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Hitman - Extreme Edition [2007] | ![Hitman - Extreme Edition [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g3ZHYR8AL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Xavier Gens
Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1712
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036036887
ASIN: B00115QGOW
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 31, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 2 to 3 weeks
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's hard not to feel like one has entered a certain dimension of video-game logic while watching iHitman/i, a lightly enjoyable action-suspense movie indeed based on a popular and bloody game about a mysterious hired gun with a bar-code tattoo on his bald head and a number (47) in lieu of a name. Living like a chaste monk while slipping past borders to kill his targets, 47 (Timothy Olyphant of iDeadwood/i) moves like a determined shark and speaks softly to his contact at the enigmatic "the Organization," which raises cast-off children to become well-paid assassins. Fruitlessly pursued by an Interpol cop (Dougray Scott) who can never get sovereign governments to cooperate, 47 has no trouble slipping in and out of countries to ply his trade. Until, that is, he's set up to take a fall in Russia by shooting a national leader who is promptly replaced by a lookalike double. Suddenly on the run, 47 has to retrace his steps and formulate a lethal plan for extricating himself from a trap. Caught in the chaos is the lovely Nika (Olga Kurylenko), forced into sex slavery by 47's new enemies and the one person who seems uniquely qualified to break through 47's many personal barriers. p/pDirected by France's Xavier Gens, iHitman/i features loads of bloody mayhem and unabashed moments of pulp absurdity, such as a scene in which 47 and three other Organization killers agree to fight one another respectfully, then proceed to pulverize each other with swords and fists. As fodder for gamers, however, iHitman/i is packed with visuals and dramatic moments that seem so odd on the big screen until one realizes they are basically placemarkers for the video-game edition. i--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com/i
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
Film of the Game September 28, 2008
Charles Vasey (London, England)
Hitman belongs to the genre of Terminator; the killer who cannot be stopped and cannot be beaten. In this case our anti-hero is a variety of assassin janissary trained from birth and with more tricks than a wagon-load of monkeys. But when sent to clip the Russian President he finds himself in the cross-hairs from his own organisation, pursued by the FRS played by a graduate of the Dennis Hopper School of Being Coldly Evil. Not only are his own brethren after him as well as an entire state's secret police but (hooray) two British rozzers from Interpol; naturally, our boys in plain-clothes come the nearest to catching him. The plot has exactly the amount of slaughter you'd expect from a computer game. It also has some glaring holes (why does no-one spot lots of shave-heads with barcodes on their necks?) and a very pretty slavonic lead-babe. In short it is not going to beat the Bourne Franchise but it will give Vin Diesel a run for his money.
 HITMAN IS A HIT! August 10, 2008
Mr. S. A. Woodward (Stoke-on-Trent, England)
Having never played the video game or knew much about it, I decided to watch this on pay-per-view not expecting a great deal from it to be honest. I had read mostly negative reviews when it was released on the cinema but I like Timothy Olyphant, excellent in gritty western series Deadwood and good as the villain in Die Hard 4.0, so I thought I would give it a go. And I'm really glad I did. This is slick entertainment from beginning to end and it isn't just `all' action. There is a plot and some characterisation and build up to the set pieces, some of which are stunning. One of the best being how the Hitman escapes from his hotel room when raided by an army of Russian cops using a bomb attached to the door and a rope hanging over the balcony. The ensuing chase through the hotel is superbly done. Olyphant is a revelation in this role. His performance is understated but charismatic. The look of the Hitman is very cool to say the least and Olyphant carries it off with style. Olga Kurylenko as the prostitute he comes to protect is also very good in this, boding well for the next Bond movie she's starring in, Quantum of Solace. Dougray Scott is also effective as The Inspector, an Interpol agent whose sole obsession is to track the Hitman down. I expected a childish video game movie but was rewarded with an excellent thriller featuring a great new action hero. br / br /I will certainly be investing in the DVD and I hope they do a sequel. br / br /Highly recommended. br /
 EXCELLENT FILM!!! July 24, 2008
Nicola King (UK,Essex)
What an excellent film,my other half got it and i was very sceptical as its really not my kind of thing but i loved it! br /Brilliant acting and agent 47 is so stylish and a true gent to the lovely russian girl. br /The plot is very easy to follow and the fight scense wicked! I think all will be pleased with this one,I will certainly watch it again and again.
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