Review of Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) by Orlando O — 21 Aug 2015

Video game adaptations into films are usually a struggle from either being terrible or entertaining. It is similar to how novels are being translated onto films and the readers can distinguish what was adapted accurately to not keeping the right details. Hitman: Agent 47 is a reboot action film that tries to live up to the game series. The game is about the player finding many strategies as Agent 47 taking out his targets in a stealthy professional way or guns blazing in a amateur style. The movie seem to be taking on the guns blazing technique, in which it does have some of Agent 47â(TM)s signature marks like his two silverballers, fiber wire, and his emotionless personality. Hitman: Agent 47 is a fair film, it has some entertaining action scenes, and a mediocre casts. The Aleksander Bach direction on the film is so dull, when it comes to balancing the plot and action all together. Thrown in a few flashback scenes for a character backstory, it does lose its pace on being exciting.

Agent 47 (Rupert Friend) is a contract assassin, who was genetically created to be the perfect agent. When his target is a terrorist organization that is wanting to restart the program of creating the perfect assassins, led by Le Clerq ( Thomas Kretschmann). Agent 47 needs to track Katia (Hannah Ware), which she has the similar abilities of the agent program. While her father is the one that knows the program and Le Clerq is on their trail in finding him.

The movie does have some entertaining action sequences, seeing Agent 47 going on a shoot out and quick close combat to using the environment or equipment as a way to kill. Screenwriters Michael Finch and Skip Woods threw in Katia, which she struggles on who she really is, and Agent 47 trains her into being what he does. In the video game series, it is slightly disappointing to see her character appear as Agent 47 sidekick. In the movies direction, it may be necessary to show the audience who are not to familiar with the game series a little more details about the backstory. Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, and Zachary Quinto were all okay with their characters. Zachary Quinto playing John Smith, an agent that goes on a hunt for Katia and Agent 47 does not add anything new. Hannah Wareâ(TM)s character backstory does go in a dull direction, making her the weakest link to the story. Hitman is a fair film, it may not be the best adaptation, it provides the action and entertainment which complete its purpose.