Hitman: Agent 47

Plot synopsis:
In the opening text, the Agent program was started to create genetically enhanced men to use as unstoppable killing machines. An organization known as Syndicate International is seeking out Dr. Litvenko, the man that started the program. However, Syndicate has located a young woman, named Katia Van Dees (Hannah Ware) with ties to Litvenko.Several Syndicate mercenaries track down Katia's location and head out to find her. They are in pursuit when someone detonates a bomb in the street, taking out one of their vans. The mercenaries and Syndicate doctors try to find out who is responsible. They are cornered by Agent 47 (Rupert Friend). He kills two men before leaving one doctor alive long enough for him to tell 47 where Katia is. After this, the doctor is killed by a bomb planted by 47. The Agent then proceeds to kill every other man in the building.Syndicate's chairman, Le Clerq (Thomas Kretschmann), is informed of the killings at the research facility and demands that he be stopped.Agent 47 gets in contact with his handler Diana (Angelababy). He has two new targets to take care of.Katia is desperately looking for a man that she feels she has some connection to. She also doesn't know why she can see or feel things that she can't explain, such as when she senses a woman being attacked by her husband, leading Katia to hit a police alarm on the street to save the woman.As Katia continues her pursuit of the mystery man, she is found on the subway by a man who calls himself John Smith (Zachary Quinto). He follows Katia and approaches her, making it clear he knows where she's going and who she's looking for. They are found and pursued by 47, who shoots at them. Smith takes Katia away and arrives at an embassy. He fires two shots so that the soldiers in front can apprehend him and Katia.Katia is met by Sanders (Dan Bakkedahl), who asks her what she and Smith were doing, until 47 arrives at the embassy and intentionally gets himself captured after his huge gun (and other guns) are found. Sanders interrogates him and brings the gun to the room. 47 notices a tattoo on Sanders' arm for his family. He questions Sanders about them to get a rise out of him before kicking the table up to cause the gun to fire and shoot one of the cufflinks off the table. 47 beats and kills the other two men in the room and takes one of their uniforms, then knocks out Sanders after he says he is willing to die for his children. 47 slips out while Katia runs and gets Smith out.Smith takes Katia away to a hotel after another chase where she's shot in the arm by 47. He reveals to Katia that the man she's looking for is Litvenko and he is her father. Smith says that he was last seen years earlier with Stage 3 cancer. He asks her to tell him anything she can remember about him, right before 47 arrives and shoots Smith repeatedly, then knocks Katia out and takes her with him.Katia wakes up in a dark room, all tied up. 47 says he won't kill her, and that he wants to help her find her father. He also tells her that she possesses a similar skillset like his, so she can untie herself. 47 pulls a lever to reveal Katia is in front of a jet turbine, so she hones in on her skills and frees herself.As 47 and Katia get a move on, Smith arrives, turning out to possess some sort of super strength and agility not unlike an Agent. Other mercenaries arrive to kill the two, but 47 shoots most of them and Katia causes two more to get sucked into the turbines, allowing the two of them to get away.47 informs Katia that her real name means "90", indicating she is a more advanced Agent than 47. He has also known of her since they were children as he saw her being taken away from her home.They go by undetected through an airport until they eventually find Litvenko (Ciaran Hinds). Although he is happy to see his daughter again, he doesn't want her to be around when trouble is lurking, which is why he had to abandon her. 47 sees some assassins disguised as civilians and kills them. He takes Katia and Litvenko away as Smith and other Syndicate mercs chase them. Smith orders the other villains to trap them in the city. They shoot harpoons at 47's car, trapping him, Katia, and Litvenko in the middle of the city. The mercs descend upon them, but 47 shoots them down. They still manage to take Litvenko with them.Litvenko is brought to the Syndicate headquarters where Smith tortures him with a painful serum until he gets Litvenko to tell him how to make an Agent. Le Clerq tells Smith to stop before he kills Litvenko. Le Clerq tries to get answers too, but Litvenko never budges. Meanwhile, 47 pages through the system and informs the villains of his presence, making them think he is in a chopper outside. It is really Katia, who is tied up again and made to fly the chopper into the building. More mayhem ensues and the mercs get killed while Smith and Le Clerq run away with Litvenko. Smith then realizes that 47 is already in the building. They have a supercharged fight, with Smith almost overpowering 47. He punches through a wall, exposing an electric circuit. 47 ties a garrote around Smith's neck and presses it against the circuit, electrocuting Smith.Le Clerq takes Litvenko to the roof of the building and escapes on his own personal chopper. Inside, Litvenko takes out his inhaler, only for Le Clerq to realize too late that it's an explosive. Litvenko presses it and destroys himself and Le Clerq before Katia's eyes. 47 then gets a call from Diana to confirm that Le Clerq is terminated, but when she asks about Katia, he throws the phone off the roof. 47 tells Katia that he needed to find Litvenko to put an end to the Agent program completely, but also assuring Katia that Litvenko loved her. They turn back to go into the building, but Katia senses that one more person is there to kill them. The elevator door opens to reveal Agent 48, who looks identical to 47. He says, "Diana says 'Hello'", before 47 and Katia shoot him.

