Hitman

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Release Date: November 30th 2007

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

Director: Xavier Gens (The Divide, Frontier(s))

Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Tomsen

Game adaptions have been somewhat of a letdown over the past ten to twelve years. The Resident Evil films have never lived up to the popularity of the game, Mario Bros. would have been a lost cause if it weren't for its childhood qualities and Doom is a complete Alien ripoff, tied down with a 15 rating. Hitman is among these, and bares no qualities worth mentioning.

It's easy to get lost within the its first 10 minutes. A weak storyline that feels purposely confusing, mixed in with a lackluster lead (to us, only known as Agent 47... or Timothy Olyphant) whose emotionless facade comes from bad acting is not a concoction you'll want to watch for an hour and a half. It is not the fault of the actor, but the Director. There is little history around the harnessing of these agents, instead we are left perplexed at Agent 47's reaction to having a beautiful women throwing herself at him.

Nika Boronina (Kurlenko) has supposedly witnessed Agent 47 assassinate the Russian president, so now he must assassinate her, but this leads to a bigger conspiracy that 47 has been roped in to.

Simple plot, right? There are various flaws that didn't get picked up during production. The first being Agent 47 never hides the ridiculously massive tattoo of a barcode on the back of his bald head, but always manages to slip away unseen. The second is the absence of affection towards the only love interest. Third and foremost is the incomprehensible script, riddled with moments of stating the obvious.

If it weren't for an actions scene where 47 is pitted against three other assassins, it would be a complete and utter shambles.

Overview: A reboot is in the pipeline, and it can't do much wrong to be an improvement on this.