Timothy Olyphant stars as Agent 47, the lead character in the video game Hitman.  It is fairly common for video game movies to be pretty bad, and this one tries too hard to be the video game and is not the sleek visual story which it could have been.  If you want an action film of sillyness and entertainment, Shoot ‘Em Up is the 2007 movie worth seeing. The filmmakers should have realized it is a video game and allowed the movie to be silly, visually stunning and entertaining, but they tried to be real filmmakers and made a mistake in doing so.

Hitman is actually pretty violent and R-rated as action movies go, and that actually doesn’t seem necessary.  I could have easily seen Agent 47 get the girl and kill the bad guys without remorse and without the blood and sex.  Also, what happened to the back story of why Agent 47 is nameless and that it appears he was trained to be a hitman when he was young.  That five to 10 minute back story could have been very helpful in creating an appreciation for the character.

Hopefully, the upcoming Max Payne can choose to be a serious movie based on a video game since it stars Mark Wahlberg.  Hitman had a second rate actor who was appropriate for the role, but in all reality, Olyphant is not much of an actor.  If you want to be entertained by Hitman, take the movie back and play the video game.

Similar recommended titles: Shoot ‘Em Up and Resident Evil