Hitman (2007/I)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Xavier Gens

Guionista (WGA):

Skip Woods (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 noviembre 2007 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Agent 47 | Interpol | Assassin | Money Falling Through Air | Secret Police

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 4	12:30 PM	MAX
Sun. July 12	10:00 PM	MAX
Thur. July 16	4:20 PM	MAX

Reparto

Timothy Olyphant	...	Agent 47
Dougray Scott	...	Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko	...	Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper	...	Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Udre Belicoff
Michael Offei	...	Jenkins
Christian Erickson	...	General Kormarov
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Bwana Ovie
Joe Sheridan	...	Captain Gudnayev
James Faulkner	...	Smith Jamison
Jean-Marc Bellu	...	Hitman #2
Nicky Naude	...	Hitman #3
Abdou Sagna	...	Hitman #4
Ilya Nikitenko	...	Hitman #5
Loïc Molla	...	Hitman #6
Youssef Diawara	...	Hog-Tied Prisoner
Patrick Ligardes	...	Another Buyer
Anca Radici	...	The Sad Girl (as Ancuta Radici)
Peter Hudson	...	Mr. Price
Cyril Guei	...	Old SUV Leader
Ivan Yurukov	...	Russian John
Vladimir Kolev	...	HRT Guy
Makssim Kolev Genchev	...	Yuri's Guy #3
Kamen Ivanov	...	Russian Captain
Stefka Yanorova-Trenfafilova	...	Belicoff's Wife
Yasmine Meddour	...	Belicoff's Daughter
Iosis Shamli	...	SWAT Team Leader #1
Desislava Bakardzhieva	...	Female News Reporter
Paul Barrett	...	Reporter #3
Viktoria Dimova	...	Mike's Daughter - 8 Years
Svezhen Mladenov	...	Russian Forensic (as Svejen Ivanov Mladenov)
Biliana Petrinska	...	Another Officer (as Byliana Ognyanova Petrinska)
Emile Abossolo M'bo	...	General Ajunwa
Paul Bandey	...	Director MC Ray
Nikolay Valentinov Lukanov	...	Swanky Restaurant Waiter #1
Boiko Boyanov	...	SWAT Team Guy #3 (as Boyko Boyanov)
Deyan Donkov	...	Russian EMT (as Deyan Donkov Nikolov)
Sabine Crossen	...	June (as Sabine Camille Crossen)
Assen Blatechki	...	FSB Driver (as Asen Emiliov Blatechki)
Dobrin Dosev	...	Clergyman (as Dobrin Markov Dosev)
Vili Dimitrova	...	Terrified Maid
Anatoli Nechev	...	SWAT Team Guy #2 (as Anatolli Nachev)
Blagovest Argirov	...	Swanky Restaurant Waiter #2
Nikolay Stoyanov Ilchev	...	Russian Soldier with Radio
Milko Marinov Milanov	...	Interpol Driver
Elvis Delannay	...	Leader Assistant
Dessislava Zidarova	...	Belicoff's Whore
Lisa Jacobs	...	Diana (voice)
Atanas Mihaylov Srebrev	...	News Correspondent
Samantha Timmerman	...	Reporter #1 (as Samantha Z. Timmerman)
Patrick Albenque	...	Reporter #2
Borislav Parvanov	...	Young Agent 47
Velizar Binev	...	The Priest (as Velizar Nikolaev Binev)
Hristo Neykov Neykov	...	Video Game Player #1
Nikolay Milev	...	Video Game Player #2

Dirigida por
Xavier Gens

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Skip Woods		(written by)

Producida por
Daniel Alter	....	co-producer
Adrian Askarieh	....	producer
Vin Diesel	....	executive producer
Janos Flösser	....	executive producer (as Janos Flosser)
Charles Gordon	....	producer
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	producer

Música original por
Geoff Zanelli

Fotografía por
Laurent Barès		(director of photography) (as Laurent Bares)

Montaje por
Carlo Rizzo
Antoine Vareille

Casting
Bouchra Fakhri
Christian Kaplan
Debbie McWilliams

Diseño de producción por
Jacques Bufnoir

Dirección artística
Johann George

Decorados
Atanas Apostolov
Véronique Melery

Diseño de vestuario por
Olivier Bériot		(as Olivier Beriot)

