Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the nape of his neck, and his only name.The hunter becomes the hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political takeover. Both Interpol and the Russian military chase the Hitman across Eastern Europe as he tries to find out who set him up and why they're trying to take him out of the game. But the greatest threat to 47's survival may be the stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a beautiful, damaged girl...
I never played any of the Hitman video games so I can't really comment on this movie related to them. The movie standing alone was your run of the mill adrenaline/action movie. There were some good fight scenes. There was some cool locations. There was also some really bad acting. Timothy Olyphant was pretty good as Agent 47, but the female lead was beyond annoying and Dougray Scott as the detective chasing him apparantly went to David Caruso overacting school for this movie because every time he talked it was like watching CSI: Miami and I wanted to scream. The movie wasn't bad. It wasn't horrible either. It's a watchable action movie . . . . unless you are a huge fan of the game and then I don't really know what to say.
I'd vaguely recommend people checking this movie out. It might be a better rental saving you the money and travel time though.
