Hitman

I don’t ask much from a B level action flick because I pretty much know what to expect going in: lots of action, lots of violence, not much character development, straightforward plot. And that’s what I got from “Hitman,” a movie based on a video game. Timothy Olyphant plays 47, an assassin raised by monks and sent around the world to wreck havoc. His early training obviously did not address issues of right and wrong, good and evil. However, as the plot moves forward, 47 begins to understand that there is a difference. A focus on the hitman’s character development would have made this a better movie, but director Javier Gens is more interested in blowing things up and increasing the body count. As I said, a typical B action flick. If you don’t expect too much, you won’t be disappointed, but you have to be a hardcore action fan to see this movie. (11/22/07)