There’s a cool opening credits sequence, but beyond that ‘Hitman’ doesn’t make much sense, is encumbered by clunky dialogue, some amateurish performances and clichéd set-pieces we’ve seen umpteen times before.
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11/29/07
Hitman (2007)
15
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Reviews Counted:92
Fresh:14
Rotten:78
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Hitman features the unfortunate combination of excessive violence, incoherent plot, and inane dialogue.
Theatrical Release:30-11-2007
Synopsis: Based on the popular Playstation 2 game, HITMAN chronicles the frame-up and retribution-packed odyssey of Number 47 (Timothy Olyphant), a bald assassin raised from birth to be a killer and tattooed... [More]
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper
Director: Xavier Gens
Reviews for Hitman
Top CriticIncoherent and utterly lacking in panache, style or originality, Hitman is missing an ‘s’.
11/28/07
Top CriticHitman continues the grand Hollywood tradition of completely failing to turn a computer game into a decent movie.
11/29/07
Top CriticA bit po-faced and unremarkable; more outrageousness and humour would have helped.
11/29/07
Yet another depressing confirmation of the inability of filmmakers to turn decent videogames into decent films.
11/30/07
Top CriticRubbish, of course, but some teenage boys love this stuff. Don't rule out sequels.
11/30/07
Top CriticXavier Gens should have stuck to making music videos rather than inflict his goldfish-like attention-span on cinema.
11/30/07
Top CriticA soulless, slackly directed, suspense-free exercise in misanthropy packed with unconvincing stereotypes
11/29/07
This film is like watching the actual game played by someone with slow reactions. That's not much of a spectator sport.
11/30/07
Top CriticThe film's target audience - dummies everywhere - will be blown away.
11/30/07
Hitman starts well but quickly degenerates into a confusing, badly plotted mess, enlivened only by the occasional gunfight and the luminous presence of Olga Kurylenko.
11/29/07
It might just be one of the best videogame adaptations ever made, which isn’t saying much. It could also be the film of the week which, come to think of it, isn’t saying much either.
11/30/07
Obviously made to appeal to the computer game’s fans, it still begs the question: How does a film with this level of violence get a certificate of 15?
11/30/07
It's based on a computer game, Hitman (see what they did with that title?), though even when it reaches maximum velocity, it's still panting behind The Bourne Ultimatum for style and excitement.
11/30/07
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12/01/07
Hitman is by no means great filmmaking but as video game adaptations go, it proves mindlessly entertaining and at least it's not irritatingly stupid.
11/28/07
All a goof. Revealing the pragmatic side of the CG-assisted filmmaker, [director] Gens makes a movie that seems entirely computer generated.
11/20/07
It's just one blazing gun battle, knife fight and torture scene after another, staged in a vaguely tongue-in-cheek Tarantino style by French director Xavier Gens, with cardboard characters, Ed Wood dialogue and the storytelling values of a cockfight.
11/20/07
A movie so bland it's hard to believe it was inspired by anything more than a Wikipedia entry on 'action thrillers.'
11/20/07
There's a certain primitive simplicity to it, the editing is awkward in spots, and it derives from a game, but I flat-out enjoyed it.
02/20/08
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