Hit Man
When I first saw the poster for Netflix’s Hit Man, it looked like something you might find on Amazon Prime Video’s digital store after scrolling over eight times past a bunch of other films.
Then, reviews started coming in. The movie currently stands at a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes with 175 reviews from critics, a stunning achievement for any movie, especially a comedy, and of course there is one magic ingredient here. No, not Glen Powell, though I’m sure he helps. But rather this is a film from Richard Linklater.
Linklater is the exceptionally famous director of movies like School of Rock, Boyhood, Before Sunrise/Sunset and way back in 1993, the forever-classic Dazed and Confused. Now, he’s back with what will no doubt be the most-watched movie in America when it tops Netflix, and these reviews are simply stunning. Audience scores are also coming in and currently sit at a 95%, indicating it will be a hit among viewers as well.
Hit Man
Hit Man stars Powell as a professor who pretends to be a hit man for the police department, but things get dangerous when a woman (Andor’s Adria Arjona) enters his life and enlists his “services.”
Powell is currently the hottest male talent in Hollywood after his turn on Top Gun: Maverick and his blockbuster romcom with Sydney Sweeney, Anyone But You. He is absolutely everywhere right now, and has another big project coming up in the form of Twisters. He’s also attached to a Running Man remake. Arjona, meanwhile, is perhaps an underused part of Andor, but I absolutely knew she was going to be a star while watching that show. And here she is, plus she’s about to lead the upcoming Criminal series for Amazon.
It’s just so exceedingly rare to see a comedy review this well in this day and age, but if anyone was going to pull it off, it was going to be Linklater. I have no doubt at all that this will soon become the #1 movie on Netflix after its debut today, and will likely stay there a while. I’m not sure if it’s designed to have a sequel, though Linklater almost never does those, and one should certainly not happen without him.
I’ll give Hit Man a watch over the weekend and render my own verdict later. My colleague Erik Kain was one of the rare critics that didn’t like it, but I’m going to wait to read why until after I can make my own initial judgement.
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