Hitman (DVD)

(Also appears at ShaunMunro.co.uk, thanks!) Director: Xavier Gens Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott Release Date: November 21st, 2007 (US), November 30th, 2007 (UK) Certificate: R (US), 15 (UK) Hitman, the adaptation of the excellent computer game franchise of the same name, will undoubtedly have fans flocking in their droves to witness slick assassin, Agent 47, on the big screen. The horde of fans bring with them the minute glimmer of hope that it will join the few game-to-film adaptations that, frankly, haven't been derivative, uninspired messes. What is apparent very quickly is how preposterously ...  Read the complete review

When a gun for hire, known only as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) shoots and kills the Russian prime minister it seems like a standard hit. When however someone then tries to take him out he knows he has been betrayed. Now with only the Mistress of the man he killed for company, Agent 47 is on the run trying to keep himself alive. As well as his own agency, Agent 47 is also being tracked by Interpol agent Mike Whittier (Dougray Scott) and the Russian Secret Police. He must do everything he can to stay one step ahead of them all and ensure his survival. Having been a big fan of the games I was quite keen to see the adaptation of Hitman into a major Hollywood ...  Read the complete review

'Oh great,' I thought to myself as I sat down to watch Hitman and found out it was another film based on a computer game. 'Why am I bothering?' However, 1 hour and 29 minutes later, I sat there having just enjoyed one fo the most easy-to-watch films I have seen in a long time. A good notch for relatively new director Xavier Gens to have on his directing belt. To give a brief summary of the plot, Hitman is based on the computer game of the same name, the title kind of giving it away! Timothy Oliphant plays Agent 47, a member of an elite group of hired assassins raised from an early age by a rebellious segment of the Church. He is relentlessly pursued by Interpol ...  Read the complete review

WARNING - This review contains some plot spoilers Hitman is Agent 47, the perfect assassin; cold, emotionless, precise.. raised and trained to kill from a young age by a renegade sector of the Church. Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant - Die Hard 4.0, A Man Apart) is a dark and interesting character; a ruthless assassin who never misses. He is hired by a group to kill the Russian President, Mikhail Belicoff (Ulrich Thomsen - Kingdom Of Heaven). The hit is carried out as planned but to Agent 47's dismay, Belicoff is alive and well the following day. Agent 47 never misses, and soon realises that he has been set up by his employers and is thrown into a world ...  Read the complete review

I didn't want to go really, I was dragged along to see this and had to drag myself out of the cinema after one and of half hours of degrading torture. The withdrawal symptoms of tedious monotony took a while to wear off. It's like watching someone play a video game for three hours... no it wasn't, that would have been exhilarating in comparison. This is a French-US videogame adaptation (why?) produced by Luc Besson in which sad git Timothy Olyphant plays the role of a mysterious and elusive assassin with a bar-coded stuck on his head. This is because he's a member of a mysterious monastic organisation made up of the "unwanted and disposable." As if. ...  Read the complete review