Hitman
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga KurylenkoDirector: Xavier Gens
Year of Release: 2007
This movie got kind of a bad rap when it came out recently. It seemed like it was blown off as just another video game movie. Well, it is just another video game movie, but what makes it actually pretty decent is the incredible performance by Timothy Olyphant. When I heard he was doing this movie, I didn’t really get it because he just didn’t seem the type that fit the character. But I shouldn’t have underestimated him because he pulled it off perfectly. He plays the character as a cold, merciless killer but does it intelligently enough to make him likable and have you rooting for him. And he is just super-smooth and cool the entire time. He makes Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible look like a clumsy 14 year old.
Timothy Olyphant has been great in just about everything I have seen him in like Go, Rockstar, The Girl Next Door, Catch and Release, and even Live Free or Die Hard. It’s a nice range of characters and he plays the bad guy just as flawlessly as playing the good guy.
The film is a pretty simple plot about an elite group of assassins that travel around the world doing hit jobs for hire. And Agent 47 is the best. There is a bunch of stuff with the Russian secret service, Interpol, and guys from his own group coming to get him, but basically it’s all about the fights and 47 kickin’ a lot of ass. He walks into any situation and you just know everyone except him will be dead sooner than later. For this kind of movie, that’s all you really need.
For some light fun that is done pretty well, definitely go check it out.
