IMDb plot summary: A professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.
Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, and Austin Amelio.
Hit Man stars Glen Powell as a mild-mannered philosophy professor who gets an unexpected side career as a fake hit man who turns his clients into the cops once they hire him. However, things take a turn when he ends up developing feelings for one of his clients and they become involved. This is a fairly entertaining movie, largely for Powell's work -- yes, after this I can see why he suddenly became the enormous star he did. He plays all his various parts extremely well, including his "core self" who is dull and boring. Richard Linklater directs this, and you can definitely see his interest in humans and how they behave shining through this story. That being said, it is more of a flash-in-the-pan movie for me, that I enjoyed while it ran and then mostly forgot once it was over, aside from Powell's impressive performance. Totally watchable but not necessarily memorable for me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Hit Man > Le voyage au Groenland
Hit Man < Anna Karenina
Hit Man < The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Hit Man > Secret in Their Eyes
Hit Man > Chaos Theory
Hit Man > Talk Radio
Hit Man < The Salesman
Hit Man > George Takei's Allegiance
Hit Man < Saltburn
Hit Man < Joker
Hit Man < Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Hit Man < Battle Royale
Final spot: #1536 out of 3973, or 61%.
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