Hit Man (2023)
6/10
Starring
Glen
Powell
Adria
Arjona
Austin
Amelio
Retta
Directed
by Richard Linklater
I have to be
honest, this film has some nice twists I did not see coming. How the lead Gary
(Glen Powell) got involved with one of his cases, and how the involvement led
to an actual murder, is worth seeing. Then, how all these got twisted so much
that you just wonder how the hell do these two think this is a healthy
relationship is above me. The whole film is not bursting with so much
financial budget, everything is kept as minimal as possible. The actors on the other
hand stepped up to cover up this lapse.
The film is
based off a book of the same name by Skip Hollandsworth. The story is about a
professor who works with the police to help catch criminals who want to hire a
hitman. The film builds on the fact that, there isn’t really anyone about ready
to kill someone for money. What he does with the police is catch people who
think they are hiring a hitman.
Gary is working
with a team, when the undercover police officer hitman was suspended for his
behaviour outside of work. From here, you start to have some nice respect for
the screenplay crafted by both Glen Powell and Richard Linklater. When Gary was
asked to fill in for the suspended officer, his acting nervous and trying to be
a tough guy, can be felt by you, the viewer. He, a civilian, being asked to fill
in for another office, I do not think is possible, as the ramification based on
lawsuits will outweigh the conviction of a crime should anything go wrong. But
this is a film, so anything goes.
In his face job
undercover, he started nervous, then after a while he got into the role and was
able to get the other person to pay for a hit to be done. Which was enough
evidence to arrest the man.
Gary decided to
make sure that, whatever he does, he will do it very well. He decided to dress
up in his new temporary role. Trying to be the character that the person who
just booked for a hitman wants. This made him get the gig permanently, as his
rate of catching the bad guys was high.
Then he met
someone who he was supposed to help incriminate, and their meeting placed him at
ease, and he instead helped them from getting arrested and pointed them in the
direction of getting a good life.
From here on, the
film dived head first into deep romantic fantasy and refused to even come up for
air until the very end.
Nice film to
watch on Netflix, all you need to do is to suspend the idea of possibilities
and enjoy the fantasy.
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