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Movie Info


Genre :

Action, Thriller

Release Date :

November 21, 2007

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Xavier Gens

Starring :

Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen, Michael Offei

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

1.5 of 4

“..Xavier Gens' Hitman plays like a music video without the music..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 4

“..this action-thriller is pretty ludicrous..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret Morning News]
“..Sluggish, humorless and pointlessly graphic..”
by Daniel Eagan [Film Journal International]
1 of 4

“..It's enough to make you appreciate the gratuitous over-stylization of a film like "Shoot 'Em Up"..”
by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]
2 of 5

“..it hasn't taken advantage of what the games have to offer..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..exploits every action-flick cliche imaginable and still manages to be dull..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
1 of 5

“..a Bourne knock-off, and not a very good one at that..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
2 of 4
Reviewed by John Anderson [Newsday]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Susan Walker [Toronto Star]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]

Reader's Reviews


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I loved it! After watching my brother play this game for years, its great to see it on the bit screen! Has a bit of everything for everyone!

posted by hitgirl on Dec 07, 2007

I really liked the movie, especially the actor!:) And the music is also great!

posted by Shaci on Mar 26, 2008

i love hitman & timothy olyphant very much,i wish to see timothy :)

posted by kaizershoze on Sep 09, 2008

excellentttttttttt!

posted by kaizershoze on Sep 09, 2008

is the song from the hitman tv spots in the sound track?

posted by pikachu on Oct 07, 2008

i have been a huge Hitman fan since the first time i played on it. seeing it in movie form is excellent! shame i can't play Blood Money on my PS3 though, i used to play noting but that.

posted by stabbed-in-a-shootou on Nov 08, 2008

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posted by Ivbiishu on Jul 15, 2009

JtMLKM Excellent site. It was pleasant to me.

posted by adipex without presc on Aug 03, 2009

I'ts amazing,I love it.I'ts been less than a year since I watched this but still I was struck by this movie.And I want to repeat it over and over again.I'ts not about how hunk the actor is but it is the story that move me.But I must admit, Timothy Olyphant was really a handsome man.

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