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crazayman123Aug 21, 2015

While I will agree this has little to do with the games I will be reviewing this as a movie on it's own. As a movie on it's own, it is not that bad. The action was pretty cool and the story, while all over the place, still had some positivesWhile I will agree this has little to do with the games I will be reviewing this as a movie on it's own. As a movie on it's own, it is not that bad. The action was pretty cool and the story, while all over the place, still had some positives to it. but to be perfectly honest, this movie is rather generic and there are other movies out there like this. and they do it better.… Expand

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LeZeeDec 4, 2015

A complete action pack, with not so popular actors.

This is the second version, or we could say the reboot after the 2007 film did not receive well. This should have been a franchisee with at least 3-4 films by now. It's very clear thatA complete action pack, with not so popular actors.

This is the second version, or we could say the reboot after the 2007 film did not receive well. This should have been a franchisee with at least 3-4 films by now. It's very clear that something is not working out for it. As for this film, there are several issues. But fairly did at the box office, which is poor for an action film like this. From the director who had never worked on any project before and the writers with good experiences.

The money was well spent, the production quality was so good, then what is the trouble? Well, my first point out is the casting. Preferably someone top star who can pull the crowd into the cinema halls. Perhaps Jason Statham would have been a better choice, after Paul Walter's death who was suppose to play the lead. I'm not denying, but Rupert Friend was very good in the replace. But my point is there's no star value in this project, especially for the foreign markets, these lead stars are the strangers.

The other drawbacks are, this film rated R, which is utterly pointless. Because there are no kisses, no sexy outfits, or drugs consumption, but only violence and gore which are mostly CGI works. Could you believe what the films are turned out to be nowadays. LOL. Though, I enjoyed the action sequences, so I can't thumb down and it does not enough to me to thumb up as well. Decent story with a speedy narration. Definitely an average film. Never seen Singapore better than in this film before. You could watch it for the time-pass and for the stunts, or in a situation when there are no other options available.

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MattBrady99Aug 27, 2015

Skip Woods should be fired from writing screenplays and if you don't know who he is, well lets just say he wrote such films as: X-men: Origins Wolverine, The A-Team (2010), Sabotage, Hitman (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard.

Hitman: AgentSkip Woods should be fired from writing screenplays and if you don't know who he is, well lets just say he wrote such films as: X-men: Origins Wolverine, The A-Team (2010), Sabotage, Hitman (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard.

Hitman: Agent 47 is another attempt to adapted the Hitman game franchise into a movie and the pay-off we got was a piece of **** and I'm not surprised at all. The posters and trailers didn't really convince me that it's going to be anything good and I was right.

Rupert Friend who plays Agent 47 dose a decent job in the movie, even when he's character wasn't that developed enough or even interesting.

The rest of the actors didn't do such a good job, even Zachary Quinto had nothing to do in this movie and I know he's better than this. The action scenes wasn't as terrible as I thought it was going to be but it's nothing really special. The movie ends begging for a squeal and maybe start a franchise, but that's not going to happen since this movie bombed hard at the box office.

Overall Hitman: Agent 47 isn't a good movie at all, as I believe that this movie will be forgotten in the next two months and so would this review ;) .… Expand

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ReubenIsAGodSep 1, 2015

I mean i had like no faith in the film and knew that it would be a Total cluster **** of nothing, so yeah i just had fun with all that little substance and badass action crap. It was pretttyyy entertaining just watching people get shot toI mean i had like no faith in the film and knew that it would be a Total cluster **** of nothing, so yeah i just had fun with all that little substance and badass action crap. It was pretttyyy entertaining just watching people get shot to death. It wasnt that terrible guys, could have been a lot better, but like its a vidya game movie what were you wanting, gold?… Expand

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DenisFerencAug 29, 2015

It is a bad movie, however i do not think it deserves such a bad rating as 2/10. Some scenes where actually quite good, it is sad that they where all showed at the trailer and the rest of that movie was a pure garbage. CGI looked like fromIt is a bad movie, however i do not think it deserves such a bad rating as 2/10. Some scenes where actually quite good, it is sad that they where all showed at the trailer and the rest of that movie was a pure garbage. CGI looked like from some 2001 movie, dialogues where just bad and the whole story kinda weird. Hitman and Zachary Quinn acted pretty good, sadly, their dialogues just ruined the experience for me. I also didnt like Katia character too much. Some scenes didnt even fit together logically. I believe that the movie had a great potential, it just had bad director.… Expand

