I just saw Hitman

[Guest clintcasey]

And it was good.

Not the best movie I've seen lately, but I liked it a lot better than Beowulf for instance. I was actually pleasantly surprised.

[Benji]

And it was good.

Not the best movie I've seen lately, but I liked it a lot better than Beowulf for instance. I was actually pleasantly surprised.

I've not seen the film and I could give a better review than that <_>

[Vilge Duin]

Please tell me 47 doesn't have a romance with the dark haired chick... Please tell me he's not at all cheery and in "good guy action hero" mode...

He kills horrible people, but he's still a cold blooded merciless killer. Which is something that looks like is absent from his characterization in the movie.

[Cactus Drags]

I've only seen the trailer, but I don't recall the games having nearly as much of a religious angle, other than a priest looked after 47. Then again, I've not played much of the first one.

[apsham]

If it were to follow the first game, then 47 would have to have been made from the DNA of the Doctor that created him, along with his first four targets. He was raised in an enclosed asylum and allowed to escape by the doctor to test him in the real world.

[LexChaney]

I'm looking forward to Robert Knepper being in the film, also I will be pissed off if there is a romance angle in this film too. I love the games so I hope this film doesn't let me down as I can't wait to see it.

[Heel Turn]

Does he strangle a lot of people with the carbon fiber wire? Because that's what I did when I played those games.

[apsham]

A review of the script that I read in June said that there was a lot of violence towards women, such as beating, mutliation and rape... was that in the final.

[SeanDMan]

Does he strangle a lot of people with the carbon fiber wire? Because that's what I did when I played those games.

No. No fiber wire kills at all, which sucked. Hard.

A review of the script that I read in June said that there was a lot of violence towards women, such as beating, mutliation and rape... was that in the final.

No. There's some isolated incidents of BSDM, but nothing extreme.

Had I gone into this movie with no expectations, I would have enjoyed it, but as a huge fan of the games I thought it was a bit of a let down. Way too Hollywood given how unlike that you can play the games. The lack of any use of the carbon fiber, the inclusion of a random sword fight for no apparent reason that only really served to confuse things to holy hell, and the fact that the syringes got all of one use really (two if you count the whore), and this just wasn't the Hitman I've been used to. The script and action and plot was... okay. The trailers were misleading as all hell, which turned out to be okay. I still think if they'd wanted to make a Hitman movie, they should have just taken the Hitman Contracts and used it to storyboard the whole thing. As it was, it was a decent popcorn movie, which leaves the door open for sequels, and really, as long as it makes money what more do you need.

[Gabriel]

I've only ever played the games once at a friend's house. It was fun and looked great. I like the general idea, and it seems like the movie will be a lot of fun for me to watch.

Plus, anything that gets Timothy Olyphant more starring roles is (Y)

[Vilge Duin]

If anyone wants to play the first 3 Hitman games for free, just head over to Gametap. They're on the front page.

Plus Psychonauts.

[apsham]

...you are shitting me about the Hitman games, that's nuts! I knew they were selling them in a package recently, but.. holy shit.

[MyKILLv2.0]

We went to go see this movie last night since “The Mist” was sold out. I have never really played the game, so I didn’t expect much. However, I was pleasantly surprised, and ended up liking the movie. I thought the producers did a good job of keeping a balance between storyline and action scenes, which is important in movies like this. Timothy Olyphant is AMAZING in the movie, and really carries the movie for the most part.

Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t think the movie was in the same league as 300 or anything like that, but I liked the movie far more then recent movies such as Beowulf, and hope that they a sequel or two, which I am sure they will.

[NobBe Nobbs]

No fibre wire kills AT ALL?

Fuck that noise. I'll wait until it comes out on DVD, then pirate it

[Lord Nibbler]

Does the film open with a guy being tortured for info, then the torturers realising he's been forced to swallow a bunch of plastic explosives by 47, who promptly blows them up?

Edited November 24, 2007 by Jimmy the Exploder

[SeanDMan]

Yes.

[Guest clintcasey]

Does the film open with a guy being tortured for info, then the torturers realising he's been forced to swallow a bunch of plastic explosives by 47, who promptly blows them up?

[TGC]

The movie did okay in terms of money made in it's opening weekend. Came in 4th and made 21million if memory serves, which in't bad at all. If it doesn't tank hard in the second week, it will probably be considered a much bigger hit than Beowulf, which is tanking pretty hard only making 56mil in two weeks for a 150mil movie.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

I hated the movie, but I never played the video game so what do I know.

The violence was pretty good but the plot was terrible and the "acting" was atrocious. I was bored for 90 minutes...just not a good film in my opinion.

[Big Red Fury]

I've played the games and I really liked it. I knew it wouldn't follow the plot exactly so I cast any notions of expecting that aside and just enjoyed it. Some of the actors sucked, but I thought Olyphant was excellent as 47 after initially having some concerns that he might not do the character justice.