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| Rated R; 97 minutes |
Now available on DVD & Blu-ray from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is action-flick Hitman: Agent 47 (ASIN: B016XOX3J6). Directed by Aleksander Bach, the film stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware and Zachary Quinto. Special Features on the Blu-ray includes: deleted scenes, The Hit Counter, Re-Imagining HITMAN, Ultimate Action: Staging The Fights, Hitman: Agent 47 Comic, Making of the Comic, Promotional Featurettes, Gallery, Poster Gallery and Theatrical Trailers.
Based on the popular video game franchise, Hitman: Agent 47 is the second film adaption (the 2007 flick starred Timothy Olyphant in the title role); though the new version is considered a reboot and completely ignores the original.
Hitman: Agent 47 is set in a world where there was a secret cloning program designed to create the perfect killing machine. These assassins are enhanced with the ability to kill without remorse. The scientist, Dr. Piotr Litvenko (played by Ciarán Hinds) who was in charge of the program disappeared without a trace. For decades, his daughter Katia (played by Hannah Ware) has been searching for his whereabouts. Out of nowhere, she receives a warning from a man calling himself John Smith (played by Zachary Quinto) that Agent 47 (played by Rupert Friend) is coming to kill her.
Unfortunately, for Kaia, John Smith turns out to be Brian, a member of the Syndicate International, who will stop at nothing to track down her father. Kaia actually has similar clone abilities, leaving her a new target for the Syndicate. Her only hope of survival is to team up with Agent 47.
Final Thoughts: Let me start out by stating that I've never played any of the Hitman video games and I had never seen the 2007 film, so I went into watching Hitman: Agent 47 completely clueless about what the plot of this movie would be. Similar to the Resident Evil movie franchise, the plot and any character development has been shoved aside and replaced with action scenes and CGI effects. Friend and Quinto were poorly casted in their roles as neither one can carry an action film, and they both give wooden performances. Similar The Transporter: Refueled, the only saving factor for this film is the action scenes, which there are plenty of. Overall, Hitman: Agent 47 is a confusing and mindless action-flick.
*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
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