Tags: absurd, revenge, murder, violence, flashback

Review:
If you have to physically engage guards or any other people except your target you feel like you did something wrong.This movie was just an action movie that tries to get some of the video-game franchise fans to pay for the ticket.
I have been a fan of the Hit-man games for a long time, and this movie is absolutely awful.The actor who played Agent 47 is terrible.
i wasn't expecting a great movie either i'm not even surprised i was bored after an hour watching that fake hit-man, plenty of car chase and shooting, are we ever gonna get a great movie game EVER ??
please don't watch it, there plenty of good movie that one isn't, i'm not giving more than one the action scene almost made me puke with the shaky camera , it doesn't represent hit-man at all..
Since seeing this movie, I've done some research and found out my initial opinion of the franchise was wrong and I should probably give the games a chance.Rupert Friend does an excellent job as Agent 47, capturing a man who is stoic and seemingly emotionless but also a liar.
To be frank, we weren't expecting much from this reboot of the earlier EuropaCorp film starring Timothy Olyphant in the titular role of a chrome-domed, genetically engineered, emotionless contract killer from not so far back in 2007; after all, if there is one demographic that it would try to please, it is the video-gamers who adore stepping into the shoes of the cold-blooded assassin to kill off his enemies while wrecking maximum carnage in the process, which was probably in the one-line brief that Fox gave to veteran commercials director Aleksander Bach here.Hamstrung by a muddled script by Skip Woods (who also wrote the earlier 'Hitman' movie) and Michael Finch, Bach falls back on a breakneck pacing and flashy visuals to gloss over the film's obvious storytelling flaws.
Yes, despite an intriguing first half-hour that teases the characters' motivations, the rest of the film is unfortunately as straight-forward as it gets in plotting the cat- and-mouse game between Katia (Hannah Ware) and a certain John Smith (Zachary Quinto) dispatched by Syndicate HQ.
Another organisation however has sent Rupert Friend's Agent 47 to prevent Katia from falling into the hands of the Syndicate, though it isn't quite clear what they want from her.The less you think about the plot, the more you are likely to enjoy the visceral pleasures that the film offers.
Veterans Hinds and Kretschmann have even more limited roles, but their natural gravitas elevates their presence just ever so slightly.Of course, you'll probably should not expect a film like 'Hitman: Agent 47' to be moulded on an intricate plot or deep characters, and true enough, it isn't.
I'll admit I never played the game.The plot seems nearly similar to Wanted(2008), action scenes are pretty well done, the film is shot in a film noir like style.
The action scenes are very well done with some genuine WOW moments, but the story feels too generic, and plagued with the same problems like the first attempt on turning this video game into a movie (they just had to have a woman as his sidekick again!!!).
I feel like a moth flying towards a fire will I get burnt?6 minutes – terrible not even one game had such ridiculous action going on + 47 doesn't even remotely look like the original 8 minutes – another scene looks like a copy of John Wick (2014) but it is much more cringe-worthy 15 minutes – WTF is this s*** Aleksander Bach should be banned from the film industry the guy has no clue 51 minutes – I have decided to watch this film despite of the negative ratings, in hope that I can say something good for a change but I really cannot.
It feels like a mixture of Terminator/Resident Evil/Matrix films, but only when you take everything what is bad from them 1h 10minutes – the main character is quite likable, even when he doesn't have much in common with 47If I would rate it solely, on how truthfully they have presented agent 47 from the games, the rating would be -4 /10 Terrible from the beginning to the very end, avoid like a poo.tgchan's rating: 4 /10.
All in all, IMHO, this is a must see if you are a die hard action film buff.I can only imagine that some of the bad reviews are due to the movie not resembling a video game or the series, which I have seen neither.
The only thing I knew about Hit-man: Agent 47 is that it's based on the video game which I have played a few times, is the squeal to a movie so bad, I've only seen once and what the trailer showed me which was everything.If you see the trailer than you know everything about the movie.
HelloThis is my first review and i have no idea how it will be.Re-watching the movie again,both actually,got me thinking that in the first part,Agent 47 was so bad a** and tough looking guy compared to the new one.
