Hitman
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  • Starring: Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Timothy Olyphant
  • Summary: Based on the top-selling, award-winning videogame franchise, the HITMAN is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47. His hallmarks are a lethal grace, unwavering precision, and resolute pride in his work. But even 47 couldn't anticipate a "random equation" in his life of exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 11 out of 22
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    Hitman stands right on the threshold between video games and art. On the wrong side of the threshold, but still, give it credit.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Kelley L. Carter
    50
    Here’s all you really need to know before the opening credits roll in Hitman: There’s going to be a lot of bloodshed. And that’s a good thing, considering there isn’t much dialogue to carry the film.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    38
    There have been plenty of movies adapted from video games before, but Hitman may be the first one that actually feels like a computer wrote and directed it.
  4. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    33
    By the time Olyphant leaves an enemy in the most ridiculous deathtrap since the '60s "Batman," just because it looks kinda neat, the whole project has started to feel like "Ultraviolet 2: The Further Stupidening."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 73
  3. Negative: 14 out of 73
  1. AlbinM
    10
    this movie wasn't intended to beat James Bond or anything. For what it is based on, a computer game, it was amazing. I thought it was definitely entertaining. Anyone giving this movie a low rating obviously never played the game.… Expand
  2. Kyoin
    8
    First of all let me say I have not really played the Hitman games. That being said I think the portrayel of a kind of anti-social run & gun assassin was great. The action was pretty good especially the 'sword showdown.' The story was modirately good, but got a little confusing at times. The relationship with 47 & Nika (Olga Kurylenko) was a little underveloped, but then again what can you expect from an assassin? Overall it was fun if you like a violent flick sprinkled with nudity here and there. 8/10… Expand
  3. grandpajoe6191
    5
    "Hitman", despite its frantic pace with monotonous dialogue added in, is a great counterexample of "game-based movies suck". Its a film that you will enjoy.… Expand
  4. JonasH.
    3
    I have played every Hitman game and loved every one, and I must admit: This movie has the shell. The agent's name is 47, he's brought up in a facility and he's a hitman. The problem is, that it doesn't vaguely capture the spirit, or the core, of the Hitman games. What seems the most misplaced is the pseudo-romantic little-boyish interaction between 47 and the Russian girl. In some ways the movie could have been rated as a passable action movie, but truth be told, IO-Interactive's directors and designers did a far better job on the story-telling and entertainment value. This is not good when comparing a movie to a game. So, basically the movie is an empty shell, which in no way has earned its title.… Expand

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