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Hitman
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Hitman is an action, thriller and drama film directed by Xavier Gens from a screenplay by Skip Woods. Produced by Vin Diesel and Luc Besson for 20th Century Studios and EuropaCorp, it stars Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Robert Knepper and Olga Kurylenko, with a score by Geoff Zanelli. The film was shot in Paris, Istanbul, Bulgaria and Moscow, with its narrative set in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Istanbul, and was made in Russian and English. Produced in the United States and France, it had a budget of 24,000,000 and took in 99,965,792 at the box office. Running 89 minutes, it was released in 2007, forms part of the Hitman Collection, and received two wins in total. It later became available on Netflix and Disney+.
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6.2A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.
Cast
- Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47
- Dougray Scott as Mike Whittier
- Olga Kurylenko as Nika Boronina
- Robert Knepper as Yuri Marklov
- Ulrich Thomsen as Mikhail Belicoff
- Henry Ian Cusick as Udre Belicoff
Themes
- assassin
- government
- hitman
- secret identity
- intelligence
- soviet union
- celibacy
- secret society
- power takeover
- adversary
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
186,255 votes
Metacritic
35/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Xavier Gens
- Written by
- Skip Woods
- Based on
- Hitman , by IO Interactive
- Produced by
- Daniel Alter Adrian Askarieh Luc Besson Chuck Gordon
- Starring
- Timothy Olyphant Dougray Scott Olga Kurylenko
- Cinematography
- Laurent Barès
- Edited by
- Carlo Rizzo Antoine Vareille
- Music by
- Geoff Zanelli
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox EuropaCorp Anka Film Daybreak Productions Dune Entertainment Prime Universe Productions IO Interactive
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox (Worldwide) EuropaCorp Distribution (France)
- Release dates
- November 21, 2007 ( 2007-11-21 ) (United States) November 30, 2007 ( 2007-11-30 ) (United Kingdom) December 26, 2007 ( 2007-12-26 ) (France)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Countries
- France United States United Kingdom
- Languages
- English Russian
- Budget
- $24 million
- Box office
- $101.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Hitman: Agent 47
- Based on
- Hitman
- Director
- Xavier Gens
- Screenwriter
- Skip Woods
- Composer
- Geoff Zanelli
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Narrative location
- Istanbul
- Filming location
- Turkey
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 534219
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.hitmanmovie.com
- Image
- Hitmans barcode.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- title
- Hitman
- distributed by
- Disney+
- publication date
- 2007-12-26
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 35/100
- capital cost
- 24000000
- box office
- 99965792
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Encyclopedic overview
Hitman is a 2007 action-thriller film based on the video game series by IO Interactive. It was directed by Xavier Gens, written by Skip Woods, and produced by Luc Besson. Timothy Olyphant stars as Agent 47, a professional hitman engineered to be an assassin by the Organization. He becomes ensnared in a political conspiracy and finds himself pursued by both Interpol and the FSB. Dougray Scott and Olga Kurylenko star in supporting roles.
An international co-production between France, the United States and the United Kingdom, Hitman was released by 20th Century Fox in the US on November 21, 2007, followed by the UK on November 30 and France on December 26. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics, who criticized its convoluted plot but praised Olyphant's performance. Despite this, the film was a box office success, grossing $101.3 million against a $24 million budget. A sequel was canceled during the film's production due to its mostly negative reception, but the film was eventually followed by the reboot Hitman: Agent 47 in 2015.
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