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Hitman (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] by Xavier Gens
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Timothy Olyphant, Ulrich Thomsen Director: Xavier Gens Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT Producer: Adrian Askarieh Producer: Charles Gordon Producer: Daniel Alter Producer: Janos Fl?sser Producer: Pierre-Ange Le Pogam Producer: Vin Diesel Writer: Skip Woods DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 93 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Hitman (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]Movie Review: Play the game first Summary: 5 StarsWhen this movie came out, the local paper's review was scathing. The critic said that the theater had the "distinct smell of 'moms basement'". He also attempted to compare Hitman to the Bourne series. The movie was not intended to even come close to rivaling the genius of Robert Ludlum. What truly annoyed me about the critics of this movie was that they seemed completely unaware of the existence of the video games that the movie is based on.
Personally, I really enjoyed the movie. Its the only movie on my iPod, and it never ceases to be entertaining. There are shoot outs with fully automatic weapons, explosions, a hot russian chick, and some brutal fight scenes. Maybe the plot isnt as deep and complicated as one of the Bourne movies, but its still entertaining.
Its far more entertaining to fans of the game series. There are things in the movie that you appreciate more if you have played the games that other people wont see. When I first heard that a movie was in the works, and that Vin Diesel was being considered for the lead role, I cringed. Too many steroids and he is too easily mocked to be a decent action star. I think they chose well for the lead role.
Anyway, in short, its a fun movie, and i think it looks amazing on Bluray.
Summary of Hitman (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]Disc 1: Widescreen Feature **Forced Trailers - Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, Hitman Teaser Trailer, Hitman Theatrical Trailer **In the Crosshairs Featurette **Digital Hits Featurette **Instruments of Destruction Featurette **Para-Ordnance P18.9 Featurette **Blaser R93 LRS2 Featurette **M16 Featurette **FN F2000 Featurette **Micro Uzi Featurette **M240 Featurette **Settling the Score Featurette **Deleted Scenes - Ovie's Pool Scene, Hospital Scene, A Different Train Platform, Udre's Death **Alternate Ending **Gag Reel Disc 2: Digital Copy **Portable Digital Copy of Hitman It's hard not to feel like one has entered a certain dimension of video-game logic while watching Hitman, a lightly enjoyable action-suspense movie indeed based on a popular and bloody game about a mysterious hired gun with a bar-code tattoo on his bald head and a number (47) in lieu of a name. Living like a chaste monk while slipping past borders to kill his targets, 47 (Timothy Olyphant of Deadwood) moves like a determined shark and speaks softly to his contact at the enigmatic "the Organization," which raises cast-off children to become well-paid assassins. Fruitlessly pursued by an Interpol cop (Dougray Scott) who can never get sovereign governments to cooperate, 47 has no trouble slipping in and out of countries to ply his trade. Until, that is, he's set up to take a fall in Russia by shooting a national leader who is promptly replaced by a lookalike double. Suddenly on the run, 47 has to retrace his steps and formulate a lethal plan for extricating himself from a trap. Caught in the chaos is the lovely Nika (Olga Kurylenko), forced into sex slavery by 47's new enemies and the one person who seems uniquely qualified to break through 47's many personal barriers. Directed by France's Xavier Gens, Hitman features loads of bloody mayhem and unabashed moments of pulp absurdity, such as a scene in which 47 and three other Organization killers agree to fight one another respectfully, then proceed to pulverize each other with swords and fists. As fodder for gamers, however, Hitman is packed with visuals and dramatic moments that seem so odd on the big screen until one realizes they are basically placemarkers for the video-game edition. --Tom Keogh
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