Departamento de maquillaje
Olivier Afonso	....	makeup supervisor
Olivier Afonso	....	special effects makeup supervisor
Frédérique Arguello	....	hair stylist (as Frederique Arguello)
Sabine Fevre	....	makeup artist
Laetitia Hillion	....	special makeup effects artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist (as Frederic Laine)
Petya Simeonova	....	makeup assistant
Yana Stoyanova	....	special makeup effects assistant
Nelly Teova	....	hair assistant (as Neli Teova)
Vessela Tocheva	....	hair assistant (as Vessela Tosheva)

Dirección de producción
Jean-François Chaintron	....	production manager: second unit
David Deshayes	....	unit production manager: retakes
Marc Guidetti	....	unit manager
Thierry Guilmard	....	production manager
Leila Smith	....	production supervisor: EuropaCorp
Marsha L. Swinton	....	production representative
Stanislas Vart	....	unit manager

Ayudante de dirección
Felix Baudouin	....	second assistant director
Christel Bordon	....	second assistant director: second unit
David Campi-Lemaire	....	first assistant director: second unit (as David Campi Lemaire)
Yann Cuinet	....	first assistant director
Elitza Gueorguieva	....	second second assistant director
Krasimir Hazarbasanov	....	first assistant director: Bulgaria
Borimir Ilkov	....	second second assistant director
Alexander Kossev	....	first assistant director: Bulgaria
Olivier Megaton	....	second unit director
Boyka Pehlivanova	....	second assistant director (as Boika Pehlivanova)
Marie Rolindes	....	second assistant director
Iva Slavova	....	second assistant director
Tarryn Greybè	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Ahmet T. Uygun	....	first assistant director: second unit: Turkiye (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Jacques Aucomte	....	props buyer
Atanas Cherkezov	....	assistant property master (as Atanas Tcherkezov)
Jonathan Delerue	....	storyboard artist
Velina Gospodinova	....	art department trainee
Maëlig Hamard	....	art department trainee
Benedicte Joffre	....	assistant set decorator
Boriana Mintcheva	....	set decorator: Bulgaria (as Boryana Mintcheva)
Olivier Nguyen	....	property master
Christophe Niaux	....	props
Prolet Gueorguieva Polia	....	art director: Bulgaria (as Prolet Gueorguieva)
Riccardo Pugliese	....	art director: second unit
Per-Olof Renard	....	first assistant art director
Teodor Valtchev	....	car props
Tzvetana Yankova	....	first assistant art director
Maria Doicheva	....	painter (uncredited)
Orlin Grozdanov	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Emmanuel Angrand	....	sound editor
Antoine Baudouin	....	dialogue editor
Thomas Bernard	....	sound recordist
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Jonathan Chiles	....	boom operator: Cape Town
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Frederic Dubois	....	sound designer
Frederic Dubois	....	supervising sound editor
François Fayard	....	supervising sound editor
Alain Gandit	....	adr editor
Loïc Gourbe	....	foley editor
Loïc Gourbe	....	sound recordist
Daniel Gries	....	foley artist
Maud Lombart	....	assistant sound editor
Didier Lozahic	....	foley recordist
Didier Lozahic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anne Maisonhaute	....	adr editor
Valentin Orlov	....	cable person
Jonathan Rimas	....	adr mixer
Jacques Sans	....	production sound mixer
Pierre Sans	....	boom person
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Efectos especiales
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Mathieu Cavillon	....	special effects
Hubert Devinck	....	special effects
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects supervisor
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects coordinator
Gilbert Pelosi	....	special effects
Sylvie Rousselin	....	special effects
Rumen Stoychev	....	special effects (as Roumen Stoychev)
Jean-Yves Thoreau	....	special effects
Vencislav Yondov	....	special effects (as Ventzislav Yondov)

