[SkinToxicated76]

ok,
Last week i went and saw Hitman, the latest in the game/Movie Crossover and lets be honest pretty much all of these films have sucked (Maybe Doom and the Res Evils just scrapped by as viewable). So i was expecting this film to be crap.
As Obi Wan once said "I was wrong"

It was pretty good, no, it was really good and even my Mrs said she liked it.

I have never played the Hitman series but i picked up the gaming undercurrents very easily so you dont need to be a fan of the game
(When he walks past 2 kids who are playing Hitman was one of the obviousesse (is that even a word?))

A muscled out and freshly scalped Timothy Olymant (badguy in DieHard 4.0) plays Agent 47, A hit man hired out by various Governments to knock off various high profile people. On one job somehow he gets doubled crossed and the only"loose end" who can verify that he was setup is the skinniest woman i have ever seen.

There are more and twisted and turns than a bucket of snakes but it never goes over the top (this film does borrow from Bourne Identitys) and has one of the coolest fight scenes ever. Its Starts off with 4 other "Agents" pointing their guns at 47 who then says "How about dying with a bit of dignity?" to which that drop their guns and pull out fucking swords!
This film wasnt just a shoot'em up cash in on a game franchise, the Story line kept me going (some points i was actually on the edge of my seat) very nicely filmed slick but edgey at the same time.

This film was very good, granted it wont get any Oscars, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be parting with my hard earned for the DVD

I will give Hitman
4 "Hits" out of 5

[Nubs McCracken]

One thing I did notice in this movie is the inspector from Interpol would take out a cigarette at multiple times throughout the movie but not once did you see him smoke one.

[Tier is a Blind Mofo]

Very good review Skin. I personally was going to pass on it since most game to movie flicks haven't been up to my expectations. Guess I'll have to go and give it a try since it sounds like a good one.

[SkinToxicated76]

Pogue Owns the Night, on Dec 21 2007, 06:44 PM, said:

One thing I did notice in this movie is the inspector from Interpol would take out a cigarette at multiple times throughout the movie but not once did you see him smoke one.

Yeah i noticed that as well and its just those little things like that which put the polish on the film. i think he did smoke one eventually, maybe Tier can confirm that when he goes and sees it

[Nubs McCracken]

Well not to my knowledge I do remember he was about to get a light a few times and something happened and then he smashed that one in front of the russian's face.