Hitman

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with a montage showing a group of young, bald boys receiving tattoos of bar codes and being instructed how to utilize firearms & hand-to-hand-combat by other men observing, directing and co-ordinating the training so that these boys can grow up to become professional, international hitmen-for-hire trained and raised by the very same organization that employs them.Interpol agent Mike Whittier discovers Agent 47 in his study, where the two talk briefly. The scene flashes back 3 months, as 47 is completing a hit in Niger. He receives a communication from his Agency contact, Diana, and is told he is to kill his next target, Russian President Mikhail Belicoff, publicly.Agent 47 kills Belicoff using a sniper rifle to achieve a head shot from over 4 km away. However, when 47 is in the train station ready to leave, he's told there's a witness Nika Boronina whom he must kill. Confronting Nika on a street, he realizes she's never seen him before and decides not to kill her. Additionally, Belicoff's death was covered up, being portrayed in the media as a grazing wound. Agent 47 then escapes a failed assassination attempt.Agent 47 confronts Diana about who would want Nika dead when she wasn't a witness and why Belicoff is still being portrayed as alive. Outside, Mike Whittier and his partner have been tipped off that 47 is in the hotel. They encounter the FSB, led by Yuri Marklov, who sends in an emergency response team to capture 47. Diana calls 47 directly, informing him that it was Belicoff himself who ordered the hit. The troops attack and a hotel battle ensues. Agent 47 successfully escapes. However, the Agency he works for has dispatched assassins to kill him for failing his mission.Agent 47 kidnaps Nika, who was about to be killed by her driver, and questions her. She suggests 47 may have killed one of Belicoff's doubles, but 47 denies that possibility. The two try to leave by train, but are intercepted by the Agency's assassins. Agent 47 defeats four of them including the assassin who tried to assassinate him earlier. He also defeats Mike Whittier who pursued, and escapes with Nika.Agent 47 arranges a meeting with Agent Smith, later to be revealed as a member of the CIA. Smith reveals to Agent 47 that Belicoff's opponents ordered the hit on the real Belicoff and replaced him with a double who is loyal to them. Agent 47 then offers Smith a deal: if Smith helps him during some unrevealed time in the future, 47 will kill Belicoff's brother, Udre, a slave trafficker, and arms dealer. Smith accepts the deal. Agent 47 and Nika travel to Turkey and after kidnapping and impersonating arms-dealer Mr. Price, he kills Udre in an ensuing fire fight. Udre is shot in the head.The death of Udre was a set-up designed to draw into the open the fake Belicoff who, working with Yuri and an unseen cabal, is part of a plot to have a puppet leader in control of Russia. Agent 47 kidnaps Yuri and forces him to have his own FSB agents try to shoot Belicoff as he delivers a eulogy for Udre. Agent 47, disguised as a soldier, manages to kill all of Belicoff's guards and takes him into the archbishop's chamber in the church, and after having a small conversation with Belicoff, he kills him by shooting him point blank in the head. He then allows himself to be taken into custody by Interpol and Mike Whittier, being transported in a Mercedes-Benz G500. However, Agent Smith intercedes at the last minute with a fleet of black Audi Q7's, allowing 47 to escape.There is a flash forward to the conversation between agent Whittier and 47 occurring at Whitter's house. After wrapping up their conversation, 47 reveals the body of Mr. Price, shaved and dressed to look like 47. They make a deal in which Whitter would go along with 47's plan, admitting that the body in his home is the real 47. As 47 leaves, he turns to Whittier and says that he hopes to never see Whittier again.The scene then changes to Nika, who is shown picking up an envelope from an undisclosed sender. Inside it, there were papers and a message saying that she now owns a vineyard (she had told 47 of her childhood dream of having one). Meanwhile, 47 is watching her from afar, through the scope of his sniper rifle. He then looks at the corpse of another hitman, lying close to him, and says "I told you to leave her alone. You should have listened." He then turns back, and walks away.

Tags: violence, murder, flashback

Review:
Being a big fan of the Hit-man games, I was fairly worried when I heard that they were going to make a movie based on it because movies based on video games don't tend to be very good movies...But after seeing it last night, I must say I was pleasantly surprised.
Timothy Olyphant does a surprisingly good job of portraying him too.The love interest is a bit awkward to anyone who knows Agent 47's nearly complete lack of emotion in that department, but despite what the trailer may lead you to expect, it really doesn't go very far outside of what you've come to know in the games (and what happens when she tries to seduce him is absolutely hilarious and very much in the Agent 47 tradition).It is indeed a violent movie, and 47 is as cold-blooded as you'd expect him to be.