Visual Effects
Grégory Bantze	....	compositor
Pascal Berthe	....	matte artist
Alain Bignet	....	digital compositor
Jerome Billet	....	matte artist (as Jerome Billet-Lardux)
Guy Gerard Blanc	....	matte artist
Raphael Boch	....	3D artist
Axel Bonami	....	digital compositor
Cyrille Bonjean	....	compositing supervisor (as Cyrille Bonjean-Rybill)
Gaëlle Bossis	....	digital compositor
Brent M. Bowen	....	digital compositor
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant colorist
Judith Bruneau	....	visual effects coordinator
Eric Carme	....	3D artist
Matthieu Chatelier	....	Flame artist
Sam Dabbs	....	international titles
Nicolas Daniel	....	data manager
Stéphanie Dargent	....	matte artist
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	titles and credits
Nicolas Dumay	....	3D artist
Thomas Duval	....	visual effects supervisor
Loic Flamand	....	visual effects
Monteil Fredrik	....	digital compositor
Philippe Frère	....	2D artist
John Griffith	....	pre-visualization artist
Jessica Guglielmi	....	digital effects supervisor
Rodolphe Guglielmi	....	visual effects supervisor
Philippe Huberdeau	....	senior compositor
Bourdonnay Judikael	....	visual effects supervisor
Ramesh Karthikeyan	....	compositor: efx
Pacini Kevin	....	editor: visual effects
Blaise Lacolley	....	2D artist
Nicolas Lacroix	....	assistant visual effects coordinator: Duboi
Aurelie Lajoux	....	2D artist (as Aurelie Lambelin)
Julien Lambert	....	3D supervisor
Yann Larochette	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Leblanc	....	3D artist
Emmanuel Le Courbe	....	digital compositor
Anaïs Lenea	....	2D artist
Jérome Lionard	....	digital compositor
Sergeï Lourié	....	digital compositor (as Sergei Lourie-Glouk)
Eric Manevy	....	2D artist
Pascal Nowak	....	digital colorist
Jean-Christophe Olivier	....	senior compositor
Frederic Ovcaric	....	visual effects producer
Benjamin Pelletreau	....	digital compositor
Cecile Peltier	....	senior compositor
Cecile Peltier	....	sequence supervisor
Alexis Peraste	....	digital compositor
Teddy Percherancier	....	visual effects producer
Florence Pernet	....	2D artist
Carlos Perona	....	3D artist
Siddharthan Raman	....	roto/prep artist
Isabelle Ramnou	....	matte artist
Julien Record	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Rigaud	....	digital compositor
Florian Senand	....	digital compositor
Alexandre Signoret	....	2D artist
Annabelle Troukens	....	visual effects producer
Robert Urbanczyk	....	3D artist
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects production manager
Delphine VanBay	....	matte artist (as Delphine Van Bay)
Morgan Varona	....	2D artist
Yannick Waechter	....	3D artist

Especialistas
Sedina Balde	....	stunt performer (as Seydina Balde)
Serge Crozon-Cazin	....	stunt performer
George Danailov	....	stunt performer (as Gueorgui Danailov)
Laurent Fresnais	....	stunt driver
Timothe Ghislain	....	stunt driver
Francois Grobbelaar	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Pascal Guégan	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Pascal Guegan)
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator (as Philippe Guegan)
Christian Henning	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Benoit Lagniez	....	stunt driver
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt supervisor: cars
Gregory Loffredo	....	fight choregrapher
Frederic Makowiecki	....	car stunt driver
Parvan Parvanov	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Parvan Parvanov 'Tzatza')
Cyril Raffaelli	....	fight choreographer
Frederick Renard	....	stunt performer
Patrick Ronchin	....	car stunt driver
Astou Vedel	....	stunt double
Astou Vedel	....	stunt double: Olga kurylenko stunt double

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Susie Allnutt	....	still photographer (as Susan Allnutt)
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Andrea Arnone	....	Steadicam operator
Andrea Arnone	....	camera operator
Philippe Balkanski	....	company electrician
Frédérique Barraja	....	still photographer
Amida Belgarbi	....	best boy electric (as Amida Belgharbi)
Eric Caro	....	still photographer
Mathieu De Montgrand	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Georgy Dimitrov	....	additional first assistant camera (as Gueorgui Dimitrov)
Jean-François Dubut	....	best boy grip (as Jean-Francois Dubut)
Yavor Ganev	....	company grip
Pierre Garnier	....	key grip
Laurent Héritier	....	gaffer: re-shoots
Alexander Idakiev	....	company electrician
Hristo Idakiev	....	best boy electric: Bulgaria
Emil Ivelinov	....	company grip (as Emil Velinov)
Dimitar Ventseslavov Kostov	....	camera loader: second unit
Dimitar Ventseslavov Kostov	....	second assistant camera
Ilio Kotorenchev	....	loader (as Ilyo Kotarantzev)
Ilio Kotorenchev	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Ilyo Kotarantzev)
Alexander Krumov	....	camera operator
Cyril Kuhnholtz	....	key grip
Eric Le Roux	....	Steadicam operator
Eric Le Roux	....	camera operator
Pascale Marin	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Pavel Mitov	....	company electrician
Dimitar Nikolov	....	best boy grip: Bulgaria
Vihar Nikolov	....	company grip
Sebastien Pentecouteau	....	director of photography: second unit
Serge Pirodeau	....	making-of camera
Charlet Recors	....	aerial cameraman
Richard Rolf	....	Steadicam: second unit
Alex Samoundji	....	third assistant camera
Nikifor Sopov	....	company electrician (as Nikofir Shopov)
Geo Stephanov	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Rico Torres	....	still photographer
Alexandre Trenev	....	company electrician (as Alexander Trenev)
Plamen Vassiliev	....	company electrician (as Plamen Vassilev)
Danail Voutchkov	....	company grip
Colin Wandersman	....	gaffer
Georgi Yankov	....	video assistant (as Gueorgui Yankov)
Anton Ognianov	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Tolga Dundar	....	local casting: Turkey
Reg Poerscout-Edgerton	....	casting associate: UK
Lina Todd	....	additional casting
Ilka Valcheva	....	casting: Bulgaria (as Ilka Valtcheva)

