Hitman: Agent 47
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Directed by | Aleksander Bach |
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Story by | Skip Woods |
Based on | Hitman by IO Interactive |
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Music by | Marco Beltrami |
Cinematography | Óttar Guðnason |
Edited by | Nicolas de Toth |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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96 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $35 million[3] |
Box office | $17.1 million[4] |
Hitman: Agent 47 is a 2015 American-German action film directed by Aleksander Bach and written by Skip Woods (who also wrote the original Hitman film) and Michael Finch. It is based on the Hitman video game series, developed by IO Interactive, and its main character, a mysterious assassin known only as Agent 47.[5] The film stars Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann, andAngelababy. It was released on August 21, 2015.
Cast
- Rupert Friend as Agent 47, a secret agent who works for a top secret non-government organization called the International Contracts Agency (known in the video games as either the ICA or just the Agency) which carries out the assassinations of high profile targets worldwide.[6]
- Hannah Ware[7]as Katia van Dees, Agent 90
- Helena Pieske as young Katia
- Zachary Quinto[8]as John Smith, CIA
- Ciarán Hinds as Dr. Litvenko, the founder of the agent program and Katia’s father.
- Thomas Kretschmann as Le Clerq, the chairman of an organization called Syndicate International.[9] It is described as an international terrorist organization who are responsible for creating an army of unstoppable assassins in fighting against the ICA.
- Angelababy as Diana
- Dan Bakkedahl[10]as Sanders
- Emilio Rivera as Fabian, a member of the Syndicate.
- Rolf Kanies as Dr. Delriego/”The Hunter”
- Jerry Hoffmann as Franco
Plot
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. Together, they aim to take down the leader of Syndicate International, a terrorist group based in Singapore.
Our Thoughts
This was a pretty good futuristic, super being against super being, movie. It was very Bond and Bourne-ish and yet unique in its own ways. Not quite refreshing enough for five stars, I’ll give it props for getting me excited about going to see a movie, and having a plot that didn’t come off as fake or silly. All in all it was a pretty cool Bourne, Bond, type of flick. 4 Stars. – MR