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R,1hr 33min Genre: Released: November 21, 2007 Director: Distributor: 20th Century Fox Starring: DVD Review by Sean Axmaker, Special to MSN Movies The hit video game comes to the big screen in the slick, silly action thriller directed by Xavier Gens. Timothy Olyphant is the bald professional assassin Agent 47, a man bred to kill without question, until he's double-crossed by his own shadowy, vaguely religious organization. His response involves a small fortune in ammunition and a lot of corpses, and still he never bothers to put a hat over the bar code tattooed on the back of his head. Dougray Scott is the Interpol agent on his trail, and Olga Kurylenko is a feisty Russian hooker with an aversion to underwear that he reluctantly takes under his protection (but not into his bed -- a celibacy thing?). Available in separate wide-screen and full-screen R-rated cuts and a wide-screen unrated cut, all featuring four deleted scenes and an alternate ending (in rough cut form). A two-disc special edition features the 24-minute "In the Crosshairs: The Making of Hitman" and the eight-minute "Digital Hits," which address the challenges of turning a video game into a feature film. Also features brief profiles of the arsenal, a look at the score, and the obligatory gag reel. A Blu-ray edition is also available. | ||||||||||||||
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