This is also why the fan base rejected it.Apparently, the agent in the game is one of the 47th generation of clones, where the movie has him as the best of a collection of specially trained orphans.
It's very easy to follow, the acting can be downright terrible at times (but very solid from Olyphant who was a GREAT choice to play Agent 47), the special FX are loud and neat to look at, there's lots of explosive action-packed gun fights, and the hot chick gets naked.
At first I was wondering how will they ever pull off the Hit-man movie but after watching it, its one of the few games to movie adaptations that I really liked.
Though Jason Statham was my initial bet, Timothy Olyphant did a good job with portraying Agent 47.Aspects of the game was incorporated in the movie and they didn't overkill with stupid ideas.
Now, the hit-man games aren't known for the best plot of all time, but, since the movie focused more on plot then on actual action, it feels a bit refreshing since the games are basically "Target, Money, Kill".
I'd like to see the next Hit-man game focus more on the plot.Anyway, it's got a great story, 47 is for the most part, played as he should be, and there is enough action to keep you from getting bored.Ranking wise, it's definitely no "Die Hard 3" or "Big Fish", but it is probably one of the best video-game to movie transitions thats been done in a long time..
I think Timothy Olyphant was THE perfect Agent 47 and captured the character perfectly I would definitely see this movie multiple times!!!!!
Those who have played the video games from which the film characters are derived should enjoy the way Olyphant brings the anti-hero to life on the big screen.In places the movie skirts on the borders of the usual action movie clichés: our ice-cold protagonist appears to thaw due to good-hearted "victim of society" hooker, for example.
.. despite the fact that the longest period i have spent playing hit-man the game was 10 minutes , i really did enjoy this movie I've seen some comments call the movie horrible and disappointing , as i can see the movie was very good , but being short was the only bad thing about it ..
Hit-man is a classic action title which made me very comfortable and took me out of the game state of mind and more into the movie.
If any of you who saw this movie played the game "hitman", any of its sequels, you would know who the Hit-man is and how he acts.
The special effects are cheap, the whole movie has some kind of "get it filmed already" thing about it, and I just feel sorry who spent their money at the cinemas watching this.Fortunately such talentless scriptwriters and directors that make these kind of absolute failures have no power over the game designers, if anyone out there wants to see how addictive and rich the game's storyline is, try all Hit-man games from 2 to 4 (1 is just way too old).
And finally, if you guys call this acting, then I am William Shakespeare.I am an avid fan of Hit-man game series and I have a great advice for people who played the game: never, never, never watch this crap or you will be very disappointed.And if you like this movie then probably this is first movie you ever seen..
Now the kid is a young man - and the bar code has mysteriously traveled from the back of his neck to the back of his head, level with the ears.Within the first few SHOTS, you get an idea of what you're in for.I'm sorry, I've never done this before, but in this case, I just have to.To the producers: bahhhhhahahahhahahaTo the screenwriter: bwahah -- bwahah -- hahahahahahahaTo the actors: Come on, at least enjoy your job a LITTLE, even if the project is utterly talentless.To everyone else on the crew: The movie LOOKED and SOUNDED great!
The character in here, too, is very sleazy with a ton of eye makeup that makes her even more cheap-looking.So, instead of Matt Damon and Franka Potente, we have Timothy Olyphant and Olga Kurylenko, neither of which has ever been in a hit movie.
Watching the new film "Hitman," an adaptation of the highly successful Eidos video game series (which I have never played), you get the feeling right from the opening credits that this will be a hit-or-miss-type of movie.
In a plot that mixes the assassin looking to rediscover his humanity, the hooker with a heart of gold, the video game adaptation, shady politics and the frenetic direction of European action movies, "Hitman" should be an action fan's wildest dreams come true.
While skilled in these areas, the problems arise in trying to bring it together as a wholesome film and trying to tell a coherent story."Hitman" centers on the mysterious and world-renowned assassin Agent 47 (a perfectly stoic Timothy Olyphant), who becomes embroiled in a political conspiracy in St. Petersburg, Russia, following a failed hit on the Russian president.
Of course because Nika is sexy as hell, the film allows her two topless scenes, and one attempt at trying to bed Agent 47, though sadly, her character is way underdeveloped, so all we care about are her T + A."Hitman" establishes itself nicely in the beginning but loses itself in murky political intrigue that I myself had a lot of difficult trying to sift through.
