Guide Note

This page contains links to reviews of the Action-Adventure movie Hitman. Based on the hit video game series of the same name, Hitman received generally negative reviews from film critics.¹

Fast Facts

1. Release date: November 21, 2007
2. Director: Xavier Gens
3. Screenwriter: Skip Woods
4. Distributor: 20th Century Fox
5. Runtime: 100 mins
6. MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.
7. Rotten Tomatoes: 14%
8. Metacritic: 35%
9. Hitman game series: Hitman:Codename 47, Hitman_2:Silent Assassin, Hitman:Contracts and Hitman:Blood Money

Agent 47, an elite trained-killer, is hired for a mission by a group known only as "The Agency." His assignment finds him caught up in a political conspiracy, that sends him across Eastern Europe pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military.

• Timothy Olyphant: Agent 47
• Dougray Scott: Mike Whittier
• Olga Kurylenko: Nika Boronina
• Robert Knepper: Yuri Marklov

"Hitman stands right on the threshold between video games and art. On the wrong side of the threshold, but still, give it credit."—Roger Ebert²

"As a movie on its own, it's simple monotony. Olyphant, affecting Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry voice, is about as menacing as Mr. Clean, and the action scenes - whether the weapons are fists, feet, swords or guns - fly past without any tension or suspense. Hitman is a miss."—New York Daily News³

"A Eurotrashy vidgame knockoff that misses its target by a mile."—Variety⁴