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The Big Hit (1998)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:15
Rotten:24
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Mel (Mark Wahlberg) is a neurotic, overworked hit man working for two crime bosses--Cisco (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Paris (Avery Brooks). He has a demanding fiance (Christina Applegate) with... Mel (Mark Wahlberg) is a neurotic, overworked hit man working for two crime bosses--Cisco (Lou Diamond Phillips) and Paris (Avery Brooks). He has a demanding fiance (Christina Applegate) with parents he's trying to impress and a gold-digging mistress (Lela Rochon) to occupy his scarce free time. Cisco proposes that stressed-out Mel kidnap Keiko (China Chow), the young daughter of Jiro Nishi, a wealthy Japanese industrialist. Mel captures her, but unfortunately Cisco is unaware that she is the goddaughter of Paris, who promptly puts a separate crew out to find and destroy Keiko's captors---and Paris is unaware that Mel is the man they are looking for. This unique and violent blend of action and comedy was executive produced by John Woo [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Antonio Sabato
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Antonio Sabato, Avery Brooks, Bokeem Woodbine, Lainie Kazan, Elliott Gould, Sab Shimono, Lela Rochon
Director: Che-Kirk Wong
Director: Che-Kirk Wong
Screenwriter: Ben Ramsey
Producer: Wesley Snipes, Warren Zide
Composer: Graeme Revell
Reviews for The Big Hit
A ripe, noisy action flick, loaded with block-clearing explosions and testosterone-charged showdowns.
The Big Hit should be titled The Big Miss. That?s a really bad pun, but it?s better than anything in this movie.
As low- intelligence entertainment goes, this film is very much a hit-and-miss affair.
In its non-A-list way, The Big Hit is the most successful attempt yet to transfer the Hong Kong action movie to Hollywood.
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