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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543502791
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 6575
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 2007




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Product Description:
The best-selling videogame HITMAN roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant (Live Free or Die Hard). A genetically engineered assassin with killer style and deadly aim known only as 'Agent 47' eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed on a mission the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself ensnared in a life-or-death game of international intrigue and violent retribution.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CRIME Rating: UNRATED UPC: 024543502791 Manufacturer No: 2250287

Amazon.com:
It’s hard not to feel like one has entered a certain dimension of video-game logic while watching Hitman, a lightly enjoyable action-suspense movie indeed based on a popular and bloody game about a mysterious hired gun with a bar-code tattoo on his bald head and a number (47) in lieu of a name. Living like a chaste monk while slipping past borders to kill his targets, 47 (Timothy Olyphant of Deadwood) moves like a determined shark and speaks softly to his contact at the enigmatic 'the Organization,' which raises cast-off children to become well-paid assassins. Fruitlessly pursued by an Interpol cop (Dougray Scott) who can never get sovereign governments to cooperate, 47 has no trouble slipping in and out of countries to ply his trade. Until, that is, he’s set up to take a fall in Russia by shooting a national leader who is promptly replaced by a lookalike double. Suddenly on the run, 47 has to retrace his steps and formulate a lethal plan for extricating himself from a trap. Caught in the chaos is the lovely Nika (Olga Kurylenko), forced into sex slavery by 47’s new enemies and the one person who seems uniquely qualified to break through 47’s many personal barriers. Directed by France’s Xavier Gens, Hitman features loads of bloody mayhem and unabashed moments of pulp absurdity, such as a scene in which 47 and three other Organization killers agree to fight one another respectfully, then proceed to pulverize each other with swords and fists. As fodder for gamers, however, Hitman is packed with visuals and dramatic moments that seem so odd on the big screen until one realizes they are basically placemarkers for the video-game edition. --Tom Keogh


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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - action
this actor do a better job than all those new james bonds movies, exellent movie recomenced



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - For the gamers
If you loved the game you'll enjoy the movie, it got all the great stuff from the game in it and many scenes feel like home. However if you didn't like the game or never even heard of the game, this movie is just another action movie with a vague plot.

For me it was like visiting an old friend.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Incredible action movie
Given that I do not like the Hitman video game series, I had low expectations for this movie, but, WOW, was I proven wrong. This movie was incredibly well done and I could not believe that I could like a movie based off of a video game so much.

First of all, picturing Olyphant as Agent 47 seemed like too much to handle, given that he is a very serious actor in a role where he almost never talks, but he does a great job with the action and emotions, whether letting them out or holding them in. His acting in this movie is perfect because he comes across as so cold and determined and intelligent in his craft, and then immediately you see him with the gorgeous Olga Kurylenko, who tempts him to a little bit of fun and tries to loosen him up.

Kurylenko was another pleasant surprise from Hitman, as I had never heard of her before, other than that she did foreign films. She is easily one of the most physically attractive actresses out there, and she will be in the upcoming Bond film, so she definitely got her name/face out there with this movie.

If you're looking for a great action film with a phenomenal actor as the lead and a beautiful woman for some eye-candy, this is a perfect choice ;)



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Thank god it's good.
At first I was a little sceptical about this movie because from past experiences movies can rarely reflect the ambience or the content of the games. In order to reach a wider audience, movie makers usually tone down the action and adult content drastically.

Not so in this case, thankfully director created a very well adaptation of the game. Our hero, or antihero, may look a bit on the softer side but proves himself to be brutal and deadly when necessary. Also Ms. Olga Kurylenko shows us how brave and secure she is, even in Istanbul.

I'm not an avid fan but I played the latest two Hitman games, not so successfully if I might add, and this movie can very well be a part of any of them. Plot is just like a game, so are the locations and the action. Some purists may disagree but I can easily recommend this movie to the fans of the game.

This is how a game movie should be. Uwe, please watch this movie before you ruin another game movie for us.



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Why you can't actually fall in love with the Terminator?
Because he is just a cyborg or a robot and that's all.

On the other hand why do we fall in love with a character like Indiana Jones or James Bond? - Because he is romantic, funny, sexy, brave, and you could add more attributes because he is human and humane.

According to the Eidios game if the hitman was genetically engineered and made for just killing people (almost like the Terminator) I can understand and accept the character who cannot smile, kiss or show any kind of normal human emotion. However if the director was trying to potray the hitman as a "Macho", romantic guy then the movie fails miserably. In fact that is how the director has tried to potray him. However there is nothing macho about some lockjaw guy who speaks with small movement of the lips. And because his jaw is locked it is difficult to hear and watch him speak so stressfully. To deliver powerful dialogues the Hitman has to not only strain himself to speak but there is hardly any voice coming out. The voice isn't authorotative even when it is obvious that the voice was dubbed in the studio.

Remember those great lines that James Bond or any of those classic heroes deliver. In fact movies are remembered for them. On the other hand The Hitman delivers some terrific flop lines. The most obvious one being the lines that he speaks just after Olga describes her torture session with the Russian mafia when she had tried to escape it once. "If you ever again interfere with me like that..." What ... Read More



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