Hitman

Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2007-11-21

Starring: Timothy Olyphant (Agent 47), Dougray Scott, Robert Knepper, Olga Kurylenko, Ulrich Thomsen, Michael Offei

Directed by Xavier Gens
Produced by Adrian Askarieh, Luc Besson, Chuck Gordon, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Written by Skip Woods

Based on the top-selling, award-winning videogame franchise, the "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47. His hallmarks are a lethal grace, unwavering precision, and resolute pride in his work. But even 47 couldn't anticipate a "random equation" in his life of exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman.

Timothy Olyphant just doesn’t sell himself as a big, bad, bald hitman. He looks like a quasi-weakling trying to pass himself off as a big, bad, bald hitman. I have great faith in Olyphant, but every time I’ve seen him being bad ass it’s with hair. Can he pull off the same style without it? I don’t know. The trailer doesn’t sell me on it, but I’ve got enough interest to still give the film a try instead of just writing it off as a near Uwe Boll level fiasco.