Hitman (Film)

Hitman is a live action film adaptation of the popular Hitman video game series, released nationwide on November 21, 2007.

Fast Facts

1. Written By: Skip Woods
2. Directed By: Xavier Gens
3. Produced By: Chuck Gordon, Adrian Askariah, Daniel Alter and Luc Besson
4. Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott and Robert Knepper
5. Distributed By: 20th Century Fox
6. Vin Diesel was scheduled to play the lead role but was replaced by Timothy Olyphant
7. The film was set to be released October 12, 2007, but was set back to November 21, 2007

Background

In this action packed movie, Timothy Olyphant takes on the role as Agent 47, a trained hitman who is a genetically-enhanced clone. In the opening of the movie, Agent 47 along with other children of his age begin to get bar code tattoos on the back of their necks and immediately after they start getting trained in firearms and martial arts. Agent 74's bar code reads the numbers "640509-040147" and the last two digits "47" is how he got the name.

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