Review of Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) by Private U — 02 Nov 2015

Judging the movie within its genre, you may as well say that it's a 9/10! I am a bit reluctant to go that far, as I always keep in mind other movies that may not be in the genre but were great. For me, you can't give a 9 to both hit-man and LOTR. It may as well be that in their genres they're both great, but you just can't put them on the same level overall.

As far as the movie is concerned, I really enjoyed the transfer from the game to the big screen. The graphics were all there and some of the movements were really mapped to the game, which brought too many WOW moments for both myself and my brother that watched it with me. We are both fans of the hit-man games and it was a real pleasure to watch this.

We were not expecting as much from the movie. We actually wanted to watch the fantastic four but we were advised not to, so we went with the first alternative and were not at all disappointed. We were actually thrilled! The adaptation for the movie was phenomenal and some of the impossible scenes did not seem as implausible as in other movies. They did not throw you out of the movie by making you think "what a big fat lie!". It happened once or twice but not more.

The lead actor was amazing in his role and it really felt like the real thing. He could have been picked to be a bit more long-faced and with narrow characteristics, more Asian-like, but still he was an excellent fit to what we saw in the game. To address some comments, agent 47 is not a pumped up freak on steroids, he's a silent assassin. Get your facts straight first and then judge.

I also liked the lady (which was actually far by a sidekick as some suggested) that played a major role in the movie and that it seems that she will be the main character of the next movie, if one comes out. Nice, quiet, introverted but strong, beautiful as hell but no silicone, gym freak that looks unnatural. Someone that the ladies can relate to, which helps with the female target group of the movie I guess.

The plot was OK, again based on what we knew from the game. If you played hit-man, you will adore the movie. It's one of these pleasant flashbacks, bundled into a quality piece of work overall.