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TheQuietGamerMay 26, 2016

It's not hard to see that this second attempt at a Hitman movie repeats quite a few of the same mistakes video game movies have made over the years. Some of the more exuberant action scenes feel pulled from "how to make a cheesy video gameIt's not hard to see that this second attempt at a Hitman movie repeats quite a few of the same mistakes video game movies have made over the years. Some of the more exuberant action scenes feel pulled from "how to make a cheesy video game movie 101." However when taken at face value it can still provide some silly thrills. At the very least it manages to be better than the last Hitman movie.

The action is where the cast majority of the entertainment value comes from. Director Aleksander Bach has crafted quite a few clever ways for Agent 47 to kill people. Of course the whole thing regularly goes off the deep end with it's absurdity, but for the most part it's (intentionally?) goofy fun to watch. The gorier kills are particularly entertaining.

The plot itself isn't bad, but let's be honest who is going to watch this for the plot? It's the type of thing that works well enough to get things going and give a reason/excuse for the action onscreen to take place. So you just kind of go with knowing that if you really paid full attention to it that things would likely fall apart.

The characters themselves aren't bad. Neither are the actors playing them. It's hard to really consider just how good the people onscreen are doing given the material. The exception being Rupert Friend. His (almost) emotionless performance does a great job of selling the character. Quinto is just there to play a stereotypical villain and Hannah Ware, despite being so integral to the plot, is just kind of around to show some PG-13 level skin for the teenage Hitman fans watching, as well as the older male gamers who never really grew up. Nobody else is worth mentioning.

That's kind of the problem, not only with this new Hitman, but also with video game movies as a whole. Most of them are specifically designed to appeal to the players of the game. The problem with that? Apparently the people behind these movies view all gamers as horny 13 year olds who only care about the bang boom anyway. That and these same people don't know the source material well at all.

So "Agent 47" hits quite a few of the pitfalls video game movies have made that gave them such a bad reputation in the first place. Does that mean it's not worth watching? Not necessarily. We are all at the point now where we know what to expect from video game movies. So long as you aren't/weren't expecting this to be the video game movie to change that, then you should be okay. Thankfully, somehow Rupert Friend and some decent, if occasionally overly cheesy action keep it from reaching the levels of suck other video game movies have attained, particularly the first attempt at a Hitman movie. So it has that going for it. It's a video game movie. Take it or leave it.

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FallsDownzAug 23, 2015

Sigh.... here we go again with movie that original from video games , well i think a lot of people probably already know that most of these movie sucks like really bad and Hitman: Agent 47 is not an exception.

Despite the movie originalSigh.... here we go again with movie that original from video games , well i think a lot of people probably already know that most of these movie sucks like really bad and Hitman: Agent 47 is not an exception.

Despite the movie original from a famous game "Hitman" which uses stealth a lot , the movie just full on mindless blowing stuff action movie and that's like i don't know what's going on anymore

Actually if you change this movie to any others name you will probably don't even know that it's original from a video games since almost 100% of this movie is just another loud dump stupid cliche action movie that delivers nothing new at all.

And for icing on the cake is the characters in this movie , while the bad guy are always stupid dump talking too much miss every single bullet , our main characters the agent himself is just like a god he can basically 1 - 50 easily without any effort and that just make the movie kind a boring since their are no threats to the main characters what so ever.

