Review of Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) by Kevin M. W — 26 Aug 2015

Killing machines that can take out poor regular humans by the truckload, terminators, seem all the rage at the local cinema lately (I'm talking strictly on the screen unfortunately), and of the two recent forays into that genre I liked this one best simply because there was no beating around the bush: let's just get down to the business of wiping out sons-of-witches all over the place, no salt, no pepper, no questions.

The body pileup, like a videogame, only misses the blood and bodies disappearing of their own accord that those types of adventure mediums specialize in. There's a story too but, really, is that necessary? It would only be unbelievable anyway, and this one does not fail in that regard.

All of these films depend on one conceit: the bad guys all attack one at a time, quite unlike the truth one witnesses out in the real world where swarming is the rule of thumb, but I digress. Killing people, and killing lots of them? This is for you.