Departamento de vestuario
Magali Cohen	....	costume supervisor
Céline Collobert	....	set costumer (as Celine Collobert)
Margarita Dineva	....	head wardrobe dresser
Katharina Erbsloeh	....	set costumer
Ani Gelinova	....	personal dresser: Mr. Olyphant (as Anna Guelinova)
Nona Ivanova	....	hand sewing dresser
Camille Joste	....	set costumer
Lorenzo Mancianti	....	set costumer
Anguel Manov	....	wardrobe accessories
Olga Mekikchieva	....	personal dresser: Mr. Scott and Mr. Offei (as Olga Mekektchieva)
Adriyana Naydenova	....	assistant costume designer (as Adryana Naïdenova)
Vassilka Nikolova	....	cleaner/laundry
Julia Philippova	....	set costumer
Boryana Stephanova	....	aging/dyeing
Marina Yaneva	....	set costumer

Departamento de Edición
Nadia Atout	....	dailies supervisor
Guerric Catala	....	assistant editor
Reginald Gallienne	....	dailies transfer
Louise Genis-Cosserat	....	assistant editor
David Heinz	....	first assistant editor: USA
Sylvie Lager	....	assistant editor
Christophe Lucotte	....	color timer
Laure Meynet	....	first assistant editor
Pascal Nowak	....	digital film colorist

Departamento de Música
Ryeland Allison	....	composer: additional music
Jeffrey Biggers	....	score music mixer (as Jeff Biggers)
Pierre Brien	....	assistant music recordist
John Finklea	....	music editor
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator (as Walter Fowler)
Matthieu Gonet	....	conductor
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Didier Lizé	....	music recordist
Alexandre Mahout	....	music supervisor
Yvonne S. Moriarty	....	orchestrator (as Suzanne Moriarty)
John Rodd	....	music editor
Jill Streeter	....	music preparation (as Jill Streater)
Bobby Tahouri	....	composer: additional music
Greg Vines	....	assistant music mixer
Michael Wijnen	....	music department head

Otros miembros del equipo
Laurence Auge	....	assistant: Mr. Le Pogam
Laure Auger-Robert	....	production secretary
Juliette Baumard	....	script supervisor
Ron Blecker	....	tactical consultant
Marc Cherruau	....	assistant: Mr. Le Pogam
Emre Cosar	....	production accountant assistant
Marisa Dean	....	production coordinator
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	title designer
Krasimira Karachorova	....	script supervisor: second unit
Kalina Krasteva	....	assistant script supervisor: second unit
Gregory Loffredo	....	choreographer
Mounia Meddour Gens	....	assistant: Mr. Gens
Philippe Philipov	....	location manager
Cyril Raffaelli	....	choreographer
Elise Romestant	....	script supervisor: reshoots
Geraldine Schubert	....	script assistant
Samantha Timmerman	....	script supervisor (as Samantha Z. Timmerman)
Xavier Wakefield	....	production services: London

Gracias
Nicolas De Toth	....	thanks

Compañías Productores

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• Europa Corp.
• Anka Film
• Daybreak Productions
• Dune Entertainment
• Prime Universe Productions

Distribuidores

• 20th Century Fox Australia (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2007-2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc) (extended edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (extended edition)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Efectos especiales

