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 Rated: R
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen
Directed by: Xavier Gens
Hitman is the film most gamers have been waiting for, unfortunately, most of those gamers are probably not old enough to see the film. But, if you are a lover of violent, over-the-top films like Shoot Em Up, The Transporter and Running Scared, then it"s time to blow your mind on some amazing, realistic special effects, props and riveting cinema.
 
Set in Russia,
we find our ‘hero’ Agent 47 (Olyphant), a trained-from-birth contract
killer, on the run after a hit goes bad.
Denied payment for his completed contract, being sought after by
Interpol and Russian police, and knowing it’s not his fault for the botched job,
he turns against his operations managers in an effort to get down to the bottom
of it all.
Armed with all the right ‘tools’
of his trade, Agent 47 seems invincible, but one wrong move can cost him his
life and that of his hostage (Kurylenko).
Hitman plays like the Xbox game it’s named after with
all the twists and turns, relentless shooting and inexhaustible
ammunition. I found it mesmerizing to
see it all played out on the huge theatre screen. The special effects were way
above par and the story content was very acceptable.
The winner here is the cinematography,
especially the scene where Agent 47 takes on the Russian drug lord. There are so many bullets flying and bodies
falling in a slaughter ballet, that shooting the scene must have been a
logistical nightmare. It reminded me of
the scene in Kill Bill where Uma Thurmon takes on the Japanese ‘Crazy
88’ crime gang.
Although it has some very diabolical moments, I looked at Hitman
as only a movie. It’s one thing to see it as a game, but up on the big screen it makes a
much bigger impression. Not only will you be exposed to
the ‘heroic’ misdeeds of Agent 47, but some very graphic nudity that leaves
nothing to the imagination.
FINAL ANALYSIS: A wild, mesmerizing film
containing a lot of action and a very good storyline.
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