Director: Xavier Gens

Writer (WGA): Skip Woods (written by)

Release Date: 21 November 2007 (USA)

Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller

Plot Outline: A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Agency' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe.

Plot Synopsis: View full synopsis. (warning! may contain spoilers)

Plot Keywords: Sword Fight / Funeral / Secret Police / Niger / Cathedral

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Going into the adaptation of the Hitman video game series, I was very
doubtful of the quality of the movie I was going to see. Video game
adaptations don't have a very good history, and are almost always
destined to fail except in some rare cases like the Resident Evil
series. Hitman is one of those rare cases. The film kept me
entertained from beginning to end and left me wanting more. While it
certainly isn't perfect, it isn't a bad idea to see this movie to see
how a video game adaptation should be done.<br><br>The film has a great mixture of plot and action. The plot is intriguing
and interesting, and the action is awesome and has some very nice fight
scenes, some of the best I've seen in awhile. The film does take itself
pretty seriously, which at some times can be good and at others can be
bad. There's the occasional joke cracked here and there, like the two
gamers who are playing Hitman: Blood Money when Agent 47 crashes into
the room (which is also a great nod to the game), and Nika adding a bit
of humor in here and there, but it mostly remains serious. Like the
games, it takes itself pretty seriously in some parts and just gets
ridiculous in others. This can amount to both good and bad things. At
some parts it is just too serious for what is going on, refusing to
have a little fun with it. And in others, it just goes a little over
the top, but it doesn't really matter, as that just adds on to the fun.
For the most part, the mixture of fun and serious scenes works out
rather well.<br><br>The actors do a very nice job in portraying their characters. Timothy
Olyphant is surprisingly very good in the role of Hitman. I didn't
think he would amount to much as he just isn't the type of actor I
would expect to portray Agent 47. But he portrayed the character with a
good amount of skill, as if he had already done it before. There is one
problem with him. If you have seen his other movies (which consist of
movies such as Live Free or Die Hard and Scream 2), you might have
noticed that he shows a lot of emotion in his acting. Not necessarily
intentionally, but his face just shows a lot of expressions. Agent 47
isn't really supposed to show much emotion. He does an adequate job in
holding it back, but sometimes it just really shows. Now, this isn't
really a problem to the ordinary moviegoer, but this might irritate a
fan of the game. Olga Kurylenko, who plays Nika, does a nice job,
especially for one of her very first projects and her being a foreigner
having to speak English, which is probably her second language. It will
be interesting to see her future in the business. Dougray Scott's
performance is pretty good, and he portrays a pretty interesting
character. Everyone else does an adequate job in playing his or her
characters.<br><br>Overall, Hitman, while flawed in some parts is the right way to do a
video game adaptation, and should please fans of the series as well as
people who have never heard of it.<br></td>
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