Zachary Quninto plays a decent role as well though other reviewers say that his role was wasted, I won't give away too much but he does give his best on-screen role that's not a waste.Pros: + Better plot than the previous film + Great performances from Friend, Ware and Quinto + Fun and well-set action pieces that are structured much well better than the first filmCons: - Short running time, I would have loved to seen the film go longer and see itself expand into something unique- CGI may be clearly noticeable in some of the action set pieces OVERALL: Hit-man: Agent 47 is a better but not yet best game to movie adaptation to surface in years, Arming itself with a great choice of casting, direction, plot and action, the film is a worthy watch on a lazy afternoon and it's a 'leave the brain at the door' so you can't take it to be full-on serious..
It is based on the Hit-man video game series, developed by IO Interactive, and its main character, a mysterious assassin known only as Agent 47.
The film stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, and Angelababy.The plot of the movie focuses about an assassin who teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
So OK I went to see this not exactly knowing what to expect from it never saw the first movie didn't play the games and it had terrible reviewes so I just finally took Kaye time to watch it and it was really no as bad as most reviews have Sayed it was not like the bet but was still not be worst i have seen better action sequels this year but I enjoyed the action the plot and was fun for the time to exscape the real world for at least a while don't expect the best but I definitely give it a chance you might find that u really like it not the summer blockbuster we had possibly hoped but not a total bomb either I say go see it 8 out of 10.
well then no matter what you will like this movie.It's a video game adaptation that is fantastic, the homage paid to the game is great, and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed Rupert Friend as Agent 47.
All the actors were great.Watch it as an action movie, or as a version of the game and you'll love every minute.I hope they make many more!.
We are both fans of the hit-man games and it was a real pleasure to watch this.We were not expecting as much from the movie.
Hit-man: Agent 47 teems with spectacularly choreographed action scenes, so real looking you would think you are actually watching a real video game, like the one the film's based upon.
Katia, herself, has been trying to locate her father, and that's exactly the information the 'Syndicate' hopes to get from her, so they could resume creating more of Agent 47's kind, a dream only Katia's father could help them fulfill.Once the adrenaline picks up, deadly cat and mouse chases follow, and explosive breath-takingly executed fight setpieces roll out like dominoes, as if nothing can't stop them.'Hit-man' works fine with this set up, and those who only look for action of such seismic scale, should get satisfied, but for a film that actually seems to aim achievements far beyond just perfectly-choreographed violence and visually explosive setpieces, this film is a misfire..
Hit-man in the games is someone who assassinates, make kills look like accidents and who searches secret paths to get himself a benefit.The movie however is just another action movie with a not so interesting story.
Hit-man is a grown man born and paid to kill anyone without a trace crime scene some parts of the film seem commercials movie as part of garage scape I did not like to see this actor the perfect actor for this movie style would be jonathan statham would make a perfect player agent 47 but the character's movements are well achieved.in general this is not good!
He after all is also an 'agent' in a sense with a pretty neat change up of DNA in him.Along with a bland storyline and too many plot holes to count or even care about, the films plus side is in if there is one demographic that it would try to please, it's obvious that aim is for 15-20 yr olds video-gamers who live for hours stepping into this world of CGI-done assassins killing off his enemies while wreaking maximum havoc in the process.
Friend as Agent 47, is a killing machine fighting other killing machines with whom I'd thought that we'd seen every imaginable killing stunt – but this film truly does become imaginative in that area and comes up with some doozies I'd think the likes of us haven't even dreamed up.In the end, we do have a few surprise twists but there is no spark of life is to be found in a few of the characters most disappointingly in Ware, whose Katia is meant to be the supposed emotional linchpin of the enterprise.
Was a really good standoffish film and a good remake with a true to life Hit-man in a young actor who plays a controversial video game hero with a lot of grace.
This is a strong fight back from the first one a few years ago, this shows what a Hit-man will be like and this movie makes its mark as a good one!
I am assuming the people who have made the Hit-man movies never actually played the game, or chose to use the tired Hollywood formula instead of creating a worthy adaptation!
Zachary Quinto was disappointing in this film, people expect better from him but instead get the standard assassin like character you see in all movies of this genre.
Its one of these that would have been a total trash and waste of time if it wasn't based on something successful.I just cant understand how , with the fact that the actors are good actors and the plot is a plot you can work with , they managed to mess this up.I won't lie , it is way better then the previous hit-man but the previous one is not much of a competition to run against.bottom line , this movie is a total trash and nothing could save it , not the decent actors and not the medium level CGI effects , i don't recommend it because it a total waste of time and money..
