I'm a fan of both
Timothy Olyphant and the game itself, but I never really cared to check this movie out because most, if not all video game to movie transitions suck. Plus, I had heard my fair share of negative responses to
Hitman and it just made this something I'd never want to see. That is until I caught the trailer for the
2015 Reboot with
Ruppert Friend. Since I wanted to see that one, I figured I might as well knock the
2007 film off my list. I'm giving this version a very generous
3 Star rating in spite of some serious flaws. For one, the plot is all over the map. Two,
Hitman speaks way too much in the movie, which he doesn't do a whole lot of in the games and three and possibly my biggest gripe with the movie is using scenes from the TV Series
Dark Angel and using that as
Agent 47 origin story. Seriously, what the f*ck is that all about? Who at
FOX Studio thought this was a good idea? Did they really think they could sneak that by the fans? Incredibly misguided on their part. With that said, I did enjoy the set pieces for
Olyphant to play with and the creative ways he got his marks. Worth a
Rent if you want mindless action with lots of violence. Just don't expect much beyond that.
Olga Kurylenko is very easy on the eyes. Yowzza. I'm still scratching my head how and why they would use
Dark Angel footage in this. WTF!