Based on the best selling videogame, "Hitman" is about the ultimate assassin: professional, unflinching, emotionless, stylish with expensive tastes.
Timothy Olyphant finally breaks through to the big time, only about a decade later than expected, but better late then never I suppose. Olyphant, who we all presumed would go onto embrace immediate stardom after his excellent performance as laid back, slightly psychotic, drug dealer Todd Gaines in 'Go' (1999) took the long route to mainstream recognition via top TV western 'Deadwood' and as an enigmatic, not-so-villainous villain in 'Live Free or Die Hard'. 'Hitman', an adaptation of best-selling computer game 'Hitman-Codename 47', isn't the best film to showcase Olyphant's considerable acting talents, though having killed many an afternoon playing as the eponymous, bald-as-a-coot killer, I can say that Xavier Gen's slick, if rathur soulless, picture does deliver on some levels. Now Action + Slaphead Hero = Jason Statham or Vin Diesel, hence it should come as no surprise to learn that Vin was once slated to star as the freelance wetboy with a barcode on his bonce (though 'The Fast & The Furious' star remains on board as producer) whilst Statham, one presumes, was busy shooting 'Crank' thus it fell to Tim Olyphant to create this semi-iconic character on screen, and though shorn of his locks and looking a little stifled, Olyphant still manages to bring his aloof, trademark sarcasm, intensity and charisma to the role. Agent 47 is one of many contract killers culled from a mysterious, quasi-Christian-Masonic cult known only 'The Agency', indoctrinated in the deadly arts since birth, 47 suddenly finds himself thrust into an intercontinental conspiracy, following his assigned hit on the Russian president. Enter ruthless FSB operatives, dogged Interpol agent Mike Whittier (the welcome return of Dougray Scott), hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold Nika (Bond girl Olga Kurylenko) a host of shaven headed hoodlums from our hero's own organisation and in case you're wondering; yes, that is Bryon Wordsworth from Cbeebies 'Story Makers' as an Interpol officer. 'Hitman' is an expectedly violent, OTT Eurotrash thriller with convoluted, often unintentionally hilarious, dialogue not to mention some hopelessly contrived, synchronised stand-offs and the kind of casual misogyny better suited to an old Van Damme movie (director Gen's did some second unit work with 'The Muscles From Brussels' on 'Maximum Risk' and 'Double Team', so the influence is inherited). And yet with cool cinematography an engaging lead and some mildly enjoyable, hyper-kinetic gunplay, 'Hitman', though not on a par with films like 'Leon', 'Crying Freeman' or even 'Drive', ought to satisfy die-hard gamers and temporarily appease action aficionados. Give it a shot.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Hitman Extreme Edition roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant (Die Hard 4.0). Agent 47 has been educated, from his genetically-engineered "birth", to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the back of his head and his only name. He is hired by a group know as 'The Agency' to kill selected targets for cash... But the hunter soon becomes the hunted.
Fast-paced action thriller based on the computer game of the same name. A professional assassin known only as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant), hired by a group known only as 'The Agency', is ensnared in a political conspiracy which finds him on the run from both Interpol and the Russian FSB (The successors to the KGB). The hunter becomes the hunted as he is chased across Eastern Europe while, at the same time, he tries to find out who set him up and why they're trying to take him out. Unexpectedly, the greatest threat to 47's survival may be the first stirrings of his conscience and the alien emotions awakened in him by Nika (Olga Kurylenko), a beautiful woman who gets herself wrapped up in the conspiracy and, consequently, 47's life.
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