Review of Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) by Word P — 24 Aug 2015

Not alot can be said about the new chapter in the Hitman franchise but it is action packed and understands that it is a shoot em up mindless action flick, too bad it lacked any story to make it a credible franchise.

The plot has no clue which direction it wants to head in. The first part of the film is basically Terminator with out the time travel but atleast showed promise. The second act basically was a cheap rip off of the Bourne identity and the dialogue really starts to go down hill. The third act goes a whole different direction and pretty much ends like every clichéd acti0n movies from the 90's and then abruptly ends with a terrible ending.

Agent 47 played by Rupert Friend was a decent enough Hitman whenever he wasn't talking, he looked the part well enough and had a good enough screen presence but just couldn't deliver a believable line to save his life.

The female lead, Hannah Ware, was hot enough and showed decent range but could only show so much especially having to deliver terrible dialogue.

Zachary Quinto really phoned it in for this one, he usually brings it in Star Trek and has been an amazing talent since Heroes but this performance just fell flat.

There wasn't much anticipation for this film especially seeing how it was a first time director and a hack of a writer in Skip Woods, need less to say I wasn't expecting an award winning classic but for the budget the director had to work with , he did a pretty decent job delivering a half way decent action flick.

I wouldn't run to the theater to catch this jewel, instead I would wait for VOD or the Redbox for this one. It is entertaining enough for a watch but mediocre enough for you to be able to wait.