HITMAN

HITMAN IS A SHOOT 'EM UP.
I WOULD NOT GO INTO IT LOOKING FOR MARY POPPINS OR PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS.
THIS IS ACTION / ADVENTURE. WHEN A MOVIE IS BASED ON A VIDEO GAME - YOU ARE NOT WISE TO SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME LOOKING FOR THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF THE PLOT.
THIS FILM DOES A FINE JOB OF KILLING PEOPLE IN VARIOUS WAYS AND LARGE NUMBERS.
AGAIN AND AGAIN, I FIND PEOPLE WHO GO TO A VIOLENT MOVIE AND THEN LAMENT THE VIOLENCE -- DUH!
IF A MOVIE IS TITLED, "WORLD WAR III" OR "HITMAN," I FEEL I HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED AS TO THE DIRECTION IT IS HEADED.
SO, FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE ( MEANING RAW VIOLENCE ), THIS FILM IS A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION.
I LIKE TIMOTHY OLYPHANT AS THE JASON BOURNE TYPE KILLER - THE MORAL MAN IN AN AMORAL WORLD OF SPIES AND ASSASSINS. TRAINED TO DO ONE THING AND YET, FEELING THAT WHAT HE IS DOING IS WRONG.
I ALSO LIKE THE TWO COPS WHO WERE TRYING TO ARREST OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD KILLER -- DOUGRAY SCOTT AND MICHAEL OFFEI.
THEY MAKE THESE TWO HONEST COPS VERY REAL AND NOT JUST STOCK CHARACTERS, AS THEY WOULD BE IN MOST FILMS LIKE THIS.
WE CARE ABOUT THEM AND FEEL FOR THEIR CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICE, IN A WORLD WHERE CHEATING IS THE NORM.
OLGA KURYLENKO, IS GOOD AS THE GIRL TRAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MURDEROUS PLOT AND SHE ALSO MAKES HER CHARACTER SOMEONE YOU GROW TO CARE ABOUT AND I CREDIT THE DIRECTOR FOR THAT, AS MUCH AS THE ACTRESS.
IF YOU LIKE GUNPLAY, SWORDPLAY AND HAND TO HAND COMBAT - YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS MOVIE. IF THE SOUND OF MUSIC IS YOUR FAVORITE FILM, AVOID HITMAN AS YOU WOULD THE PLAGUE.