I was pretty excited to see Hit-man 47, I thought they would learn from their mistakes with the previous film and build upon what was good about it and do something better.The movie starts with a bang for the first ~ 20 minutes, and what could have possibly been exciting scenes where 47 disposes of a large group of assailants, was so utterly boring that I'm pretty sure my heartbeat actually slowed instead of increased.
Actually the first-half, at least, of the movie is pretty much one long chase.Perhaps I should point out that I have not played Hit-man and do not really know what the original story is about.
Hit-man: Agent 47 is just another film adaption of a video game gone wrong by a lazy script and direction.
Now let's start the rant:The action scenes are boring, the performances are below average, you barely know 3 of the whole cast in this movie, so many plot points (the only truly amazing thing in this trash), so many stupid and unnecessary slow-mo sequences, a truly horrible awful plot twist and let's not forget my main issue with this trash (it's not a movie, it's trash)- you get absolutely NO BACKGROUND story of Agent 47 and the even worse part is that all the kills Agent 47 does are in no way silent.
As we wait for the day where a good video game movie will fall from the heavens and on to our movie screens, we have to sit through pieces of crap like Hit-man: Agent 47.
As an action movie Hit-man: Agent 47 is very satisfying.
Usually gamers would strive to achieve this level of assassination.The movie itself has good action scenes but when basing it off a game such as hit-man, one would want to see a higher degree of accuracy.
In this scenario, Hit-man: Agent 47 does stand somewhere near there, but it does improve on its 2nd attempt to bring the 'silent assassin' on screen in the best way possible.The film follows an assassin known only as Agent 47 (played by a great and bald Rupert Friend) who seems to team up with a woman named Hanna (Hannah Ware) to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
In this scenario, Hit-man: Agent 47 does stand somewhere near there, but it does improve on its 2nd attempt to bring the 'silent assassin' on screen in the best way possible.The film follows an assassin known only as Agent 47 (played by a great and bald Rupert Friend) who seems to team up with a woman named Hanna (Hannah Ware) to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Together, they aim to take down the leader of Syndicate International, a terrorist group who is aiming to discover and create more deadly hit-man that process Hannah's unique ability and are more deadly than the assassin himself.What makes Agent 47 so redeemable is the fact that it tries to improve on its plot and following the game source material than what the 2007 adaptation did (not to mention that the casting of Timothy Olyphant is mixed for me), it may not have done its 100% faithfulness to be label how game-to-movies are made but it's better than what most people say.
Together, they aim to take down the leader of Syndicate International, a terrorist group who is aiming to discover and create more deadly hit-man that process Hannah's unique ability and are more deadly than the assassin himself.What makes Agent 47 so redeemable is the fact that it tries to improve on its plot and following the game source material than what the 2007 adaptation did (not to mention that the casting of Timothy Olyphant is mixed for me), it may not have done its 100% faithfulness to be label how game-to-movies are made but it's better than what most people say.
The plot itself stays simple and is a no brainer to follow what's happening, but I did feel that the movie itself ran smoothly and kept pace in strong hold but the 96 minute running time is still considered short for my tastes (hopefully in future there will be an extended cut of the film that could help bring the film longer).The casting range here may or may not seem recognisable but the cast do put on their best performance roles, Rupert Friend (from TV's Homeland) suits better as Agent 47 than what Olyphant's take did.
The plot itself stays simple and is a no brainer to follow what's happening, but I did feel that the movie itself ran smoothly and kept pace in strong hold but the 96 minute running time is still considered short for my tastes (hopefully in future there will be an extended cut of the film that could help bring the film longer).The casting range here may or may not seem recognisable but the cast do put on their best performance roles, Rupert Friend (from TV's Homeland) suits better as Agent 47 than what Olyphant's take did.
Zachary Quninto plays a decent role as well though other reviewers say that his role was wasted, I won't give away too much but he does give his best on-screen role that's not a waste.Hit-man: Agent 47 is a better but not yet best game to movie adaptation to surface in years, Arming itself with a great choice of casting, direction, plot and action, the film is a worthy watch on a lazy afternoon and it's a 'leave the brain at the door' so you can't take it to be full-on serious.7.5/10 - Nick 6/10 - Jay. Oh god..
I must say if you are follower if Hit-man movie or video game this is a worth of watch.
In conclusion, Hit-man: Agent 47 is a boring and insipid action film, and I found it a waste of time.
Now you could argue that the Hit-man in the film is not like the one in the games, while that is half true the movie is still pretty good!So if you were to base it off the game and how much it reflected it and detail?