• Duboi (visual effects)
• BR Films (additional visual effects)
• Duran Duboi

Otras Compañías

• ARRI  cameras (as Arriflex)
• Anka Film  production services: Turkey (as Ankafilm)
• BR Films  visual effects
• BTW Productions  music preparation
• Cine Cascade  car stunts
• Cinéstéréo  optical transfer
• Create Advertising Group  title design
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Digital Factory  digital intermediate
• Digital Factory  sound post-production
• Fetish Film  production services: Russia
• GeoEye  satellite imagery courtesy of
• La-La Land Records  soundtrack
• MIA Films  production services: South Africa
• Remote Control Productions  music mixed at (as Remote Control)
• Right Lobe Design Group  titles
• Scanlab  video laboratory
• Sofilm  production services: Bulgaria
• Studio Guillaume Tell  music recorded at (as Guillaume Tell Studios)

También conocida como:

Hitman - Agente 47 (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Hitman, agente 47 (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Duración:

93 min

País:

France | USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Ruso | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS

Clasificación:

Taiwan:R-12 | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | South Africa:16 | Hungary:18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | France:Unrated | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | USA:R (certificate #43962) | Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:18 | Denmark:15 | Netherlands:16 | Austria:16 | Spain:18 | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Germany:Película restringida en Alemania

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cape Town, South Africa

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

When the project was first announced, Vin Diesel was going to star as Agent 47. Despite Timothy Olyphant taking over, Diesel is still credited as executive producer.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): Whittier states that the passage on the cross from 47's luggage is from Psalms. It is actually a shortened version of Proverbs 3:5-6.

Citas:

[first lines]
Mike Whittier: Fuck!
Agent 47: It's not there. It's in the kitchen, where you left it.
Mike Whittier: How'd you get in?
Agent 47: You have a nice family. They're fine. Alive. Asleep.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-12-01)" (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

Swingville Sashay

Hit-man Movie Review

As contradictory as it may sound, finding a good mindless action movie is actually a rather challenging task. Luckily we live in a world where adapting stories and characters from mindless action video games is commonplace, and the creators of the Hit-man movie have gone to great lengths to showcase plenty of the blood, bullets, and babes requisite of a proper translation of the popular assassin adventure.

Raised to be an elite assassin, Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) carries out jobs for a mysterious organization and for a price. When his employer sets him up in a political assassination attempt, the hit-man must uncover the leaders behind the conspiracy while simultaneously protecting a sassy prostitute and being hunted by both the Russian Secret Police and two determined Interpol agents.

Wasting little time with a tedious back story, (and thankfully straying from contrary religious tones as suggested by several trailers), Hit-man jumps right into the plot, full of political conspiracies, secret agency machinations, police investigations, and other reasons to have a gunfight in a crowded location. While those unfamiliar with the source material may question Agent 47's origins, it's actually rather commendable (and practical) to forego such setup and just plunge directly into current events with only the accepted knowledge that our antihero is the most skilled of killers. That being said, the story does convolute itself with excessive setting changes and rehashes of political thrillers mixed with revenge mysteries, but the plot never interferes with that which is most important – the action.

Several unique scenes of bloodshed find their way into Hit-man, and as expected the body count reaches an impressive sum. While not overloaded with meaningless violence, a few sequences stand out as attaining just the right amount of machismo cool, most notably the decimation of a drug lord's domicile and a four-way elite assassin duel apparently inserted to mimic the combat abilities present in the game. At a few points throughout the actioner it becomes evident that everyone involved is trying a little too hard to evoke awe, but some fast hand-held shots and a few guns pointing at the screen later, all is forgiven.

Though Timothy Olyphant is likely not the first actor to enter one's mind on hearing of a Hit-man movie, he accomplishes the surprising feat of impressing upon the audience that he is indeed Agent 47. Plus the sharp black suits with red ties don't hurt. Relative newcomer Olga Kurylenko, who exhibits an appearance resembling a cross between Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sophie Marceau, was also a wise choice, especially to tease the viewer with another staple prominent in the Hit-man games.

Hit-man successfully retains the necessary seriousness inherent in the subject matter and while it rarely covers new ground in the action-adventure genre, it also never slips into silly mockery (and it still provides plenty of references to its video game roots). Sacrificing story for style and bloodshed is much appreciated here, and entertainment of this nature is a rare treat over those that try too hard to be that which they are not. Hit-man doesn't indulge itself in such a charade and the result is a fun and sexy romp through the world of professional carnage.

- The Massie Twins