Hitman (2007) - User Reviews

First and foremost I wonder at what point Olyphant thought to himself while making this movie, "Why the hell did do this sorry excuse for a movie". The pre-release hype over the movie made us all feel this was going to be something special. The trailers were tantilising and Olyphants performance was being heralded. Such it is with Hollywood, the more the hype, then more likely the bigger the flop. But we all came to this with our expectations firmly established in the great game it was based on.

Unfortunately this movie met none of those expectations. By no means is the movie respectful, it hardly followed the game's story or character, and the premise of the actual movie was completely tarnished.

First of all the action is extremely too few and far between. There really are only two action sequences worth watching. Secondly, Agent 47 is not the emotionless serial killer hit man I was hoping for. They tried to give him feelings and failed miserably doing so. The dialogue was actually laughable between him and Nika, the sorry excuse for a romantic fill in, and actress as well. Half of the theater seriously laughed out loud at the "serious" dialogue between the two. Furthermore, the storyline…well, there really is no story line to speak of.

I'm extremely disappointed in this movie. They took a great idea and completely ruined it. I would recommend renting this movie only if you have absolutely nothing else to watch. The only entertaining aspects of this movie are the few glimpses of action, laughing at the dialogue, and making fun of it with your friends afterwards.

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