
Hit Man
“He's not a killer, but he can pretend.”
Director: Richard Linklater
Producer: Richard Linklater, Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan
Overview
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.
Where to watch?
Data source: JustWatch
Cast
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Reviews
- M8.0
Manuel São Bento
September 5, 2023
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/hit-man-venice-film-festival-review-one-of-the-years-greatest-comedies/ "Hit Man leaves everyone floored with one of the best comedies of the year in a magical case of cinema in which direction, screenplay, and cast combine so well with each other that, in the end, i…
7.0CinemaSerf
May 29, 2024
At this rate, Glen Powell is going to be able to pay Tom Cruise back for his flying lessons pretty swiftly! Here, he's a rather geeky teacher (Gary) who teaches philosophy at a college whilst occasionally helping out the cops with some criminal profiling. When one of their investigators "Jasper" (Austin Amelio) goes a…
9.0r96sk
June 8, 2024
<em>'Hit Man'</em> is fun! Glen Powell and Adria Arjona team up to form a strong acting chemistry, I enjoyed seeing them both feature all the way through - two great performances. On the note of the cast, good to see Austin Amelio appear; I like that guy from his <em>'The Walking Dead'</em> days. This movie is pa…
6.0dumasori
June 13, 2024
**Passable** I watched this movie with low expectations, and I wasn't disappointed. This movie falls into the mid-level cheesy category, offering a fair amount of entertainment without being extraordinary. The actors are good at what they do, and the direction is also good. However, you can only do so much w…
- L3.0
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
July 17, 2024
Richard Linklater‘s “Hit Man” is a film with a serious identity crisis. This genre blending disaster starts out as a wannabe goofy comedy, then veers off the rails into dark noir, finally settling on a bizarrely erotic femme-fatale rom-com. This movie is absolutely terrible, and its only saving grace is its lead’s bona…









