So in a simple sentence, Hitman: Agent 47 is one of those movies that you would watch to entertain yourself. With that being said, I'm not about to deeply discuss about the cliches/tropes in this film but I'll mention the biggest ones. Besides, this isn't a cheap Cinema Sins knock-off, and you, the reader, shouldn't have to read through one.
I knew when I walked into the theater to watch this film that I would be ending my summer with the movie that had the most action and explosion out of any other film (that I can think of right now) in theaters. I walked out feeling more than satisfied with the action. Lots of unknown and numerous bad guy grunts in full black body or grey business suits popping up to stop Agent 47 and Katia, the woman he's trying to save. The trailers collectively did a nice job teasing the complete action sequences of this movie - they showed enough flashy parts to get people's attention as a trailer but saved the parts that were still even better for the complete film. I enjoyed that aspect of the movie.
When it comes to the story of the film, it's quite lacking but then again, I doubt that anyone watched this movie for its writing. If you've seen Terminator: Genysis, then you know the idea I'm trying to get at. You didn't watch the newest Terminator installment because it'd have critically acclaimed script writing - you'd have to be kidding for a film where Schwarzenegger says cleverly placed one-liners, twirls a shotgun, and is the original and best Terminator. In that same manner, no one watched Hitman: Agent 47 for a script that would be better than Titanic. Even if you haven't watched many movies, skimmed the Wikipedia article on the 2007 Hitman movie, or know the gist of the latest Hitman game Hitman: Absolution; you could still easily predict the ending of this movie half-way through the film when Katia asks Agent 47 a somewhat existential question about whether 47 is human or not. It's kind of dry on creativity when the phrase "You are what you do" gets used in this film but I'll keep the spoiler-ish details low. (I only bring some up here and there to make a point.)
There was one disappointment, though. I mean, it there was this scene from the trailer that wasn't in the film. The one I'm thinking of is when Katia uses her "ESP" to see that the bad guy goons are bringing in a cannon to blow up a room or building and then both Katia and 47 jump out of the farthest window. The production crew probably had to use something to catch viewer's attention in the trailer but I guess they had to cut that scene from the movie. The only way to confirm this would be to check the deleted scenes in the DVD, but until then, this was probably a case of the missing trailer trope.
It also as a few moments of comedy, which were kind of out of place but also were good comic relief. Also the post credit scene is at the very beginning of the credits, so don't sit around and wait for it after watching all of the credits (even though the credits were rather short, only about 5 minutes).
All in all, Hitman: Agent 47 was a great action movie to mostly end the end of my summer before I start school again this fall. Despite a weak plot, seeing lots of action was a great way for me to chill out and transition into the fall. It's one of those movies that if you don't think much about it, then it's lots of fun.
Peace out till I catch up on a lot of movies I meant to write about.
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