I'm not a big fan of video games but have seen all the hyped up game cross-over movies in the past (Doom, anyone?) and always felt they left nothing for the non-game players out there. Hit-man is different in that even viewed as a stand alone movie it's pretty damn good. Olyphant as Agent 47 is excellent (just how he resists Olga Kurylenko with no panties on is beyond me!! lol) but I just felt that the movie gripped me and I actually had a connection with the two main characters, willing them on to succeed. All in all I would say see this movie and make up your own mind, but first think about all the rubbish cross-overs of the past before you give Hit-man your final verdict.
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Hogfather
(2006 TV Movie)
You'd better watch out......
11 December 2006
Set on Discworld, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather novel is brought to life. Deranged Assassin Mr Teatime (with a bunch of thieves and a failed apprentice wizard) wants to "inhumme" the Hogfather (discworld's equivalent of Santa Claus) by destroying children's belief in him. By kidnapping and holding hostage the tooth fairy in order to use children's teeth to control their belief. The only being that can take his place? Death, a depressant Anthopomorphic personification, too caught up with humanity for his own good. Assisted by his foul servant Albert and his half-human (beacause some talents, like walking through walls or freezing time, are inherited "in the bone" rather than genetically), adoptive granddaughter Susan this is fantastic mash up of magic, monsters and fantasy.
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