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3 days ago · Richard Linklater ’s “Hit Man,” a “somewhat true story” being released in select theaters ahead of its June 7 debut on Netflix, is something of a reality check. Here, desperate people ...
5 days ago · Yet despite Linklater’s and Powell’s big-screen, communal-audience intentions, Hit Man will be seen by most at home on Netflix, which paid a reported US$20-million to snap up the rights for ...
4 days ago · Richard Linklater ’s “Hit Man” is for them. Like its protagonist’s ability to basically change identities depending on the situation, it’s a film that knows what its clients need, shifting from comedy to romance to thriller to a philosophical study of the human capacity to change. It’s one of the smartest films in years, a movie ...
4 days ago · Eventually, when “Hit Man” morphs into a kind of caper comedy, part of the joy is rooting for characters as they make choices that are, at best, flexibly ethical. In doing so, we get to be ...
4 days ago · In Hit Man, Powell can transform so readily, that answer seems to be wherever we like. Dir: Richard Linklater. Starring: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao. 15, 115 mins
4 days ago · It’s perfectly enjoyable: a glossy, easy-to-digest Powell showcase that isn’t trying to be anything but fun. But the second coming of the action-comedy-romance, it is not. “Hit Man,” a Netflix release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “language throughout, sexual content and some violence.”. Running time: 115 minutes.
