Directed by:
Aleksander BachCinematography:
Ottar GudnasonComposer:
Marco BeltramiCast:
Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, Jürgen Prochnow, Emilio Rivera, Rolf Kanies, Dan Bakkedahl, Michaela Caspar (more)VOD (5)
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HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones -- endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe. (20th Century Fox)
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What can I say, Rupert Friend is a great actor, but no matter what he does, he can't get into the skin of the bald killer. The cringy lines he has to say, and above all, the far-fetched script serve as his excuse. The widely loathed Skip Woods has always seemed to me more than a skillful writer, because I still enjoy the first installment to this day and I have a weakness for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. But here, in partnership with Michael Finch, those micro sci-fi elements from the game series are taken shamefully far beyond the bearable limit, and they make fools of themselves with the various plotholes, B-movie twists, or an invincible villain. In such misery, trademarks like rubber duckies or unnecessary (yet completely unnecessary for the plot) disguises won't help, nor will unnecessarily overblown (and therefore fatally un-Hitman-like) action. The second star is out of pity for Rupert Friend and Zachary Quinto, but the third time around I would rather not risk a similar experience. Agent 47 deserves anything but film hell.
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This movie wants to be close to the game itself, but then Hitman is played by an actor with the longest “hair” on his head (that Agent 47 ever had) and with the charisma of a hamster in a nightgown.
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Once upon a time, someone in Hollywood makes a major decision one day that screws up a legendary franchise. Everyone is holding their heads, from the audience to the angry investors, so he decides to make another one eight years later. This time, he also brought back the original screenwriter. Not only does he not learn from past mistakes, but he definitively castrates the brand, rapes it, sets it on fire, urinates on it, buries it, and then spits on the grave a few more times. Apart from the red tie and the number on the back of his head, there is nothing left but tearful eyes. This is because there's a newbie roaming around who doesn't have the slightest idea of how to handle action, give it rhythm, or, for God's sake, have an original idea. The model situation is the ending on the white staircase when the western strings are strummed, but the shooting is like in a drunken southern dive. What's the use? Thirty-five million has been paid and the retardation will continue two years later. No thanks.
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Hitman: Agent 47 is an honest insult to the action genre. I forgive a lot in action movies, but I'm going to give a pass to second-rate action with epileptic editing and terrible CGI reminiscent of SyFy productions. Bad in every way: weak story, an unlikeable piece of wood in the lead role, dull visuals and sets, minimal connection to the game, and lots of action that is both disgustingly over-edited and artificial (we don't hear the explosions they go off, we don't hear the crunch when a neck breaks), this is the kind fo stuff that makes people angry and them do unfair things. The trailer is better than the film itself. 1* for seeing the film at home and not in the cinema. Aleksander Bach should shake hands with Olivier Megaton and watch Asian action movies compulsorily. 25%.
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Lately, I've been enjoying similar action flicks. It has charge, it's beautifully cruel at times, and the overall graphical execution is very good. There is also no shortage of ideas that bring the plot to life. The aircraft turbine was great. It's not great, but it kept me entertained for one evening.
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