Issues abound though with the extremely hyper and tripped-out editing, which tends to take away from the action.The bald-headed, bar-code-tattooed Timothy Olyphant fills his shoes nicely as Agent 47, the man who was literally born to kill, though I honestly thought that the role should have gone to someone a little bit older or more experienced in the realm of action films; of course the actor I would have chosen for Agent 47 would have been Billy Zane, though I'm not sure anyone knows where he is right now so Olyphant will have to do.
Olyphant seems to handle himself nicely in the film's frequent blood-lettings, including a four-way shootout that devolves into a brutal hand-to-hand combat encounter within the claustrophobic confines of a rail-car."Hitman" is the latest video game adaptation to hit the screens so far and like most entries, it's a hit & miss vehicle.
Others, like "Doom" (2005), and the "Resident Evil" films and "Tomb Raider" movies, are also above-average efforts, so "Hitman," with its hits & misses, fits right in perfectly.6/10.
TImothy Olyphant was not bad choice to play Agent 47, but what happened to Vin Diesel, I think he would have rocked...This movie should have been action packed and there were maybe three action scenes.
The theme of the movie is just like that of the final release of the Hit-man game series (Hitman: Blood Money) and this includes music and visuals.
Just look at "Doom"...very good video game series, but horrible movie.
Simon Templar, aka The Saint.Today, we have Xavier Gens taking a character, Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) based on an EDIOS game called The Hit-man, and scribe Skip Woods' story has this best of the best (they always have to be) in St Petersburg to do what he does, and that's to carry out professional hit jobs at the direction of The Agency (are you quivering now?).
There are many sub plots and unnecessary scenes in this movie, but they remained so that this wouldn't turn out to be a short film, or feel part of the video game where you have absolutely no control over.
If I should praise anything, then it should be the way villains are dispatched without the bullshit lapsing into monologues.Video game movies rarely are hits, and while Agent 47 never misses a target, I would classify this one under a huge misfire.
In the end, I was quite disappointed because despite being a good action movie, it didn't have all the little things I knew and loved Hit-man series for.The game is known for character's ability to infiltrate and deliver silent kills rather than swish his gun around and shoot everything that moves while fighting on swords and jumping off balconies.
The lack of silent approach, fibrewire, knock outs and other little things that made playing Hit-man and making it to Silent Assassin status fun, were all absent from the movie.Overall, the film concentrates too much on pleasing the ADHD crowds and excess of action rather than staying true to the game series.
I don't see why you have to watch this .Timothy Olyphant gives a awkward and stale performance as agent 47 with a bar code on his head.the explosions look almost like those glittery explosions in power rangers.what has happened to originality in movies honestly making a game adaptation is sad and uninspired or those many j-horror films coming out every month.I myself played the game with its infinite amount of depth and where every choice you make is vital.Where as the movie has as much depth as a kiddy pool but if you like senseless killing.Its better than most video game adaptations but still everything in the movie you've seen has been done better before but its not terrible..
When he shoots people point blank in the head, just because it's his job or they are in his way, you cant help but to think "yeah, finally someone who does what it takes!".in a nut shell, this movie is much above average in the video game genre and even if you have no clue about the game you will still enjoy timothy olyphant's performance and the style of the movie.
First i got to say that i'm a huge fan of hit-man 47 games, so my opinion is based on how they managed to get the game in to the movie.Right from the beginning I knew they did good.
Another video game adaption, this time starring Tim Olyphant (best known for his role in Deadwood) is 47, to my pleasant surprise he pulls off playing the role of the hardened, bar coded assassin pretty darn well.
A hit-man movie SHOULD be great but the director plays with the camera in such a way that you never ever get to see what is going on.
He was definitely a big highlight, and one of the greatest redeeming features of the movie.The action was pretty good (a scene involving an arms dealer especially stood out), but for a film adaptation of Hit-man, I was left feeling that the amount of overall action was somewhat lacking.I would agree with critic William Arnold of SeattlePI in describing some of the lines as "Ed Wood dialogue." Well, maybe not quite that bad, but every now and then I heard something that made me cringe.
Having never played Hit-man or any of its subsequent sequels, I don't know what the video game's storyline is like.
Though I have honestly only played the Hit-man *2* game, and only for a couple hours at that, I found this movie very entertaining.
He makes it look natural.) Everyone else seems to do a good job as well; the slut acts slutty, the dirty horny men act like dirty horny men, and the big bad guys that work for the FBI or the government act just as smooth and cocky as you could hope, though I found myself wishing for the actor that played Agent Smith to appear a few times.
