Hitman (2007/I)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Xavier Gens

Writer (WGA):

Skip Woods (written by)

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.

Plot Keywords:

Agent 47 | Interpol | Assassin | Money Falling Through Air | Secret Police

Awards:

1 win

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 16	4:20 PM	MAX
Wed. July 22	10:50 AM	MAX

Cast

Timothy Olyphant	...	Agent 47
Dougray Scott	...	Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko	...	Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper	...	Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Udre Belicoff
Michael Offei	...	Jenkins
Christian Erickson	...	General Kormarov
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Bwana Ovie
Joe Sheridan	...	Captain Gudnayev
James Faulkner	...	Smith Jamison
Jean-Marc Bellu	...	Hitman #2
Nicky Naude	...	Hitman #3
Abdou Sagna	...	Hitman #4
Ilya Nikitenko	...	Hitman #5

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | Russian | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | South Africa:16 | Hungary:18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | France:Unrated | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R (certificate #43962) | Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:18 | Denmark:15 | Netherlands:16 | Austria:16 | Spain:18 | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The production had originally tried to use Jesper Kyd's music, but instead opted for an original score by Geoff Zanelli.

Goofs:

Continuity: When 47 and Nika return from the restaurant, there is no chest at the bottom of the bed, however when 47 returns from Udre's club, he throws his gloves down onto a chest at the bottom of the bed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mike Whittier: Fuck!
Agent 47: It's not there. It's in the kitchen, where you left it.
Mike Whittier: How'd you get in?
Agent 47: You have a nice family. They're fine. Alive. Asleep.

Movie Connections:

References A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Soundtrack:

Swingville Sashay

Bad even by game-to-film standards.

Okay so you're in line in the cinema, cash in hand, what you need to do is roll one of the notes into a fine point, and jab it in your eyes. That way you will never have to see this film, even by accident. Your money will be better spent this way, trust me.

The plot and story telling is a mangled mess, I think I managed to decipher it, despite the films best efforts. I wish I hadn't.

The character and tone was so far removed from the source material I'd be shocked to discover ANY of the staff involved in the film played the games, hell I don't think they even bothered reading the titles. Here's a clue to how the film should have been: one of them is 'Silent Assassin'. Unless I missed a sequel somewhere along the line called "Gun totin' floppy-armed idiot" this film was Hit-man in name only.

Alas, what has been seen cannot be unseen. My only hope is that someone invents a time machine, goes back in time, and bludgeons the morons responsible for this abomination to death with a copy of The Idiot's Guide to Filmaking.