Overall it's still WATCHABLE it's not completely garbage like someone might say but it's not good or even mediocre either , just to think that Warcraft and Assassin's creed comes next year makes me wonder ,if those two movie failed what will happen next in these movie genre ?… Expand

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Jim222001Aug 27, 2015

Rubert Friend (Homeland) actually makes the perfect Agent 47 due to his look, low key but bad ass performance and having the practice of already playing a dangerous government agent in Homeland. With that said though the script sucks.
TheRubert Friend (Homeland) actually makes the perfect Agent 47 due to his look, low key but bad ass performance and having the practice of already playing a dangerous government agent in Homeland. With that said though the script sucks.
The direction is actually decent and with a better story; the movie actually could have been good. Things like Zachery Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek) practically playing a cyborg you'd see in a Terminator film held the film back. As well as the film being all action and no brains.… Expand

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quincytheodoreAug 21, 2015

Underneath the disguise of flashy cinematic and noise effects, Hitman: Agent 47 is sadly, still a misfire of corny script and abysmal plot.

As an action flick, it's certainly brimming with cool choreography as characters partially danceUnderneath the disguise of flashy cinematic and noise effects, Hitman: Agent 47 is sadly, still a misfire of corny script and abysmal plot.

As an action flick, it's certainly brimming with cool choreography as characters partially dance and partially John Woo dive their way through hail of bullet. Unfortunately, the plot is nonsensical and inconsistent. It's understandable that the team wanted to create larger than life plot, but the process needs more delicacy than taking small scenes of the game and throws a bunch of popular gimmicks from Terminator to Minority Report, then hopes it would work or audience would suspend their belief.

Story is the typical enhanced soldier theme. Granted, the video games used same narrative, but then it gets ridiculously over-the-top and even borderline supernatural. It follows Agent 47 (Rupert Friend) as he tries to find the scientist who pioneered the super soldier program by finding his daughter Katia (Hannah Ware).

The movie revolves around finding this scientist and shady organization trying to revive the program. For a stoic character such as 47, the movie pairs him with female lead for more interaction, otherwise it'd be just all business and murder. It doesn't help that Katia is one dimensional and honestly equally stiff, the chemistry between them is hardly engaging.

It's also odd that the multi-million organization and legendary assassins treats Katia as though she holds all the secret. The plot actually hinges entirely on her, and at times she even depicts as having clairvoyance skill. Script uses a lot of flamboyant one-liners, almost as in gibberish cat poster.

With all of these quirky narrative and plot discrepancy, it's really hard to take the movie seriously. Story feels like a pretense to push the pace to next grand set pieces. To its credit, it does have plenty of stylish cinematography. Using all sorts of nifty choreography, dual wielding gunslinger combat in exotic places, it has ample bombastic action.

Note that one of Hitman games actually titled Silent Assassin and it's also the highest rank in game. The cerebral or tactical approach is used sparsely, and those don't even appear natural. In fact, without the suit and Hitman on the title you wouldn't even recognize it as Hitman movie, probably some Universal Soldier spin-off.

It's definitely an explosive spectacle, but sadly also a mindless one. If this is how video game is, still, translated to silver screen, it doesn't convey the game's core story, or any presentable story in general.… Expand

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TheDude-Aug 26, 2015

Agent 47 does have some neat action sequences and has some very nice cinematography but the narrative is a jumbled mess with bland and uninteresting characters to go with it.

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SzenAug 27, 2015

Ambitious and inspired from a great video game, "Hitman: Agent 47" has huge plot holes, laughable lines and the only thing that saves the day, is the over the top action scenes.

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IAmNotLyingSep 7, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I entered this movie with low expectation. I love the Hitman games (which this movie is based upon), so I gave it a shot despite of the bad reviews. And I'm surprised how okay this movie was. This movie definitely has it share of pros and cons. The good aspects of this movie is:

+ Rupert Friend is convincing enough to be agent 47.
+ Good action scenes.
+ The locations.
+ John Smith (played by Zachary Quinto) is decent enough as a villain.

The bad aspects however is:

- Katia (played by Hannah Ware) is one of the worst characters I've seen in a movie. Totally pointless. *Spoilers* We discovers later in the movie that she is not human, but a clone/agent programmed with higher senses. I would have liked this if it wasn't because of that Hannah Ware can't act in this movie.
- The story is bad. I'm not going to spoil the ending, but let me say that the ending is not memorable.
- Hitman is a stealth game, but this movie has only 1-3 stealth scenes and the rest is shoot outs with bloody results.
- I haven't got a problem with slow motion, but this movie has too many pointless slow-mo scenes.

