Agent 47 is the perfect killing machine. His D.N.A. was genetically altered since birth to give him superior speed, intelligence, strength, and stamina. He works as an assassin for the International Contracts Agency. A terrorist organization attempts to unlock the secrets behind his abilities to create an army of assassins stronger than him. Agent 47 teams up with a young woman like himself to stop them. "Hitman: Agent 47' hit theaters on Friday, Aug. 21. The film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Rotten Tomatoes rated the film 8% on the Tomatometer. Its average rating was 3.6/10 based on 65 reviews (5 Fresh, 60 Rotten). The Audience Score is 58% with an average rating of 3.4/5 based on 30,966 user ratings. IMDb rated the film 5.8/10 based on 1,062 ratings. RogerEbert.Com gave the film 1 star. Metacritic gave the film a Metascore of 29, based on reviews by 22 critics (2 Positive, 6 Mixed, 14 Negative). Its User Score is 2.8 based on 25 ratings. The film runs for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
"Hitman: Agent 47' stars Rupert Friend as Agent 47, Hannah Ware as Katia van Dees, Helena Pieske as young Katia, Zachary Quinto as John Smith, Ciarán Hinds as Dr. Litvenko, Thomas Kretschmann as Le Clerq, Angelababy as Agent 47's secretary, Dan Bakkedahl, Emilio Rivera as Fabian, Rolf Kanies as Dr. Delriego, and Jerry Hoffmann as Franco.
The film was directed by Aleksander Bach and edited by Nicolas de Toth. The producers of the film are Adrian Askarieh, Charles Gordon, Skip Woods, and Alex Young. The screenplay is by Michael Finch and Skip Woods. The story is by Skip Woods. "Hitman: Agent 47' is based on Hitman by IO Interactive. The $35 million budget film features music by Marco Beltrami. Cinematography is by óttar Guðnason. It was produced by Daybreak Films, Giant Pictures, and TSG Entertainment.
Movie Reviews:
"Only a bare minimum of non-action scenes were included in the final cut. There's enough here to piece together a rudimentary storyline but the details are often either confusing or nonsensical," wrote James Berardinelli from ReelViews.
"The friction between stateliness and lunacy is more intriguing than, say, the line-toeing mediocrity of a second-rate Marvel movie," wrote Calum Marsh from Globe and Mail.
"As such films go, it's efficiently done juvenilia," wrote Tom Long from Detroit News.
"Ultimately "Hitman: Agent 47," like the profession it worships, feels purely contractual," wrote Robert Abele from Los Angeles Times.
"About as violent and soulless as its title suggests," wrote Rafer Guzman from NewsDay.
"The various shootouts and chases that take place along the way are busy, noisy, and ultimately just as flat as Friend makes his tone," wrote Tom Russo from Boston Globe.
"Bach handles the project with a competent precision. The film doesn't rise above the genre and the plot is muddled, but he pulls off the basic elements with a distinctly chilly European style," wrote Randy Cordova from Arizona Republic.
