a5c7b9f00b HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones -- endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe. An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. So start off, the movie isn't bad. In fact, it's well acted out, well edited and the stunts and everything are really good. What bothers me, however, is the story.<br/><br/>For one, it's filled with cliché's (including a German evil man who wants to take over the world). Secondly, it doesn't even go with the story set by the video games. Why is Diana some Asian chick with an accent? In the games, she's clearly got a British accent and she's not Asian. Why does 47 go loud in almost every situation? Why is the same guy who was killed in the beginning of Hit-man: Contracts being killed again in this movie? <br/><br/>These questions ruin the entire movie for me. I don't understand. Is this some parallel universe story thing going on or what? <br/><br/>I'm only giving this a six because the actors did an amazing job as well as the people involved in recording and and editing. The people who created the script need to pick up copies of the entire Hit-man franchise and play through them before they make another movie. An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.<br/><br/>Hit-man: Agent 47 is directed by Aleksander Bach and stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto. This film is based on the successful Hit-man video game series. Writers and producers are trying to reboot a film which basically failed at starting a franchise the first time. This former film was yet not good at all, the critics and people weren't very of it. I'm confused because there are so many other great stories that could be turned into movies beginning with Metroid or even Zelda for God sakes! Eventually Rupert Friend is good at portraying the Hit-man but his character is so boring, it's frustrating. Plus, Zachary Quinto really disappointed me as well. This film isn't that great and it eventually sucks. It's written by Skip Woods, the man who wrote X-Men Origins: Wolverine, A Good Day to Die Hard or Sabotage. Do I need to say more? The exposition is about 20minutes long, explaining the world of the movie to the audience, trying to overload us with information and yet you are supposed to care about these characters. Epic fail because you genuinely don't. Moreover, the film "profits" from modern day rapidly edited and quick-cut scenes but the thing is, we need to see things happened in an action movie. No one wants to wonder what their looking at. No one wants to see a blur of an action scene done with horrible choreography and fake stunt work. Each time this assassin pulls his guns out or shoot at things, it's in slo-motion. In fact, for every gun shoot scene, you have three to four dumb scenes. Finally you begin to deconstruct the movie and when you do that, you're not enjoying it.<br/><br/>Overall I enjoyed mostly the Hit-man himself, Zachary Quinto would have made a good villain if he weren't to deal with this script. Hit-man: Agent 47 is a big mess. Hitman: Agent 47 is a film that bears nothing but a passing resemblance to the game that spawned it, but that shouldn’t surprise anyone, as it’s all just a cash grab, anyway. No choice but to wash, rinse, repeat: cha-ching. No, but there is a stinger during the credits. See here or here for more information.
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