Hitman (2007)

Director:

Xavier Gens

Writer (WGA):

Skip Woods (written by)

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Agency' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe.

Plot Keywords:

Istanbul | Shot In The Forehead | Vulgarity | Topless | Niger

Cast

Timothy Olyphant	...	Agent 47
Dougray Scott	...	Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko	...	Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper	...	Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Udre Belicoff
Michael Offei	...	Jenkins
Christian Erickson	...	General Kormarov
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Bwana Ovie
Joe Sheridan	...	Captain Gudnayev
James Faulkner	...	Smith Jamison
Jean-Marc Bellu	...	Hitman #2
Nicky Naude	...	Hitman #3
Abdou Sagna	...	Hitman #4
Ilya Nikitenko	...	Hitman #5

Also Known As:

Hitman - Agente 47 (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Hitman (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Hitman - A bérgyilkos (Hungary) [hu]
Hitman - Ektelestis 47 (Greece) [el]
Hitman - Jeder stirbt alleine (Germany) [de]
Hitman, agente 47 (Argentina) [es]
Tueur à gages (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | Russian | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:18 | France:Unrated | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Taiwan:R-12 | Sweden:15 | Germany:18 | Hungary:18 | Ireland:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Ontario) | UK:15 | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Japan:PG-12 | South Africa:16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:18 (uncut) | USA:R (certificate #43962) | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

When Agent 47 jumps through the hotel window into the kid's room, they're playing Hitman: Blood Money (2005) (VG) for the PlayStation 2. (They're playing through "Death of a Showman", the training level.)

Goofs:

Continuity: After Agent 47 finishes talking to Nika in the car, the scene cuts to the car from the rear driving away. The Audi that is driving away is an A4 Cabriolet. The car which Agent 47 took was actually a S5.

Quotes:

Agent 47: Because that suitcase perfectly holds my Blazer Sniper Rifle, two .45s and a gag for irritating, talkative little girls like yourself. You want me to stop and get it out?
Nika Boronina: I don't know - you think we have time for foreplay?

Movie Connections:

References A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Soundtrack:

Swingville Sashay

Excellent

As we are all well aware of most film adaptations of video games are usually very poor. This is not the case with Hit-man. Hit-man has done something that no other video game film has been able to pull off before. It is entertaining to the general audience who has not plaid the video game, by use of witty remarks, dark humor, and excellent action scenes. On the other hand fans of the video game series will be pleasantly surprised that Hollywood has not butchered the concept of the video games. There has been much debate over the actor who played 47; all actors did an excellent job. I was very pleased.

Bottom line: If you enjoy the video games – see it. If you don't know anything about the video games but want to see a movie similar to Bourn Identity then see it.