Let's kill 'em!) at least takes all that pesky thinking out of the movie-watching equation.Of all the many video game-based adaptations I have seen, however (TOMB RAIDER!
TEKKEN!), Hit-man is the only one that I would never have guessed was based on a video game at all, because it transcends the usual nonsense of such endeavors and crosses over into being, simply and without question, an actual good movie.Admittedly, when the story kicks off it's all worrisomely familiar, and therefore might lead one to be somewhat trepidatious about what is to come.
We get montage-y vision of a cadre of bald, barcoded, presumably genetically-modified youngsters being raised in an institution, dressed alike and taught elaborate fighting techniques—so far, so DARK ANGEL.(Indeed – and this is almost incredible – the footage is actually FROM DARK ANGEL, which the end credits acknowledge; who says people don't recycle enough nowadays?) But instead of staging a mass breakout during a nationwide EMP and leading to Jessica Alba in leather, it transpires that the bald kids raised in this particular evil college of combat all become elite assassins, stalking their terrible away across the world with shiny guns in hand, taking out high priority targets and living lives of dysfunctional loneliness.One such assassin is Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant – and, yes, okay, I'll acknowledge that this is probably why I like the movie so much), a particularly adept killer who has, for some reason, been set up by his own people to take the fall on a particularly politically-motivated assassination.
There is really no other way to describe it.Not having played the game, I am in no position to comment on this adaptation's authenticity, but as something of a connoisseur of a) action movies and b) the work of Timothy Olyphant, let me just say that I consider this to be the most successful attempt to bring the two together that we have yet seen (not that LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD didn't have its moments).
Elsewhere, Dougray Scott is dapper and determined, bringing the ease and aplomb to his obsessive inspector that is pretty much his hallmark.All in all, you should definitely include Hit-man in your next video game movie marathon, or action movie marathon, or assassin movie marathon – or, indeed, Timothy Olyphant movie marathon.
Unfortunately the latest movie to try to adapt a video game has largely failed to take even the smallest modicum of what made the games enjoyable.Hit-man, a movie based on a good action series, isn't exactly a bad movie.
He just looks too young, and not at all what a ruthless killer should look like.Overall the movie is a mediocre action film that people who've never played the games will most likely enjoy.
I'd rather if any other name was used (my suggestion: Agent Hairless Bourne) because this movie is just a big 100-min-long cliché that tries to profit from Hit-man's fan-base at the same time with just enough game references.
That's exactly what he is in the games, but as I feared it would get (knowing how filmmakers tend to think of what people want to see on-screen) he shows too much of a conscience in the movie with an all-too-expected female role that he shows affection to, that he even promises to visit after they part on the train.3rd: One big difference of the Hit-man games, from other action games, is the fact that agent 47 is rewarded for being as silent as possible, a ghost as he's referred to in the movie.
As Agent 47 played by Timothy Olyphant aims his gun at Interpol's Mike Whittier (Dougray Scott), he asks, "How does a good man decide when to kill?" That is the paradox of Director Xavier Gens's slick "Hitman".
Some of the movies strongest moments are when the hit-man, Agent 47 (Olyphant) is doing his thing, staying one step ahead of the game before the action explodes onto the screen.
If you have expected a movie that represents the video game, you got all wrong.Hit-man is a good action movie : there are explosions, violence, a nude girl, blood, SWAT and stunts.
Hit-man hit the mark perfectly by blending the video game's complex and lengthy story, into a movie (which seemed toned down in violence.) There are a few things of note, which if you are a fan of the series, you may want to keep an eye out for.
Well, about the movie, It stayed mostly true to the video game but instead the agents were orphans instead of clones(Haha, I've read the hit-man video game in wikipedia.org so I know a thing or two about the game even thought I haven't even played or even seen it yet).
There were many great action scenes and nods to the games, such as Agent 47 stealing various outfits, his weapons and his odd ways of killing his targets.
There were many great action scenes and nods to the games, such as Agent 47 stealing various outfits, his weapons and his odd ways of killing his targets.
this is what future movies should be like when they're adapting it from a video game.The character that I love the most is Nika (Olga Kurylenko).
I highly recommend this movie to all of those who haven't seen this movie and for all the fans of the video game Hit-man!
The blood was the right amount, the action was perfect and even the story felt like the Hit-man style.
Being a fan of the Hit-man gaming franchise, I was looking forward to the movie.