A.C.’s Review: Already
rebooting the HITMAN movies we find Hollywood telling the tale of Agent
47…a genetically enhanced assassin said to have no emotions making him
the perfect
killing machine.
In
this movie an evil corporation (is there any other kind in movies)
called Syndicate International is out to find the missing scientist who
created the Hitmen
originally. They go after the man’s daughter hoping he will lead them
to the scientist. At first the woman is duped into thinking they are the
“good guys” especially when Hitman Agent 47 shows up seemingly to kill
her. He is actually there to protect her and
find her father for his own agenda.
Early
on in this movie I couldn’t help thinking someone has been watching too
much TERMINATOR. There were elements from the 1984 and 1992 films that
were clearly
echoed her. Especially in the form of the Syndicate’s thug…a man named
John Smith (played by the actor who plays SPOCK in the new TREK movies)
who has some sort of metal enhancement beneath his skin making him
almost unkillable. Hitman and the woman Katia
are on the run from him. Drop in the Terminator, Sarah Conner and Kyle
Reese and you’ve got pretty much the same movie.
I
wasn’t into it early on as the Hitman is a hard person to like with his
lack of emotions he doesn’t make a compelling character. Soon that took
a back seat to
the spectacle of the onscreen violence. I was almost in awe of how many
“:red shirts” also known as the Syndicate’s henchmen get wasted by the
Hitman. I haven’t seen a trail of bodies that big since JOHN WICK.
I almost felt bad for them..I know they were the baddies but to see that many people wiped out in short order was shocking.
The
movie also redeemed itself with the locations in Singapore near the end
of the movie. I’ll never travel there but seeing the area made me wish
it were a short
trip.
It is set up for a sequel. Whether that happens remains to be seen.
Best Scene: Agent 47 fighting John Smith on a busy subway track
A.C.’s Rating: Matinee
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