I wouldn't recommend this movie. If you want to see it, rent it when it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray.… Expand

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danippAug 21, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As an action film, Hitman succeeds pretty well. Friend and Ware are very good, Quinto plays a nice villain and action sequences are amazing. We have disguises, smart fights, many guns and explosions and nice car's chasing. On the other hand, for those who are fans of the game, we don't have a movie that respects 100% its source. This adaptation doesn't full honor the game, except for some details on Agent 47 appearance and habilities. It ends giving us space for a sequel and probably new characters arriving but I've got the feeling that we won't get there.… Expand

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ourtimehascomeMar 2, 2017

You'd think it would be easy to make an interesting film about a genetically engineered assassin being paid to take out targets with as little evidence as possible. But not even Aleksander Bach and Skip Woods can get a dumb premise like thisYou'd think it would be easy to make an interesting film about a genetically engineered assassin being paid to take out targets with as little evidence as possible. But not even Aleksander Bach and Skip Woods can get a dumb premise like this right. The premise makes 47 the antagonist at best, and Rupert Friend commits to the role of an uninterested 80's action hero. Except for this film, it is neither stylized enough to commit to proper tongue-in-cheek action. It is merely a barely watchable, sub-standard John Wick, without anything which made the aforementioned film so popular among viewers.… Expand

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LamontRaymondAug 25, 2015

Not nearly as bad as I expected it might be. The action sequences are quite good, and Ruppert Friend is solid in the lead role - far better than Tim Olyphant was in the original, actually. And Hanna Ware ("Betrayal") is a treat!

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TVJerryAug 27, 2015

The irony of this film playing now is the plot similarity to AMERICAN ULTRA, which is also about a genetically revved-up killing machine. This version is based on the Hitman video game, which is obvious from the nonstop, immeasurable bodyThe irony of this film playing now is the plot similarity to AMERICAN ULTRA, which is also about a genetically revved-up killing machine. This version is based on the Hitman video game, which is obvious from the nonstop, immeasurable body count. Rupert Friend plays the titular killer, who's involved in some muddled plot about a diabolical corporation that's trying to destroy him. The violence is dispatched in a cursory manner that's all about cinematic style. Speaking of, the locations are cool (esp. Singapore's spectacular garden) and everyone dispatches their roles with no emotion. While it's paced well and full of noisy action, it feels lamely derivative and ultimately flat.… Expand

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ydnar4Dec 7, 2015

I never played the Hitman video game but I thought the movie looked to have a fairly interesting trailer. I thought it looked pretty badass and I must say that I was kind of interested in seeing this. The end result was pretty mediocre.I never played the Hitman video game but I thought the movie looked to have a fairly interesting trailer. I thought it looked pretty badass and I must say that I was kind of interested in seeing this. The end result was pretty mediocre. Hitman: Agent 47 has got some decent action sequences that are entertaining but outside of the action I was nearly falling asleep in the scenes between. The screenwrite from the original failed film was somehow hired again for the reboot and it looks like the result was essentially the same. The acting isn't terrible with the exception of Zachary Quinto who is extremely wooden. Rupert Friend and Hannah Ware are fine but their characters were just so uninteresting that it really didn't matter how good they were. Add this one to the long list of crappy video game films.… Expand

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RalfbergsJan 1, 2016

Even though I am not a big Hitman games player, it didn't feel like the game at all - too much casual running through shooting everyone style in the movie, even though,as many other reviewers have said too, the game is more about stealth andEven though I am not a big Hitman games player, it didn't feel like the game at all - too much casual running through shooting everyone style in the movie, even though,as many other reviewers have said too, the game is more about stealth and sneaking around, which basically was almost to none in this movie. Plus some weird plot moments too and the acting wasn't completely convincing (it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either). It was watchable and didn't feel like a small budget movie, but in the same time it didn't have anything great about it that you would recommend it to your friends afterwards. If you don't compare it to Hitman game, then even, I didn't feel like it would have anything that amazing in it and probably after few months I'll forget that it even existed.… Expand

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RobertHowardMar 8, 2022

Even for a generic action movie, Hitman: Agent 47 is poor, uninspiring and without anything that would warrant recommendation.

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