The Hit List (2011)

A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.

Director:

William Kaufman

Writers:

Chad Law, Evan Law

Stars:

Cuba Gooding Jr., Cole Hauser, Jonathan LaPaglia

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Jonas Arbor
Cole Hauser	...	Allan Campbell
Jonathan LaPaglia	...	Detective Neil McKay
Ginny Weirick	...	Sydney Campbell
Drew Waters	...	Mike Dodd
Sean Cook	...	Brian Felzner
Michael Papajohn	...	Special Agent Drake Ford
J.P. O'Shaughnessy	...	Lieutenant Ben Harp
David Andriole	...	Detective Ray Lowery
Brandon O'Neill	...	Dom Estacado
Daniel Brockley	...	Drew McAllister
Katarzyna Wolejnio	...	Victor Rosen's Secretary (as Kasia Wolejnio)
Tracy Schornick	...	Bartender
Holt Boggs	...	Officer Turnkey
Stephanie Vigil	...	TV News Reporter #1

Storyline

In Spokane, an elite government killer goes rogue on the day that engineer Allen Campbell loses a promotion and finds his best man with his wife. Allen goes drinking that night and chats up a stranger who turns out to be Jonas, the hit man. Jonas asks Allen to give him a list of five people he'd like to see dead, so a drunk Allen lists his boss, the guy who got the promotion, a nasty bookie, the best man, and his wife. By the next morning, the boss is dead, and Allen realizes Jonas is for real. Can he stop Jonas?

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Plot Keywords:

scene of the crime | engineer | die hard scenario | held at gunpoint | race against time | 

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Taglines:

Who's on your list?

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point Gary Oldman was considered for the role of Jonas and Hayden Christensen was considered for the role of Allan.

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Goofs

37 minute mark: When Alan is driving, the camera shot from the inside of the car shows Alan in the leftmost lane behind a dark Civic but the outside shot places him in the second-from-the-left lane behind a white pickup.

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Quotes

Jonas Arbor: God doesn't discriminate. I guess he made me in his own image. Life's a fluke, Allan. A flash in the pan, and then it's over. A trigger is like a fast forward button. I just skip to the end credits on other people's lives. Or not. The choice is mine to make.

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Connections

References The Terminator (1984)

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Soundtracks

Honky Tonk Barstool
Written by Zach Selwyn
Performed by Zachariah and the Lobos Riders
Courtesy of Papago Records

User Reviews

Not so good...

I always respect Cuba Jr, even in this lousy movie he gave everything that he could. The story is good, but honestly? The movie is bad. The makeup, the action scenes, the camera movement, but.. but the worse part is the interpretation of some actors, and the winner in this context is Cole Hauser. He is not in the movie sometimes, really not convincing, you can feel and see insecurity, some looks he gives, body movement. I have to say some lines are corny, and some events too much cliché. In the end, there are better Cuba Gooding Jr movies to watch. I remember other movie somehow like this, Collateral with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

The List

Filming Locations:

Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stage 6 Films, RCR Media Group, March On Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1 surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1