Review of Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) by Azeem H — 03 Sep 2015

Overall I genuinely didn't hate this film. In fact I actually found it entertaining, this film just takes itself too seriously.

The acting is terrible and the story makes no sense. For example the character of Agent 47 walks and does things as slowly as possible and only occasionally breaks into a run. This bit bothered me so much that in one key scene he actually walks from one location up at least five or six flights of stairs and ends up having a perfect sight of a car he wants to shoot into, despite the car being faster and speeding. What did the car decide to pause so that the Hitman could walk up the stairs?

This being said, the action scenes were mildly entertaining as the Hitman eviscerates his opponents who are not Zachary Quinto.

Not one person truly cracks a smile in this film. Still it somehow managed to be a little better than the first film even if it wasn't by much. There's a twist ending which is just plain stupid, but it keeps with the tone of the film.

I have walked out of films which are better than this, so to not walk out of this film shows that one this while being terrible isn't a complete waste of time, if you are looking for something to watch with your brain on neutral. Otherwise avoid.