A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe, hired by a group known as “The Agency” to kill targets for cash.
The Hit-man games movie version - Hitman was released today (India) and well, it ain’t that good. The movie was violent to the core but didn’t really bring out anything new or worth pondering over. I felt that the hilarious, ridiculously satire movie - Shoot ‘Em Up - was a much better movie. At the least, Shoot ‘em up made me laugh and smile despite the blood-baths.
Hitman is an “A” certificate (yes, we have just A (Adult), U (Universal) and U/A (hopefully both) in India) (R-rated in the US) video-game adaptation featuring a multitude of squib hits and a far better than necessary performance by Timothy Olyphant in a prime Deadwood smolder. It hits you with the attitude of the positive side of the good and dumb.
Based on a long-running game franchise which itself is not that famous, the story follows the mysterious Hitman known only as Agent 47 (played by Timothy Olyphant), a born-in-the-lab, bar-coded super assassin with vague ties to the Vatican. After an attempted hit on an Eastern European political heavy goes wrong, Agent 47 swears vengeance, with the aid of a waif witness sporting a tattooed dragon on her cheek, Nika Boronina (played by Olga Kurylenko).
Besides the loud and thunderous shootings, you’ll have the chance to see a “death with dignity” sword fight which might make you think (if you play the game), “I wish I could do that”. That sword scene looks like the one that came right out of a Chinese Movie.
The movie wasn’t that bad but not good either. So, if you’re a fan of the game, it should be OK and if you love some blatant shootings, some bang bang, this is for you. And yes, (hope this don’t spoil things for you), the love scene was scissored right away by our watchful Indian Board of Films.
References
- Hitman IMDB
- Hitman official website
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