant) of the sexy voice and charming head tilt. Part of an elite group of trained assassins with bar codes on the back of their cue balls, 47 spent his life killing like a machine until he gets set up to off...more
Obviously taking some visual shots directly from the video game it's based on-Hitman: Codename 47-Hitman looks OK, and the St. Petersburg and Moscow settings make for great outer wear. But while fine men's suits draw the eye, bad computer voices seemingly coming from every direction and heavy wooden accents make you stop listening. Except to Agent 47 (hot-even bald-Timothy Olyphant) of the sexy voice and charming head tilt. Part of an elite group of trained assassins with bar codes on the back of their cue balls, 47 spent his life killing like a machine until he gets set up to off...more
Review from ./commonsensemedia.org
quot;I'd thank you if I wasn't so mad at you." Poor Nika (Olga Kurylenko) is confused by Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant), the titular hero of video game-based HITMAN. She has good reason: He's assigned to kill her, but then he decides to save her. Nika is surely in need of rescue. A barely dressed and heavily made-up prostitute, she's employed and abused by the current Russian president, Mikhail Belicoff (Ulrich Thomsen). Enter Agent 47. Trained from his childhood to be a professional killer by the odious "Organization," 47 suffers flashbacks suffused with hazy fluorescent light in which he and his fellow...more
quot;I'd thank you if I wasn't so mad at you." Poor Nika (Olga Kurylenko) is confused by Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant), the titular hero of video game-based HITMAN. She has good reason: He's assigned to kill her, but then he decides to save her. Nika is surely in need of rescue. A barely dressed and heavily made-up prostitute, she's employed and abused by the current Russian president, Mikhail Belicoff (Ulrich Thomsen). Enter Agent 47. Trained from his childhood to be a professional killer by the odious "Organization," 47 suffers flashbacks suffused with hazy fluorescent light in which he and his fellow...more
Review from ericdsnider.com
I was worried the streak might be broken. "Hitman" stars Timothy Olyphant, who's a good actor, and it's about a squad of assassins who are raised up from childhood to be perfect killers -- kind of a cool idea. Never fear! The streak continues. "Hitman" ought to be all about the fighting and killing, yet the fight scenes aren't terribly good. They're not even abundant, which is the sort of thing you can usually count on in a movie like this. I haven't played "Hitman," but I'm guessing the movie has chosen, for some reason, to re-create the story scenes that...more
I was worried the streak might be broken. "Hitman" stars Timothy Olyphant, who's a good actor, and it's about a squad of assassins who are raised up from childhood to be perfect killers -- kind of a cool idea. Never fear! The streak continues. "Hitman" ought to be all about the fighting and killing, yet the fight scenes aren't terribly good. They're not even abundant, which is the sort of thing you can usually count on in a movie like this. I haven't played "Hitman," but I'm guessing the movie has chosen, for some reason, to re-create the story scenes that...more
Review from ./filmfacts.de
Ich bin kein Computerspieler und darum kenne ich auch "Hitman" nicht, den kompromisslosen Profikiller ohne Namen. Allerdings gefiel mir die Vorschau im Kino schon ziemlich, Explosionen, stoischer Blick und im Hintergrund das "Ave Maria" ... hat was. Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) kennt seinen Namen nicht. Der Grund ist so simpel wie überraschend, er hat keinen. 47 gehört zu einer Elitgruppe von Profikillern, die seit dem Kleinkindalter auf diesen "Beruf" gedrillt werden. Er ist eiskalt, skrupellos und stellt keine Fragen, wenn er einen Auftrag bekommt. So auch nicht, als er nach einem erledigten Job in Russland sofort einen Anschlußauftrag bekommt. Er soll...more
Ich bin kein Computerspieler und darum kenne ich auch "Hitman" nicht, den kompromisslosen Profikiller ohne Namen. Allerdings gefiel mir die Vorschau im Kino schon ziemlich, Explosionen, stoischer Blick und im Hintergrund das "Ave Maria" ... hat was. Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) kennt seinen Namen nicht. Der Grund ist so simpel wie überraschend, er hat keinen. 47 gehört zu einer Elitgruppe von Profikillern, die seit dem Kleinkindalter auf diesen "Beruf" gedrillt werden. Er ist eiskalt, skrupellos und stellt keine Fragen, wenn er einen Auftrag bekommt. So auch nicht, als er nach einem erledigten Job in Russland sofort einen Anschlußauftrag bekommt. Er soll...more
Review from mtvindia.com
Bole To: Shitman! STORY: Our guy Hitman aka Agent 47 (Olyphant) is a contract killer but then he gets set up. REVIEW: There's not really a back story here - we're not explained the origins of the assassin. The only good thing is that there's enough skin and blood on display. The money shot comes a couple of times in form of topless shots, though our censor board has chopped up a few scenes. There's not really stealth action but it's more of a 'boom-boom-bang-bang' action involving the familiar elements - SUVs, suit wearing bad guys, smooth talking, awesome gadgets etc....more
Bole To: Shitman! STORY: Our guy Hitman aka Agent 47 (Olyphant) is a contract killer but then he gets set up. REVIEW: There's not really a back story here - we're not explained the origins of the assassin. The only good thing is that there's enough skin and blood on display. The money shot comes a couple of times in form of topless shots, though our censor board has chopped up a few scenes. There's not really stealth action but it's more of a 'boom-boom-bang-bang' action involving the familiar elements - SUVs, suit wearing bad guys, smooth talking, awesome gadgets etc....more
Review from nypost.com
