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As contradictory as it may sound, finding a good mindless action movie is actually a rather challenging task. Luckily we live in a world where adapting stories and characters from mindless action video games is commonplace, and the creators of the Hit-man movie have gone to great lengths to showcase plenty of the blood, bullets, and babes requisite of a proper translation of the popular assassin adventure.<br />
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Raised to be an elite assassin, Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) carries out jobs for a mysterious organization and for a price. When his employer sets him up in a political assassination attempt, the hit-man must uncover the leaders behind the conspiracy while simultaneously protecting a sassy prostitute and being hunted by both the Russian Secret Police and two determined Interpol agents.<br />
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Wasting little time with a tedious back story, (and thankfully straying from contrary religious tones as suggested by several trailers), Hit-man jumps right into the plot, full of political conspiracies, secret agency machinations, police investigations, and other reasons to have a gunfight in a crowded location. While those unfamiliar with the source material may question Agent 47's origins, it's actually rather commendable (and practical) to forego such setup and just plunge directly into current events with only the accepted knowledge that our antihero is the most skilled of killers. That being said, the story does convolute itself with excessive setting changes and rehashes of political thrillers mixed with revenge mysteries, but the plot never interferes with that which is most important – the action.<br />
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Several unique scenes of bloodshed find their way into Hit-man, and as expected the body count reaches an impressive sum. While not overloaded with meaningless violence, a few sequences stand out as attaining just the right amount of machismo cool, most notably the decimation of a drug lord's domicile and a four-way elite assassin duel apparently inserted to mimic the combat abilities present in the game. At a few points throughout the actioner it becomes evident that everyone involved is trying a little too hard to evoke awe, but some fast hand-held shots and a few guns pointing at the screen later, all is forgiven.<br />
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> TiTLE......[ Hitman<br />
> YEAR.......[ 2007 <br />
> GENRE......[ Action / Crime / Thriller <br />
> RUNTiME....[ 1:27:35<br />
> iMDB RATE..[ User Rating: 6.7/10 (3,058 votes)<br />
> iMDB URL...[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465494/<br />
> AUDiO......[ MP3 48000Hz 112 kb/s CBR, J-Stereo<br />
> LANGUAGE...[ English<br />
> SUBS.......[ NONE<br />
> ViDEO......[ 991 kbps DivX 29.970 Fps<br />
> RESOLUTiON.[ 512 x 256<br />
> DAR........[ 2.000 (2:1)<br />
> DivX ......[ 6.6<br />
> FiLES......[ 2 <br />
> SiZE.......[ 726<br />
> SOURCE.....[ Quality CAM
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