Hitman: Agent 47

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Movie
German title Hitman: Agent 47
Original title Hitman: Agent 47
Country of production United States , Germany , United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
JMK 16
Rod
Director Aleksander Bach
script Michael Finch ,
Kyle Ward ,
Skip Woods
production Adrian Askarieh ,
Charles Gordon
Alex Young
music Marco Beltrami
camera Óttar Gudnason
cut Nicolas De Toth
occupation

Hitman: Agent 47 is an American action film from the year 2015 , which on the computer game series Hitman is based. Directed by Aleksander Bach , the script was written by Michael Finch , Kyle Ward and Skip Woods . The film is about the fictional hitman "Agent 47". The main roles were played by Rupert Friend , Zachary Quinto , Hannah Ware and Thomas Kretschmann . The film had its world premiere on August 19, 2015 in Berlin. The cinema release in Germany was on August 27, 2015.

action

Agent 47 goes in search of Katia van Dees, the daughter of Petr Litvenko, who started “The Agent Program” - a program that led to the creation of Agent 47. At the same time, LeClerq, the head of the organization "Syndicate International", is trying to develop an unstoppable army of newer, better clones. Accordingly, Agent 47 is not looking alone. LeClerq sent John Smith, a dermal armored super soldier who is physically superior to the agent. John Smith also manages to reach Katia van Dees first and wins her trust. After a violent exchange of fire, including in the US Embassy in Berlin , John and Katia hide in a hotel room. There, John tries to elicit the whereabouts of her father from Katia. With new information from John, she actually succeeds in determining the whereabouts. As she is about to tell him, Agent 47 shows up and apparently kills John. He manages to convince Katia that he is the "good guy" in this case and that he wants to prevent the agent program from being reissued. Katia herself went through the same agent program as Agent 47 as a child and she was programmed with a number of skills that should make life easier for her on the run. But it is still untrained. There is another showdown with John, who is superior to the agent. But 47 takes advantage of a weakness in John. The latter is looking for confirmation that he is superior to the agent, and so Katia and 47 manage to temporarily eliminate John.

Katia has located her father in Singapore, where the terminally ill man, suffering from lung cancer , intends to spend his old age. The two travel to Singapore, but John also finds out about them. In Singapore, after a few chases, they actually meet Katia's father. However, Syndicate manages to arrest the man. Agent 47 takes advantage of this to lure LeClerq out of his hermetically sealed hiding place. In a final showdown, the agent succeeds in eliminating John Smith. Meanwhile, LeClerq flees with Katia's father. However, he carries a detonator with him, which he detonates. So he sacrifices himself to smash Syndicate.

Agent 47 is now rogue and wants to keep protecting Katia. His own organization incites Agent 48 on them. The two open fire, followed by the credits. In one scene you can see John Smith, who was electrocuted, open his eyes again.

background

In February 2013, it was announced that 20th Century Fox was planning a remake of the 2007 movie Hitman - Everyone Dies Alone , titled Agent 47 . Paul Walker was to play the leading role that gave the title . After his accidental death, production was postponed and the line-up changed. It is the first feature film for the Polish-born advertising director Aleksander Bach, who has lived in Germany since childhood. The film was shot in Potsdam , Berlin and Singapore . The first English-language trailer was released on February 11, 2015. The Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg funded the film with 300,000 euros.

criticism

Hitman: Agent 47 was panned by the vast majority of critics. The Rotten Tomatoes review collection has 91 reviews, of which only 7 were positive.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release Certificate for Hitman: Agent 47 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2015 (PDF; test number: 153 546 K).
  2. ^ Age rating for Hitman: Agent 47 . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Chase through Salzburg. Retrieved August 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Hitman: Agent 47 at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed August 31, 2015