November 21, 2007 -- THERE'S a nip in the November air, but �Hitman" brings back the sultriness of the last week of August, when amateur actioners like this one are normally dumped into theaters. A stiff Timothy Olyphant plays the titular assassin, �Number 47," a man raised to kill by a secret religious order, who finds himself on the run after something goes wrong on an assignment. Bruce Willis and Jason Statham look good bald; Olyphant looks about as comfortable as a freshly shorn cat as he creeps around shooting and fighting and generally trying to be Jason Bourne. The plot...more
November 21, 2007 -- THERE'S a nip in the November air, but �Hitman" brings back the sultriness of the last week of August, when amateur actioners like this one are normally dumped into theaters. A stiff Timothy Olyphant plays the titular assassin, �Number 47," a man raised to kill by a secret religious order, who finds himself on the run after something goes wrong on an assignment. Bruce Willis and Jason Statham look good bald; Olyphant looks about as comfortable as a freshly shorn cat as he creeps around shooting and fighting and generally trying to be Jason Bourne. The plot...more
Review from ./popmatters.com
Reviewing a movie like Hitman feels like the wrong way to evaluate it; a focus group of 13-year-olds would probably do the trick. I suspect, though, that at least some of the unofficial target audience (as the movie was rated “R†in theaters and comes to DVD “unrated") for this film version of a popular videogame would find it dull, too. Without the brand-name, this would be a movie without an audience: too dry for teenagers, not sophisticated enough for anyone who has ever seen an espionage movie better than Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. With the brand, though, Hitman is elevated...more
Reviewing a movie like Hitman feels like the wrong way to evaluate it; a focus group of 13-year-olds would probably do the trick. I suspect, though, that at least some of the unofficial target audience (as the movie was rated “R†in theaters and comes to DVD “unrated") for this film version of a popular videogame would find it dull, too. Without the brand-name, this would be a movie without an audience: too dry for teenagers, not sophisticated enough for anyone who has ever seen an espionage movie better than Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. With the brand, though, Hitman is elevated...more
Review from ./reel.com
Gamers typically get all gooey when supposed console-less critics nitpick the big screen adaptation of their favorite platform title. It's part and parcel of the joystick jockey's mantle. Hitman, based on the popular series from Eidos Interactive, is the latest attempt to bring the PlayStation to the cineplex. Begun in 2000, and with four gaming titles under its belt, players act as a hired assassin, working their way through various levels of intrigue and crazy, chaotic firefights. The purpose, clearly, is to slaughter everyone who's in your way. It's all bloodlust, but sadly, someone forgot to tell screenwriter Skip Woods about...more
Gamers typically get all gooey when supposed console-less critics nitpick the big screen adaptation of their favorite platform title. It's part and parcel of the joystick jockey's mantle. Hitman, based on the popular series from Eidos Interactive, is the latest attempt to bring the PlayStation to the cineplex. Begun in 2000, and with four gaming titles under its belt, players act as a hired assassin, working their way through various levels of intrigue and crazy, chaotic firefights. The purpose, clearly, is to slaughter everyone who's in your way. It's all bloodlust, but sadly, someone forgot to tell screenwriter Skip Woods about...more
Review from ./themovieinsider.com
Timothy Olyphant, Robert Knepper, Olga Kurylenko, Ulrich Thomsen, Michael Offei. Prod. : 1 hr. Rated for strong bloody violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity. Based on the hit video game series, international assassin Agent 47 is armed, dangerous, and stamped with a barcode on his neck. The "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47. His hallmarks are lethal grace, unwavering precision, and resolute pride in his work. But even 47 couldn't anticipate a "random equation" in his life exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman....more
Timothy Olyphant, Robert Knepper, Olga Kurylenko, Ulrich Thomsen, Michael Offei. Prod. : 1 hr. Rated for strong bloody violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity. Based on the hit video game series, international assassin Agent 47 is armed, dangerous, and stamped with a barcode on his neck. The "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47. His hallmarks are lethal grace, unwavering precision, and resolute pride in his work. But even 47 couldn't anticipate a "random equation" in his life exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman....more
Review from ./urbancinefile.com.au
Fans of the video game on which this film is based may get a kick out of the cinematic treatment, but even these low level kicks will be tempered by the film's failure to articulate its main plot points or to create characters we care about. Timothy Oliphant does his best to play a humanised robotic assassin, who we first meet as a youngster, head shaved and going through ritualistic training at what appears to be a monastic sort of secret institution. There are many others like him ...all with bar codes tattooed onto the back of their shaved heads. Short...more
Fans of the video game on which this film is based may get a kick out of the cinematic treatment, but even these low level kicks will be tempered by the film's failure to articulate its main plot points or to create characters we care about. Timothy Oliphant does his best to play a humanised robotic assassin, who we first meet as a youngster, head shaved and going through ritualistic training at what appears to be a monastic sort of secret institution. There are many others like him ...all with bar codes tattooed onto the back of their shaved heads. Short...more
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