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Hitman (2007)

Director: Xavier Gen

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From Time Out New York

A stoic assassin groomed to be the perfect killing machine must find the people who double-crossed him, in this subpar Jason Bourne manqué based on the smash video-game franchise. East European globetrotting and a sexy Slavic costar lend international sheen to
this occasionally laughable action-thriller (how does a man who never hides the bar-code tattoo on his bald head elude Interpol?). Xavier Gens’s yet-to-be-released horror debut, Frontière(s), boasts far more narrative inventiveness and off-kilter swagger than this preprogrammed paycheck gig.

Author: Stephen Garrett 2007-11-27 19:14:22

Time Out New York Issue 635: November 29–December 5, 2007

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  • giorgio3 said...
    Posted on Mar 16 2008 08:30 if u decide to watch a film called "hitman" you should get this. it is not a film to think about but to reset your brain on friday night after the working week is gone. in that it is perfect.
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Director: Xavier Gen

Producer: Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Charles Gordon, Adrian Askarieh

Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen, Henry Ian Cusick, Michael Offei full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Thrillers

Rated: R

Duration: 100 mins

US Release: Nov 21 2007


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