He is out there! he can't be bargained with. He can't be reasoned with. He doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
I am of course talking about the Termina...... Hit-man! After Fox had their pathetic attempt at cashing in on a popular video game franchise and failing terribly. They figured "hey! why not have another go" and decided they needed to do something different. So naturally they came up with this pathetic attempt at cashing in on a popular video game franchise, and surprisingly failed terribly at it once again.
Not only does this film shamelessly steal plot points from the Terminator movie series, but it also follows the Terminator tradition of spoiling key plots of the film in the trailer.
We have the awesome Rupert "Jack Bauer of Homeland" Friend playing the lead role as the unstoppable killing machine; Hit-man: Agent 47. Zachary "who is junglejim4322@yahoo.com?" Quinto playing Kyle Reese....Sorry I mean John Connor....wait no I mean John Smith....Or is it Brian? Oh who cares. Moving on, we have the lovely Hannah Ware playing Katia "Not a Sarah Connor rip off" Van DeezNuts.
Let's get to the story! The story is about the Agent T4700, who hunts this woman because he is apparently trying to kill her for some reason. Luckily for her she has Zachary Quinto who has been sent to save her from this unstoppable killing machine. However, brace yourself for a twist that you will never see coming (unless if you've seen the trailer) The woman in question is Katia. A normal girl living in Berlin who for some reason has heightened senses and is obsessed with finding an old man, she doesn't know why though (you'll probably figure out where this storyline is going assuming you haven't suffered a severe head injury, or destroyed your brain cells due to heavy drug usage) She meets the charming John Smith who gives her a paraphrased version of the speech that Kyle Reese gives Sarah Connor in Terminator (but that's homage people! not plagiarism, so keep your pants on for Gods sake!) The Hit-man arrives promptly and all hell breaks loose. He tries to kill them but he naturally fails. Then the twists start to happen. I shall not go into them because if you've seen the trailer then you've seen half of the movie anyway.
The film should really be called Hit-man Agent90 featuring Agent47. It's hardly about him and his story (or even being a Hit-man in general) but him training this girl on how to survive. If this film was called Guardian47 then that would be alright, but it's not. It's called Hit-man, so it should be about him being a contracted killer (which he is, but not for the most part)
There is one scene that I "enjoyed" (it's not a spoiler, it's in the trailer!) There is a scene when Hit-man is being interrogated, and the cop in charge brings his confiscated Sniper Rifle into the interrogation room. Now that scene has to be one of the worst written scenes ever, there is absolutely no logic in doing that. What was his plan? To threaten Hit-man at gunpoint? It was just a silly plot just so Hit-man can have his guns in the room when he needs them.
The action scenes are decent, definitely an improvement over the action in the previous turd that the studio churned out. They find new creative ways of killing people which is keeping in the spirit of the Hit-man games. The acting (other than Terminators and Sylars) is pretty crap. The soundtrack was decent though.
Does the film deliver? It has plenty homages to the video games. The action is sufficient, and in the same style as the games.
That being said, it was a somewhat enjoyable movie (in a turn your brain off and enjoy this popcorn flick way) with a story that should keep you interested for the most part. Action that you should enjoy and some nipple pokies thrown in for good measure.
I am of course talking about the Termina...... Hit-man! After Fox had their pathetic attempt at cashing in on a popular video game franchise and failing terribly. They figured "hey! why not have another go" and decided they needed to do something different. So naturally they came up with this pathetic attempt at cashing in on a popular video game franchise, and surprisingly failed terribly at it once again.
Not only does this film shamelessly steal plot points from the Terminator movie series, but it also follows the Terminator tradition of spoiling key plots of the film in the trailer.
We have the awesome Rupert "Jack Bauer of Homeland" Friend playing the lead role as the unstoppable killing machine; Hit-man: Agent 47. Zachary "who is junglejim4322@yahoo.com?" Quinto playing Kyle Reese....Sorry I mean John Connor....wait no I mean John Smith....Or is it Brian? Oh who cares. Moving on, we have the lovely Hannah Ware playing Katia "Not a Sarah Connor rip off" Van DeezNuts.
Let's get to the story! The story is about the Agent T4700, who hunts this woman because he is apparently trying to kill her for some reason. Luckily for her she has Zachary Quinto who has been sent to save her from this unstoppable killing machine. However, brace yourself for a twist that you will never see coming (unless if you've seen the trailer) The woman in question is Katia. A normal girl living in Berlin who for some reason has heightened senses and is obsessed with finding an old man, she doesn't know why though (you'll probably figure out where this storyline is going assuming you haven't suffered a severe head injury, or destroyed your brain cells due to heavy drug usage) She meets the charming John Smith who gives her a paraphrased version of the speech that Kyle Reese gives Sarah Connor in Terminator (but that's homage people! not plagiarism, so keep your pants on for Gods sake!) The Hit-man arrives promptly and all hell breaks loose. He tries to kill them but he naturally fails. Then the twists start to happen. I shall not go into them because if you've seen the trailer then you've seen half of the movie anyway.
The film should really be called Hit-man Agent90 featuring Agent47. It's hardly about him and his story (or even being a Hit-man in general) but him training this girl on how to survive. If this film was called Guardian47 then that would be alright, but it's not. It's called Hit-man, so it should be about him being a contracted killer (which he is, but not for the most part)
There is one scene that I "enjoyed" (it's not a spoiler, it's in the trailer!) There is a scene when Hit-man is being interrogated, and the cop in charge brings his confiscated Sniper Rifle into the interrogation room. Now that scene has to be one of the worst written scenes ever, there is absolutely no logic in doing that. What was his plan? To threaten Hit-man at gunpoint? It was just a silly plot just so Hit-man can have his guns in the room when he needs them.
The action scenes are decent, definitely an improvement over the action in the previous turd that the studio churned out. They find new creative ways of killing people which is keeping in the spirit of the Hit-man games. The acting (other than Terminators and Sylars) is pretty crap. The soundtrack was decent though.
Does the film deliver? It has plenty homages to the video games. The action is sufficient, and in the same style as the games.
That being said, it was a somewhat enjoyable movie (in a turn your brain off and enjoy this popcorn flick way) with a story that should keep you interested for the most part. Action that you should enjoy and some nipple pokies thrown in for good measure.