This is a remake of the Japanese film "The Magic Hour" by Koki Mitani (2008). An unsuccessful actor is hired by a director to play a deadly hitman to deal with the mob. He is led to believe that he is playing the lead in a movie with the cameras hidden, but in fact there are no cameras and the mob is real. This leads to both funny and precarious situations.
The remake takes it even a bit further than the original, including a scene where the actor practically kills someone and a situation where lead actress apparently got raped (but that is not shown). The acting is generally excellent: The clownishly acting lead, the fidgety director, the cool mob figures. I still prefer Mitani's original for its human warmth, a trademark of his films in general.
The remake takes it even a bit further than the original, including a scene where the actor practically kills someone and a situation where lead actress apparently got raped (but that is not shown). The acting is generally excellent: The clownishly acting lead, the fidgety director, the cool mob figures. I still prefer Mitani's original for its human warmth, a trademark of his films in general.