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Based on the popular Playstation 2 game, HITMAN chronicles the frame-up and retribution-packed odyssey of Number 47 (Timothy Olyphant), a bald assassin raised from birth to be a killer and tattooed with a barcode on the back of his head. There's lots of BOURNE SUPREMACY-style flash-edits and superhuman stunt work as 47 seeks to find out why moderate Russian presidential nominee Belicoff (Ulrich Thomsen) was the client for his own assassination, a hit that 47 pulled off perfectly, except for one hitch: the target's still alive. For romantic interest we have Olga Kurylenko as a foxy Russian prostitute sold into slavery by the evil Belicoff. She and 47 wind up on the lam together but they'll never be safe as long as Belicoff is still alive. Meanwhile, Interpol agent Mike Whittier (Dougray Scott) has been tracking 47 for years; he's on the scent and about to close in. Luc Besson was the producer on this, and fans of his TRANSPORTER, THE PROFESSIONAL and LA FEMME NIKITA films will eat it up, as it's got the same narrative arc, same hyper-kinetic shoot-em-up flavor, vividly saturated colors, swooping camerawork, tightly choreographed fights, and lots of blood flying from the copious bullet wounds. Vin Diesel executive produced, and one wonders what stopped his big bald head from filling the screen in the lead, but no matter, as Olyphant does a thorough job, speaking in a measured drawl that recalls, of all people, Clint Eastwood in his DIRTY HARRY days.
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Keep Case Unrated Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Surround - French, Spanish DTS HD 5.1 - English Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional Additional Release Material: Alternate Scenes: 1. Deleted Scenes (4) 2. Alternate Ending Trailers: 1. Forced Trailers (3) 2. 20th Century Fox Trailer Farm (6)
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Posted on October 12, 2008 |
| Reviewed by: Movie Addict |
So, this is an adaptation from a video game. Maybe that is part of the problem. It just didn't have any soul. It was cold and mindless and exciting, but the sets looked as if they came from a video...
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Posted on December 17, 2007 |
| Reviewed by: Chris |
Being a fan of action video games, Hitman was one which deeply drew me in. When I first heard that the adaptation was going to be done, I instantly thought of it as a seccess. I mean, the character...
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Posted on December 16, 2007 |
| Reviewed by: Chris |
Being a fan of action video games, Hitman was one which deeply drew me in. When I first heard that the adaptation was going to be done, I instantly thought of it as a seccess. I mean, the character...
Read the whole review at MatchFlick |
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Hitman Unrated; Widescreen DVD
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