Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

Director:

Aleksander Bach

Writers:

Skip Woods (screenplay), Michael Finch (screenplay)

Stars:

Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angelababy	...	Diana
Dan Bakkedahl	...	Sanders
Charlene Beck	...	Tenement Woman
Michael Bornhütter	...	Berlin Police Officer #1
Melissa Broughton	...	Gardens by the Bay Woman with Baby
Nils Brunkhorst	...	Syndicate Doctor
Michaela Caspar	...	Hall of Records Clerk
Alvin Chan	...	Gardens by the Bay Man #1
Michael Corcoran	...	Robert's Dad (as Michael T. Corcoran)
Manuel Depta	...	Russian Soldier
Andrew DiBartolomeo	...	Gardens by the Bay Man #2 (as Andrew Di Bartolomeo)
Georg Ebinal	...	Salzburg Syndicate Operator Driver
Jörg Ellmer	...	Russian Soldier
Rupert Friend	...	Agent 47
Waye Leon Goh	...	Gardens by the Bay Man #3

Storyline

HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones -- endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.

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Plot Keywords:

based on video game | hired killer | assassin | hitman | tattoo | 

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Taglines:

Your number is up

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong violence, and some language.

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the month's prior to the movie's release, 20th Century Fox and IGN Entertainment launched a social media campaign in order to find Hitman Agents 1 through 46. Contest entries, which were mostly comprised Agent 47 cosplay photos, were judged by a panel and winners were officially given numeric designations in the Hitman canon.

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Goofs

When Agent 47 and John Smith are being detained at the embassy, Agent 47 finds a way to fire his sniper rifle. When he does, the bullet reaches the glass behind him and cracks it. In the next scene John Smith jumps into the glass breaking it completely. This type of glass is bullet-proof and shouldn't be able to break like that.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Diana: [narrating] The history of man is defined by war. And war by the men who fight it. What if we could create a better man? Someone did.
Diana: The Agent program was initiated in August of 1967 by a man named Peter Aaron Litvenko. It's purpose was to create the perfect killing machine. Human beings without emotion, or fear, or remorse. The resulting subjects were called, Agents. The Program was a success. But the price of creating men without humanity, was Litvenko's conscience.
Diana: Applying his ...
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Crazy Credits

SPOILER: In a mid-credits scene, the camera zooms over Smith's body, now with white hair, to reveal he's still alive. This is the origin of The Albino villain of the franchise.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Zachary Quinto/Mae Whitman/Carolina Herrera (2015)

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Soundtracks

Daybeu
Written by Maxwell Young
Performed by Maxwell Suited

User Reviews

The lead actor...

One thing that bugs me more than any other about this film is the choice of the lead actor. He looks more like poor man's Orlando Bloom, and less like Agent 47 from the video game. IMHO he doesn't look convincing enough to play this role. He looks too skinny to be an engineered human being, bred for one purpose, to be a killing machine (just shaving some actors head doesn't make him an Agent 47). Wouldn't all those years of physical training be visible on his physique? Maybe I'm wrong, and he was bred for stamina rather than strength. The action scenes are very well done with some genuine WOW moments, but the story feels too generic, and plagued with the same problems like the first attempt on turning this video game into a movie (they just had to have a woman as his sidekick again!!!). If you expect a good action flick, you will be satisfied, but if you are a video game fan, this just won't do it for you, as it didn't do it for me.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA UK Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hitman: Agent 47

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,326,530, 23 August 2015

Gross USA:

$22,467,450

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$82,347,656

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Daybreak Productions, Prime Universe Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1