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Big Hit, The
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Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Comedy | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Ben Ramsey
Directed by: Kirk Wong
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 24, 1998
DVD: March 6, 2001
Running Time: 91 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for violence, pervasive language and some sexuality
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabato Jr., China Chow, Avery Brooks, Lainie Kazan, and Elliott Gould
A nice-guy hit man (Whalberg) agrees to take on a kidnapping scheme.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco Examiner Craig Marine
One of the funniest movies to come along in awhile.
Read Full Review >USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Far from redundant. That's because (Kirk) Wong deftly balances the outrageous stunts. [24 April 1998, p. 6E]
Dallas Observer Andy Klein
Manages the seemingly impossible task of being very funny indeed and being as dark as anything Wong has ever made. This is an almost painfully bleak comedy that makes you squirm in the manner of “The Out-of-Towners.”
Read Full Review >Variety Leonard Klady
Unquestionably a slick piece of goods. The training and experience of Wong and his crew --- culled largely from such action series as "La Femme Nikita" and "Once a Thief" --- keep the film lively and vivid.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
This movie isn't afraid of venturing into the realm of bad taste -- in fact, it revels in it.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
The filmmakers seem to think they can also manipulate us by combining the erotic with the disgusting. And they can--it's a foolproof tactic.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
This isn't a movie so much as a marketing strategy -- a moving poster loosely disguised as a motion picture.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Mark Wahlberg could lose some of the good will he generated from his performance in "Boogie Nights" by playing an idiotically gentle killer for hire in The Big Hit. [24 April 1998, p. 53]
Los Angeles Times Jack Mathews
That rarest of all genre hybrids, the screwball-romantic-action-situation-black comedy. Rare for good reason. Who'd want to see a thing like that?
Read Full Review >The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
A high-concept, low-reward hodgepodge that mingles elaborate stunts and shootouts with stereotypical ethnic humor.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Manohla Dargis
The television commercials for the movie say something about this being the same team that brought you “Face/Off,” which is about as relevant to this picture as noting that Paul Thomas Anderson got Wahlberg to drop his pants in “Boogie Nights.”
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The characters in these movies exist in a Twilight Zone where thousands of rounds of ammunition are fired, but no one ever gets shot unless the plot requires him to.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly David Everitt
It's tempting to brand the film anti-Semitic, but it's so utterly pointless it lacks even that distinction.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
The Big Hit goes beyond the call of duty in terms of hateful, crass exploitation.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The hyperactive Hong Kong action stuff is getting old.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Though R-rated, its real target audience is under 18 -- either in years or IQ points.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Gabor A. gave it a6:
Casual killings are what really ruin this other wise easy going comedy action flick. Apart from that the jokes and visual gags are actually pretty funny.
tony bob gave it a2:
Ehhhh this movie was not good. the action sequences were alright marky mark was jumping all over the place. the acting was horrible as well and the writting was s..t. its good if u like stupid movies that are unrealistic and have bad dialouge and a few shoot outs then this is for you unfortunatly it was not for me.
Lloyd H. gave it a 9:
Solid nine, marky mark pulls off a solid performance. with classic lines like my trace buster buster.
